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Why exercise becomes more potent for longevity as we age.
BOOKS:
Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman
amazon.com/Exercised-Something-Evolved-Healthy-Rewarding/dp/B087NFK9HC/ref=sr_1_2
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman
amazon.com/The-Story-of-Human-Body-audiobook/dp/B00EZ4CTGK/ref=sr_1_3
The Evolution of the Human Head by Daniel Lieberman
amazon.com/Evolution-Human-Head-Daniel-Lieberman/dp/0674046366/ref=sr_1_5
PAPERS:
Exercise Intensity and Longevity in Men: The Harvard Alumni Health Study
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/387973
Is Exercise Really Medicine? An Evolutionary Perspective by Daniel Lieberman
journals.lww.com/acsm-csmr/fulltext/2015/07000/is_exercise_really_medicine__an_evolutionary.13.aspx
The active grandparent hypothesis: Physical activity and the evolution of extended human healthspans and lifespans by Daniel Lieberman
pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2107621118
Exercise as medicine–evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases by Bente Petersen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sms.12581
The diseasome of physical inactivity – and the role of myokines in muscle–fat cross talk by Bente Petersen
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2805368
Energetics and reproductive effort by Peter T. Ellison
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.10152
The evolution of marathon running: capabilities in humans by Daniel Lieberman
link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200737040-00004
VIDEO:
Paleo Anthropologist Daniel Lieberman On Sitting, Meat & Exercise — Interview by Chris MacAskill
youtu.be/U0E-a5wdQSs
0:00 Filming a TEDx talk
0:29 Defining exercise
2:45 Why humans live long
5:25 Why humans evolved to be active
6:59 More important to stay active with age
10:16 Structural stress from activity
12:12 Exercise is not medicine
Why exercise becomes more potent for longevity as we age.
BOOKS:
Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman
amazon.com/Exercised-Something-Evolved-Healthy-Rewarding/dp/B087NFK9HC/ref=sr_1_2
The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman
amazon.com/The-Story-of-Human-Body-audiobook/dp/B00EZ4CTGK/ref=sr_1_3
The Evolution of the Human Head by Daniel Lieberman
amazon.com/Evolution-Human-Head-Daniel-Lieberman/dp/0674046366/ref=sr_1_5
PAPERS:
Exercise Intensity and Longevity in Men: The Harvard Alumni Health Study
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/387973
Is Exercise Really Medicine? An Evolutionary Perspective by Daniel Lieberman
journals.lww.com/acsm-csmr/fulltext/2015/07000/is_exercise_really_medicine__an_evolutionary.13.aspx
The active grandparent hypothesis: Physical activity and the evolution of extended human healthspans and lifespans by Daniel Lieberman
pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2107621118
Exercise as medicine–evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases by Bente Petersen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sms.12581
The diseasome of physical inactivity – and the role of myokines in muscle–fat cross talk by Bente Petersen
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2805368
Energetics and reproductive effort by Peter T. Ellison
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.10152
The evolution of marathon running: capabilities in humans by Daniel Lieberman
link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200737040-00004
VIDEO:
Paleo Anthropologist Daniel Lieberman On Sitting, Meat & Exercise — Interview by Chris MacAskill
youtu.be/U0E-a5wdQSs
0:00 Filming a TEDx talk
0:29 Defining exercise
2:45 Why humans live long
5:25 Why humans evolved to be active
6:59 More important to stay active with age
10:16 Structural stress from activity
12:12 Exercise is not medicine
