"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.