# Exercised

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- Book: [Exercised](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-z-lieberman/exercised) ([Exercised.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-z-lieberman/exercised.md))
- Authors: [Daniel Z. Lieberman](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-z-lieberman)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4198-636-4
- Pages: 464
- Published: 2021-06-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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.