Exercise
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Office workers who sit for long hours and want to understand why the body resists exercise
- Popular-science readers interested in the relationship between evolutionary biology and health
- Beginners about to start fitness training but lacking foundational understanding
- People who want to replan daily activity from a lifestyle perspective
Not a good fit for
- Fitness practitioners who want specific exercises and diet recipes
- Professional researchers expecting a rigorous academic literature review
- Readers who only want a quick weight-loss shortcut
Reading tips
- Start with the chapters on ancestral patterns of physical activity to establish an evolutionary perspective, then return to modern exercise recommendations.
- After each chapter, make a simple record of your own daily activity to bring the ideas into real life.
- You don't have to read straight through; you can start with chapters related to sitting, running, or strength training.
About the publisher
Tianjin Science and Technology Press is a science and technology publisher whose main publishing areas are the natural sciences, engineering and technology, medicine and health, popular science for everyday life, and science and engineering textbooks, with a particular strength in medicine and health, health care, and traditional Chinese medicine books. Its catalogue covers popular science, social sciences, medicine, finance and economics, and philosophy; it includes classic translations such as The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art, On the Origin of Species, and Euclid's Elements, alongside popular science and finance titles such as Hallucinations, Parasite Rex, The Six Numbers, and The Man Who Solved the Market. Its TCM health titles include a two-volume work on Li Dongyuan's spleen-and-stomach theory. Authors and translators represented include Zhang Cang, Charles Darwin, Oliver Sacks, Luo Dalun, Carl Zimmer, and Martin Rees. Public information is limited, so this profile focuses on the publishing directions reflected in the catalogue.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 测一测 你真的锻炼对了吗？
- 译者序 我可以热爱体育但是讨厌锻炼吗
- 中文版序 锻炼，一种崭新且古怪的行为
- 序言 我们从未进化出锻炼的本能
- 第1章 人类是为休息而生，还是为跑而生 以讹传讹的谬误1：我们进化出了锻炼的本能
- 为什么有人在不需要跑步的时候跑步
- 两个不同却又相似的赛事
- 并不成立的“运动原始人”假说
- “正常人”都是沙发土豆吗
- 不同年代的身体活动
- “古怪”的锻炼行为
- 第一部分 静态下的身体活动
- 第2章 静态的意义，懒惰也很重要 以讹传讹的谬误2：懒惰是不正常的行为
- “无所事事”的代价
- 休息并不等于身体的静态
- 尽可能保持静态，是人类进化的结果
- 生而懒惰
- 避免非必要的身体活动是人类的正常选择
- 第3章 坐着等同于吸烟吗 以讹传讹的谬误3：从本质上讲，久坐是不健康的
- 我们是怎么坐的以及为什么要坐
- 我们每天要坐多久？
- 当我坐着的时候，身体正在着火
- 久坐如何引发慢性轻度炎症
- 有活力地坐着
- 我该如何坐，我该坐多久
- 第4章 为什么压力会影响休息 以讹传讹的谬误4：每晚需要睡够8小时
- 睡个好觉是为了身体还是大脑
- 8小时睡眠理论并不存在
- 不同的睡眠文化
- 睡眠所带来的压力
- 为什么要“克扣”自己的睡眠时间
- 第二部分 和速度、力量与能量有关的身体活动
- 第5章 速度：既非乌龟，也非野兔 以讹传讹的谬误5：普通人无法做到速度和耐力俱佳
- 博尔特的速度究竟有多慢
- 双腿直立行走，让人类成为行动缓慢的物种
- 快还是远
- 你想要红肉基因，还是白肉基因
- 先天遗传还是后天培养
- 我们也可以跑得又快又远
- 第6章 力量：从肌肉发达到骨瘦如柴 以讹传讹的谬误6：进化的目标就是把自己变得无比强壮
- 不同时代的力量
- 强壮的类人猿和尼安德特人
- 冲破身体的阻力
- 肌肉的衰老
- 过多的肌肉也是身体的负担
- 第7章 打斗与体育：从尖牙到足球 以讹传讹的谬误7：体育等于锻炼
- 人类天生具有攻击性吗
- 站起来，然后开战
- 人类进化成为更好的天使
- 武器出现之前的打斗
- 利用武器对战
- 以体育代替打斗
- 第三部分 与耐力有关的身体活动
- 第8章 步行：人类的日常 以讹传讹的谬误8：仅靠步行，无法减肥
- 我们是如何行走的
- 人类如何进化到直立行走
- 运输的负担
- 能依靠步行减掉多余的体重吗
- 为什么大多数人不愿意步行
- 第9章 跑步与舞蹈：从一条腿跳到另一条腿 以讹传讹的谬误9：跑步损伤膝盖
- 人可以跑赢马
- 我们是如何跑步的
- 超能寻肉法与耐力打猎法
- 跑步是进化出来的能力，为什么还会受伤
- 舞蹈也是耐力型身体活动
- 第10章 耐力与衰老：身体活动对衰老的影响 以讹传讹的谬误10：随着年龄增长，不爱动是正常的
- 当衰老之后
- 衰老的本质
- 规律性的身体活动是延缓衰老和延长寿命的最佳方式
- 身体活动并不是绝对的不老泉
- 第四部分 现代世界的锻炼
- 第11章 动还是不动：如何开始锻炼 以讹传讹的谬误11：想锻炼就只管大胆去做
- 强制性的“体育一小时”
- 人们总是在逃避锻炼
- 如何让锻炼变得更有趣
- 如何让锻炼成为必需品
- 在年轻人中推广锻炼
- 第12章 如何选择运动量与锻炼项目 以讹传讹的谬误12：某个锻炼项目和某种运动量最适合你
- 每周锻炼150分钟
- 真的存在过度锻炼吗
- 如何将各种锻炼方法整合起来
- 高强度有氧运动
- 第13章 锻炼与疾病的关系
- 肥胖
- 代谢综合征和2型糖尿病
- 心血管疾病
- 呼吸道感染和其他传染病
- 慢性肌肉骨骼疾病
- 癌症
- 阿尔茨海默病
- 心理健康：抑郁与焦虑
- 后记
- 致谢
- 注释
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About the author
Seven works by Daniel Lieberman are currently available in the collection, with common categories centering on popular science, social science, and applied psychology. His writing revolves around the human body and evolution, exercise and health, neural cognition and the conscious mind, and the relationship between the self and the world. Representative works include The Story of the Human Body, Exercised, and The Unconscious Mind in Turmoil, and he also appears in the "Self" and "World" series and in several sets of popular science readings. Based on the available information, the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly stated, and public information is limited. Judging from the subject matter, however, he is skilled at explaining the modern human body and behavior from an evolutionary perspective, connecting biology and health topics with everyday experience. His writing emphasizes knowledge and readability and is suited to readers who wish to understand themselves and the world from a scientific angle.
Tan Jie is an author for whom limited public information is available. The six works held in the collection span a notably wide range of subjects, reflecting broad writing interests. He addresses sport and health, with titles on exercise, marathon training, and the MAF180 training method, and also engages with philosophy and ethics in a study of love and the meaning of life from the perspective of analytical ethics, while contributing to literary appreciation as well. His writing tends to combine practical guidance with knowledge, offering ordinary readers workable methods and points for reflection. Overall, Tan Jie is a cross-genre author whose works are distributed across popular science, health, management, social culture, and literary appreciation, suitable for readers interested in exercise training, ethical reflection, and literary reading.
