#47 Exercised Part II - Book Summary

Hello Wise Wordians, Welcome back to another episode of ‘Wise Words Book Summaries’. This is the 2nd part of ‘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 the remaining myths Daniel Lieberman attempts to debunk, such as: That Normal Humans Trade Off Speed for Endurance That We Evolved to Be Extremely Strong That Sports = Exercise That You Can't Lose Weight by Walking That Running is Bad for your Knees That It's Normal to Be Less Active as We Age That "Just Do It" Works That There Is an Optimal Dose and Type of Exercise If any of these topics sound interesting to you then make sure to give it a listen, and if you enjoy what you hear, why not leave us a like, subscribe to our channel, or even better, let us know your thoughts in the comment section below, your feedback means so much to us and helps to improve our podcast. In addition to this, if you fancy implementing any of the actionable ideas we mention in this episode, head on over to our website at wisewords.blog where the ‘Exercised’ book summary will be waiting for you. 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. --------------------------- Chapters: 00:00:00-Intro 00:00:16-Overview 00:01:40-CHAPTER FIVE-Speed: Neither Tortoise nor Hare 00:02:22-Why are humans so slow? 00:07:54-Muscle Fibres 00:11:24-Can you be both fast and have endurance? 00:17:00-The Power of HIIT 00:18:51-CHAPTER SIX-Strength: From Brawny to Scrawny 00:19:00-The beginning of the fitness industry: 00:19:32-Primal Strength: 00:29:34-CHAPTER SEVEN Fighting and Sports: From Fangs to Football 00:29:45-Are humans stronger than chimps: 00:34:28-Ageing and Muscles: 00:42:23-Violent and Peaceful: 00:49:41-CHAPTER 8-Walking: All in a Day's Walk 00:50:58-Why do we walk on two legs? 00:54:58-The constrained energy expenditure hypothesis 00:58:49-Born to Walk 01:02:30-CHAPTER NINE-Running and Dancing: Jumping from One Leg to the Other 01:05:19-How do Humans outrun horses? 01:07:55-Why are we good at endurance running? 01:21:12-Power Scavenging and Persistence Hunting 01:24:46-If humans evolved to run, why do so many runners get injured? 01:35:01-CHAPTER ΤΕΝ-Endurance and Aging: The Active Grandparent and Costly Repair Hypotheses 01:37:16-The active grandparent hypothesis 01:46:14-Why does exercise slow down ageing? 01:55:02-Mortality and morbidity 02:02:40-What does this all mean? 02:05:47-CHAPTER ELEVEN To Move or Not to Move: How to Make Exercise Happen 02:10:40-Chapter Twelve How Much and What Type? 02:13:08-Debrief If you enjoyed this podcast make sure to check out our other content on our other platforms: Website: https://wisewords.blog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisewords.blog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wisewordsblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WiseWordsBlog