Exercised_The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health
โ Scribed by Lieberman, Daniel
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 546
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Title Page
About the Author
By the Same Author
Dedication
Three Useful Definitions
Prologue
ONE Are We Born to Rest or Run?
PART Iย ย INACTIVITY
TWO Inactivity: The Importance of Being Lazy
THREE Sitting: Is It the New Smoking?
FOUR Sleep: Why Stress Thwarts Rest
PART IIย ย 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 IIIย ย ENDURANCE
EIGHT Walking: All in a Dayโs Walk
NINEย ย Running and Dancing: Jumping from One Leg to the Other
TEN Endurance and Aging: The Active Grandparent and Costly Repair Hypotheses
PART IVย ย 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
Copyright
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