Exercised

Snarky, sassy professor with overabundant personality tells you that (1) exercise sucks (like, our brains have evolved to avoid it at all costs), but (2) it will help you live better. Type 2 fun! I enjoyed this a lot, actually. I found his sass amusing. I was inspired to run around in no shoes. He also made me understand how to prioritize everything: cardio for longevity, HIIT for VO2 max (sob), strength for quality of life. I loved his anthropological examinations of fitness fads like CrossFit (which I still think is prob the most efficient one? don't @ me, I know about the injuries problem) or, ahem, PRIMAL MOVEMENT (hee hee).

I love the idea of him dragging a treadmill to the Maasai. Was it the Maasai? I also loved his descriptive stats of how much various modern-day nomadic people move.

Liked it. Simple and clear explanations with the aim of debunking several myths such as it is unnatural to be indolent” or that running is bad for one's knees. If you are already a person that routinely exercises and have read other books on the topic it might not add too much, but I heavily recommend it for people who don't like to exercise or can't get the hang of it.

Excellent writing for a science book. Lots of evidence-backed information and an engaging narrative throughout. I found myself adding unprecedented quantities of new words to my vocabulary bin, and really enjoyed the shake-up of traditional exercise advice and the evolutionary perspective. As a sedentary person in a job best described as a complete sinecure, I have certainly been inspired to exercise, but can I keep it going and turn it into a habit? 

A watershed of compiled research, meta-analysis, and thoughtful recommendations on how to age well, live longer, and be healthy.

Lieberman's writing and advice are compelling. You might feel some hits of delight at how he goes after some myths of ‘scientific journalism' that are either poorly researched or thoroughly debunked by now.

Humans don't have a biological imperative to exercise in gyms as we do, but then again we've never been more sedentary and physically inactive. I've always exercised — aside from spells of exhaustion and... COVID-19 —, but now I have even more arguments against my own procrastination.

A crucial, must-read book for anyone that wants to fight the infirmities of old age and lead a proper human life.

Finished!

Mostly choir-preaching here. I suspect most people that are not exercise-aholics know intuitively that we have a natural resistance to exercise for exercise sake.
Good coverage on the evolutionary and biological aspects.
And does reinforce, of course, that although we are resistant to exercise, it does do us a lot of good. And there is no doubting the “high” you get is part of some evolutionary goal to get us to do it more.