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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

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I Index Overall Rating

Readers

70/100

Critics

60/100

Scholars

91/100

Author:

Daniel E. Lieberman

Publisher:

Pantheon

Date:

January 5, 2021

The author of The Story of the Human Body seeks to answer a fundamental question: were you born to run or rest?

What The Reviewers Say

BARBARA J. KING,
NPR
... riveting.
Hamilton Cain,
The Boston Globe
... sweeping, vigorous.
Jen A. Miller,
The New York Times
Books about exercise are nothing new — especially not at this time of year. But Exercised is different from the usual scrum, in that its objective is not to sell a diet or fitness plan.
John Hawks,
The Wall Street Journal
... makes important progress in the research topic for which Mr. Lieberman himself has become best known—the physiology of human running.