# Exercised

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- Authors: [Daniel E. Lieberman](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-e-lieberman)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2020-09-03
- Genres: Popular science, Popular medicine and health, Fitness and diet

## Description

In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we are told, is exercise - voluntary physical activity for the sake of health. However, most of us struggle to stay fit, and our attitudes to exercise are plagued by misconceptions, finger-pointing and anxiety. But, as Daniel Lieberman shows in Exercised , the first book of its kind by a leading scientific expert , we never evolved to exercise. We are hardwired for moderate exertion throughout each day, not triathlons or treadmills. Drawing on over a decade of high-level scientific research and eye-opening insights from evolutionary biology and anthropology, Lieberman explains precisely how exercise can promote health; debunks persistent myths about sitting, speed, strength and endurance; and points the way towards more enjoyable and physically active living in the modern world.

## Editions

### Exercised

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-05-2543-478-8
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2021-12-07
- Language: en_US

### Exercised

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4198-636-4
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2021-06-03
- Language: en_GB

### Exercised

- Publisher: Allen Lane
- Medium: audio
- Length: 13 h 13 min
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- ISBN: 978-02-4150-362-1
- Published: 2020-09-10
- Language: en_GB

### Exercised

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4130-928-5
- Published: 2020-09-03
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Wyćwiczony. Dlaczego coś, czego ewolucja nigdy od nas nie wymagała, jest tak zdrowe i satysfakcjonujące](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-e-lieberman/pl/wycwiczony-dlaczego-cos-czego-ewolucja-nigdy-od-nas-nie-wymagala-jest-tak-zdrowe-i-satysfakcjonujace) (pl_PL)
- [Фізична (не)активність. Що насправді робить нас здоровими?](https://www.bookquiver.com/deniel-liberman/uk/fizychna-ne-aktyvnist-shcho-naspravdi-robyt-nas-zdorovymy) (uk_UA)