Exercised : why something we never evolved to do is healthy and rewarding
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524746988
- ISBN: 1524746983
- ISBN: 9781524746995
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Physical Description:
print
xix, 440 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-417) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Are we born to rest or run? -- Inactivity. Inactivity: the importance of being lazy ; Sitting: is it the new smoking? ; Sleep: why stress thwarts rest -- Speed, strength, and power. Speed: neither tortoise nor hare ; Strength: from brawny to scrawny ; Fighting and sporting: from fangs to football -- Endurance. Walking: all in a day's walk ; Running and dancing: jumping from one leg to the other ; Endurance and aging: the active grandparent and costly repair hypotheses -- Exercise in the modern world. To move or not to move: how to make exercise happen ; How much and what type? ; Exercise and disease -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Exercise History Physical fitness History Physical education and training History Exercise Physical Fitness history Physical Eduation and Training history |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QP 301 .L54 2020 | 30775305559149 | General Collection | Available | - |