Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK. His books include A History of Physical Culture in Ireland (2021) and The History of Physical Culture (2021). Conor has published fifty peer-reviewed academic journals and runs a history of fitness website.

• Abstract List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Early Origins, Encounters and Exchanges, The Indian Clubs in India2. Medicine and Muscles, Discovering Indian Clubs in Victorian Britain3. Indian Clubs and Transnational Fitness in the Mid-Nineteenth Century4. Swinging Back Round? Indian Clubs and Global Fitness from the Mid-Nineteenth Century5. Physical Culture and the End of Club Swinging? Indian Clubs at the Turn of the Century6. The Last Hurrah for Recreational Club SwingingConclusion Bibliography

Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK. His books include A History of Physical Culture in Ireland (2021) and The History of Physical Culture (2021). Conor has published fifty peer-reviewed academic journals and runs a history of fitness website.

• Abstract List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Early Origins, Encounters and Exchanges, The Indian Clubs in India2. Medicine and Muscles, Discovering Indian Clubs in Victorian Britain3. Indian Clubs and Transnational Fitness in the Mid-Nineteenth Century4. Swinging Back Round? Indian Clubs and Global Fitness from the Mid-Nineteenth Century5. Physical Culture and the End of Club Swinging? Indian Clubs at the Turn of the Century6. The Last Hurrah for Recreational Club SwingingConclusion Bibliography

Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK. His books include A History of Physical Culture in Ireland (2021) and The History of Physical Culture (2021). Conor has published fifty peer-reviewed academic journals and runs a history of fitness website.

• Abstract List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Early Origins, Encounters and Exchanges, The Indian Clubs in India2. Medicine and Muscles, Discovering Indian Clubs in Victorian Britain3. Indian Clubs and Transnational Fitness in the Mid-Nineteenth Century4. Swinging Back Round? Indian Clubs and Global Fitness from the Mid-Nineteenth Century5. Physical Culture and the End of Club Swinging? Indian Clubs at the Turn of the Century6. The Last Hurrah for Recreational Club SwingingConclusion Bibliography