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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
by Lieberman, Daniel | HC | Acceptable
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- Condition
- Acceptable
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1524746983
ISBN-13
9781524746988
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038743606
Product Key Features
Book Title
Exercised : Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Exercise, Life Sciences / Evolution, General, Physical Education, Diet & Nutrition / Macrobiotics, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Health & Fitness, Education, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
27.7 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-009066
Reviews
"Brilliant...This makes for captivating reading." -- Booklist [starred review] "Endlessly fascinating and full of surprises. Daniel Lieberman strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm for his subject. This is easily one of my favorite books of the year." --Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body "Were we born to run, to walk, or to sit on a couch? One of our leading human biologists takes us through millions of years of evolution and diverse cultures around the planet to give us surprising, yet simple, answers. Part user manual for the human body and part detective story exploring our evolution, Exercised will change the way you think about exercise, diet, and your own well-being." --Neil Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, and best-selling author of Your Inner Fish "Excellent. Well-written, amusing, and touching on all our lives. Seldom if ever have I so enjoyed reading a book on any subject, and this one is for all of us--those of us who like to exercise and those of us who don't." --Richard Leakey, co-author of Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human "Fantastic. Such a surprising, erudite, and revelatory look at the natural history of physical activity and why exercise is both so necessary for us and so unnatural. It expands and alters our understanding of exercise, health, motivation, and why we feel the way that we do about treadmills. A must-read for anyone with a working body and mind." --Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times best-selling author of The First 20 Minutes "In his earlier work, Lieberman explained how we were 'born to run.' In Exercised, he explains that we were also born to sit, which often leads to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart attacks--chronic diseases unknown to early humans. Fortunately, Exercised also explains how physical activity can set us free from these ills. It's both a fascinating read and one that could nudge you toward a healthier (and longer) life." --Amby Burfoot, editor-at-large, Runner's World , and winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon
Table Of Content
Prologue 1. Are We Born to Rest or Run? PART I: INACTIVITY 2. Inactivity: The Importance of Being Lazy 3. Sitting: Is It the New Smoking? 4. Sleep: Why Stress Thwarts Rest PART II: SPEED, STRENGTH, AND POWER 5. Speed: Neither Tortoise nor Hare 6. Strength: From Brawny to Scrawny 7. Fighting and Sports: From Fangs to Football PART III: ENDURANCE 8. Walking: All in a Day's Walk 9. Running and Dancing: Jumping from One Leg to the Other 10. Endurance and Aging: The Active Grandparent and Costly Repair Hypotheses PART IV: EXERCISE IN THE MODERN WORLD 11. To Move or Not to Move: How to Make Exercise Happen 12. How Much and What Type? 13. Exercise and Disease Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index
Synopsis
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising--not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing. "Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm." --Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling author of The Body - If we are born to walk and run, why do most of us take it easy whenever possible? - Does running ruin your knees? - Should we do weights, cardio, or high-intensity training? - Is sitting really the new smoking? - Can you lose weight by walking? - And how do we make sense of the conflicting, anxiety-inducing information about rest, physical activity, and exercise with which we are bombarded? In this myth-busting book, Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a pioneering researcher on the evolution of human physical activity, tells the story of how we never evolved to exercise--to do voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. Using his own research and experiences throughout the world, Lieberman recounts without jargon how and why humans evolved to walk, run, dig, and do other necessary and rewarding physical activities while avoiding needless exertion. Exercised is entertaining and enlightening but also constructive. As our increasingly sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases such as diabetes, Lieberman audaciously argues that to become more active we need to do more than medicalize and commodify exercise. Drawing on insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman suggests how we can make exercise more enjoyable, rather than shaming and blaming people for avoiding it. He also tackles the question of whether you can exercise too much, even as he explains why exercise can reduce our vulnerability to the diseases mostly likely to make us sick and kill us., If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising--not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing. "Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm." --Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling author of The Body * If we are born to walk and run, why do most of us take it easy whenever possible? * Does running ruin your knees? * Should we do weights, cardio, or high-intensity training? * Is sitting really the new smoking? * Can you lose weight by walking? * And how do we make sense of the conflicting, anxiety-inducing information about rest, physical activity, and exercise with which we are bombarded? In this myth-busting book, Daniel Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a pioneering researcher on the evolution of human physical activity, tells the story of how we never evolved to exercise--to do voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. Using his own research and experiences throughout the world, Lieberman recounts without jargon how and why humans evolved to walk, run, dig, and do other necessary and rewarding physical activities while avoiding needless exertion. Exercised is entertaining and enlightening but also constructive. As our increasingly sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases such as diabetes, Lieberman audaciously argues that to become more active we need to do more than medicalize and commodify exercise. Drawing on insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman suggests how we can make exercise more enjoyable, rather than shaming and blaming people for avoiding it. He also tackles the question of whether you can exercise too much, even as he explains why exercise can reduce our vulnerability to the diseases mostly likely to make us sick and kill us.
LC Classification Number
QP301.L628 2020
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- v***v (2070)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAlthough this book was not as described, with no picture of it in the listing, the seller communicated well and quickly gave me a full refund while letting me keep it. The minimal packaging left the book a bit vulnerable (typical for ThriftBooks), but it did arrive safely and timely. As usual, it’s hit or miss with this seller, but often times you can get great values, and their customer service is always very good. Many other sellers with millions of transactions don’t even communicate.
- 2***j (113)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI've ordered several items from this vendor now and they've always been what they were advertised as. This was no exception. Both discs were in great shape as well as their jewel cases. Delivery is good, packaging is simple but effective for what you're paying and I haven't had any get damaged. Will keep buying from this vendor because of the results so far and good prices, too.