#46 Exercised Part I - Book Summary

Hello Wise Wordians,

Welcome back to another episode of ‘Wise Words Book Summaries’.

This week we are summarising ‘Exercised’ by Daniel Lieberman which attempts to debunk a number of myths we assume are true about exercise by using an anthropological and cross-cultural perspective.

In this episode, we cover some of the different myths Daniel Lieberman attempts to debunk, such as:

• That we evolved to exercise
• That it is unnatural to be lazy
• That sitting is intrinsically unhealthy
• That you need eight hours of sleep every night

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Next week we will be summarising ‘The Sports Gene’ by David Epstein so make sure you stay tuned for that.

We hope you enjoy it.

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Chapters:
00:00:00-Intro
00:00:16-Overview
00:00:36-We never evolved to exercise:
00:09:42-How this book approaches Exercise:
00:11:11-CHAPTER ONE-Are We Born to Rest or Run?
00:11:21-The Natural Human
00:22:48-Physical Activity Levels across humanity:
00:31:58-CHAPTER TWO-Inactivity: The Importance of Being Lazy
00:37:11-Energy Expenditure
00:39:29-Effects of starvation
00:48:37-The Calorie Trade-off
00:52:32-Is being lazy a good thing?
00:56:51-CHAPTER THREE Sitting: Is It the New Smoking?
00:59:14-The health concerns of sitting:
01:07:31-The activity of Chimpanzees:
01:10:21-CHAPTER FOUR-Sleep: Why Stress Thwarts Rest
01:10:31-The Myth of Eight Hours
01:10:52-Patterns of Sleep:
01:22:39-The uncomfortable sleeping of the past:
01:24:46-The Sleeping System:
01:28:02-The sleep-industrial complex
01:32:19-Diagnosing your own sleep health
01:34:45-Debrief

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