Exercised : why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding / Daniel E. Lieberman.
"This highly engaging landmark work, a natural history of exercise--by the author of the best seller The Story of the Human Body--seeks to answer a fundamental question: were you born to run or rest? The first three parts of Exercised roughly follow the evolutionary story of human physical activity...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 440 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Are we born to rest or run?
- Inactivity. Inactivity: the importance of being lazy ; Sitting: is it the new smoking? ; Sleep: why stress thwarts rest
- Speed, strength, and power. Speed: neither tortoise nor hare ; Strength: from brawny to scrawny ; Fighting and sports: from fangs to football
- Endurance. Walking: all in a day's walk ; Running and dancing: jumping from one leg to the other ; Endurance and aging: the active grandparent and costly repair hypotheses
- Exercise in the modern world. To move or not to move: how to make exercise happen ; How much and what type? ; Exercise and disease
- Epilogue.