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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel E. Lieberman
4.5
Scientific yet readable debunking of myths about exercise.
We are evolved to avoid artificial exercise. Modern treadmills, stationary bikes, etc are unnatural. Hunter gatherers walked 9 miles per day to hunt (men) or 5 miles while carrying heavy objects to gather tubers (women).
Exercise has an enormous impact on quality of life after age 50. One chart showed the enormous difference.
Hunter gathers typically had great quality of life until age 70 when it would fall off precipitously. Modern medicine helps exercisers have great quality life until age 80. Non-exercisers start falling off in life quality at age 50.
We are evolved to do a mixture of cardio, high intensity interval training, and weights.
If we can make it social and fun, that makes it better than relying on willpower.
If we fall off the wagon, it's really painful to get our bodies used to exercising again but it feels better and better as we do it.
We are evolved to avoid artificial exercise. Modern treadmills, stationary bikes, etc are unnatural. Hunter gatherers walked 9 miles per day to hunt (men) or 5 miles while carrying heavy objects to gather tubers (women).
Exercise has an enormous impact on quality of life after age 50. One chart showed the enormous difference.
Hunter gathers typically had great quality of life until age 70 when it would fall off precipitously. Modern medicine helps exercisers have great quality life until age 80. Non-exercisers start falling off in life quality at age 50.
We are evolved to do a mixture of cardio, high intensity interval training, and weights.
If we can make it social and fun, that makes it better than relying on willpower.
If we fall off the wagon, it's really painful to get our bodies used to exercising again but it feels better and better as we do it.