Exercised
Book description
If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.
“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit,…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Exercised as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It seems I read either novels or scientific papers—page-turners or ‘can I get through this? ’ papers. Then, a book arrives that reads like a novel with the content any scientist would love.
Instantly applicable, it created questions where once I had only accepted norms. This book allowed me to question if I, too, was exercised about exercise. The militant and provocative nature of doing the ‘right’ thing without questioning the status quo. This book becomes a philosophical work that has driven my own understanding of the why that now underpins my own movement.
From Owen's list on anatomy and movement at books core.
This book presents a compelling argument that exercise provides essential body-building and restoring functions.
Though our ancestors did not engage in exercise as an activity, they engaged in activities that provided all the body movements and cardiovascular boosts that are what we now call exercise. Exercise is often described as the best medicine. This book describes why that is true.
From John's list on life-style health.
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