![]() ![]() What are our bodies doing when we take it easy, including when we sit or sleep? Part Two explores physical activities that require speed, strength, and power, such as sprinting, lifting and fighting. Because we cannot understand physical activity without understanding its absence, Part One begins with physical inactivity. ![]() The first three parts of Exercised roughly follow the evolutionary story of human physical activity and inactivity, even as each chapter shatters a particular myth about exercise. This highly engaging, landmark work, a natural history of exercise-by the author of the best seller The Story of the Human Body -seeks to answer a fundamental question: were you born to run or rest? ![]()
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