Exercised is a great comprehensive book about the science of exercising separated into 4 main parts. Lieberman starts off by talking about how we evolved to not want to exercise, following by explaining how humans are different in strength, speed and power compared to other species. And then moving onto talking about how humans are uniquely built for endurance and then finishing off by talking about exercising in the modern wold and even giving some advice on how to approach it!

There is a lot of bad information about what you should eat and how you should exercise out there on the internet, I wouldn't trust most of it if I tried to research it online. Therefore when I saw Liberman's book, I though this would be a great place to learn about scientific research about exercising and I wasn't wrong!

My only issue with the book was that I felts some chapters were a bit too long and some stuff felt kind of repetitive but generally I found the book to be well structured with loads of subheadings to make each section clear.

Overall, Exercised is super informational and would recommend it to anyone with even the slightest interest in the topic.

Well written and a well researched book about the ups and downs of exercising, and why it's really really important for people to keep up with if you live a sedentary life :)
The science was easy to follow along with and understand, and makes me wanna read more into the details of what happens in the body during different types of exercising.
It was also an exercise in itself to hold up the gigantick brick of a book :D

"The mantra of this book is that nothing about the biology of exercise makes sense except in the light of evolution, and nothing about exercise as a behavior makes sense except in the light of anthropology."

▪️EXERCISED: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel E. Lieberman, 2020.

In a world and and social media sphere that thrives and propogates "bro science", expensive fads, equipment, MLMs, and "earning your food/drinks" with x amounts of exercise, it really is a wonderful thing to know that books like this - REAL SCIENCE! - are out there.
Evidence based on the evolution of our human species. What our bones say, how our muscles develop, and how this can inform what we do and where we go.

This book dispels many common myths surrounding exercise, digs deep into the research of evolutionary development, how bodies change throughout our life cycle, and leaves the reader with many takeaways.

This book was meaningful to me because it was the antidote to the feral "fitness" world where I pitch my tent, trying to preach the gospel of accessibility and loving the place you're at, while finding ways to move and groove creatively, calling it whatever you like, and respecting each person's journey and the space they inhabit without shame and judgement.

So, yeah, I recommend this one.

An incredibly well-researched book with a plethora of great advice, everything thoroughly grounded a in studies, always with a critical view on what can actually be inferred and prescribed given the state of the literature. I’ve always believed in the importance of physical activity. That belief is strengthened, while I’m also more sympathetic towards those who find it hard to do, including myself at times. Yes recommend.

Really interesting history of the evolution of human movement and physiology. And a well written one at that.

It is a pretty readable book on exercises: the myth and the science of it, like the two sides of a coin. If one wants to get one sentence out of this book is - Exercise is very important and we should all exercise, both cardio and strength. There is no fixed dose for all people. The author compares our ancestors‘ busy lifestyle - the need to hunt for food and escape from the danger has already "forced" them to exercise already. We modern human being have to go to gym or buy dumbbell to workout at home in 2020. Do no ponder over what kind of exercises are the best. HIIT, cardio, aerobatic, strength, resistance training and other types are all beneficial. The point is to get move!!!

For those who LOVE learning new things, and are excited about biology, anthropology, and of course, exercise.
I have a love / hate relationship with exercise as a former person with an ED, but this book never triggered, never fat shamed, and was pure education.
I will say though that due to the more scholarly nature of the book, it can feel very dense and be hard to read - and I did often skip chapters that I just wasn’t interested in at all.