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Exercised Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
Daniel Lieberman
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. • If w...
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The host highly praised Daniel Lieberman's New York Times bestseller, Exercised, noting that reading it made them fundamentally rethink exercise. Lieberman joined the podcast to discuss his research, which debunks common fitness myths by explaining that exercise is a form of physical activity that our ancestors did not engage in purely for the sake of fitness or health. He detailed the origins of the book, which was inspired by his research studying running populations in Northern Mexico.
Episode: Exercise myths busted: Practical steps to sustain...
In his latest New York Times bestseller, Exercise, Daniel brings together a decade of his research to debunk common myths about fitness and health. He explains how exercise is a form of physical activity and not something our ancestors did for the sake of fitness or health.
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In his latest New York Times bestseller, Exercise, Daniel brings together a decade of his research to debunk common myths about fitness and health.
And I really enjoyed the book, which I was reading on the plane over and it made me think about exercise quite a bit.
So I work out two to three times a week because I've been convinced by a whole variety of scientists that this is really important for my health, but it's definitely not fun.
And I know that's one of the things you talk about in this book along with a whole series of other myths.
The reason I started this book, actually, they really... Sometimes people make up these epiphanies, right? But I actually really had one when I was doing some research in Northern Mexico, studying a Native American population that's famous for its running, the Tata Humara.
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