Harvard Professor: REVEALING the Truth About EXERCISE | Daniel Lieberman

Daniel Lieberman is a professor at Harvard University. He studies and teaches how and why the human body is the way it is, and how our evolutionary history affects health and disease.

Dan is best known for his research on the evolution of running and other kinds of physical activities such as walking, but is also well known for his research on the evolution of the human head.

Today we’re discussing his latest book, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding.

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In this episode, we discuss:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:39 - How humans evolved to be inactive
00:02:49 - Born To Run
00:07:20 - The real origin of running
00:12:25 - How many calories does it take to run a mile?
00:16:02 - Exercise is modern behaviour
00:18:53 - People need to understand their instinct to not exercise is normal
00:21:13 - Why people who are obese/sedentary have a hard time unlocking the reward system
00:23:13 - Aim for 150 minutes of exercise per week
00:25:12 - Strength training becomes increasingly important as you get older
00:26:38 - Is sitting the new smoking?
00:28:54 - Get up and move around every 15 minutes
00:31:27 - Walking is the most fundamental form of exercise
00:33:11 - How effective is walking for weight loss?
00:37:25 - Where does 10,000 steps a day come from?
00:40:20 - A standing desk is not exercise
00:42:04 - The big debate... ultimate health
00:46:36 - Improve your endurance with high-intensity interval training (HIIT)
00:48:25 - Humans racing horses?!?
00:51:53 - We’re good at sweating
00:52:48 - Heel strike vs. forefoot strike… what is the best running form?
00:56:05 - The physics of barefoot running
01:00:33 - The skill of running
01:01:57 - The modern running shoe encourages people to heel strike
01:03:45 - Dispelling the myth that running causes knee arthritis
01:07:46 - Dan’s thoughts on overexercising
01:11:02 - The top 2 reasons why people don’t exercise
01:13:09 - The benefits of exercise with friends
01:15:16 - You have to make a choice to exercise

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[terrifictomm]

I have thought like this my whole life. Then I observed it in my dogs.

When all their needs have been met, including their need for companionship, for novelty, for variety, all their needs, what do they do? They go to sleep.

Perhaps we humans should be doing the same. After all, what is there you HAVE TO DO if all your needs have been met?

Perhaps we don't find contentment satisfying?

[mohnishsharma]

Daniel is very right, we can't measure Health if it's subjective.
So there is no ultimate or best in it, it is very much how a person feels about himself at a point in his/her life with his/her body and should keep on moving...

[burn_that_butter]

fascinating -- I am buying the book!
:-)

[rangerjesse]

Loved to hear the disagreement on ultimate health.