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Exercised : The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health

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Author(s): Lieberman, Daniel
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Year: 2020

Language: English
Pages: 464

Prologue
ONE Are We Born to Rest or Run?
PART I INACTIVITY
TWO Inactivity: The Importance of Being Lazy
THREE Sitting: Is It the New Smoking?
FOUR Sleep: Why Stress Thwarts Rest
PART II SPEED, STRENGTH, AND POWER
FIVE Speed: Neither Tortoise nor Hare
SIX Strength: From Brawny to Scrawny
SEVEN Fighting and Sports: From Fangs to Football 140
PART III ENDURANCE
EIGHT Walking: All in a Day’s Walk
NINE Running and Dancing: Jumping from One Leg to the Other
TEN Endurance and Aging: The Active Grandparent and Costly Repair Hypotheses
PART IV EXERCISE IN THE MODERN WORLD
ELEVEN To Move or Not to Move: How to Make Exercise Happen
TWELVE How Much and What Type?
THIRTEEN Exercise and Disease
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index