Have you ever woken up and groaned as you fought with yourself to get out the door to run? You are not alone. That is in our biology. We evolved to want to conserve energy. The idea of exercising is only something that we've been doing relatively recently. Dr. Daniel Lieberman's new book, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding is a great read.
Evolutionary biologist, Dr. Daniel Lieberman joins us to discuss what this means for us as passionate runners. Dr. Lieberman wrote the 2004 article, Born to Run:
Here is the video Dr. Mark Cucuzzella mentioned.
Please check out Dr. Mark's running store, Two Rivers Treads and his podcast.
EP 520: State of The Nation
EP 519 The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc and Ironman Announce A New Partnership:
Simple Rules with Stephanie Howe
Intuitive Training with Courtney Dauwalter
EP 518: Better Than Nothing: Building a Habit of Discipline and Consistancy
EP 517 Eat To Train
EP 516: I Hate Running and You Can Too
EP 515: Can Science Trump Intuition?
EP 514: Ask The Coaches YOUR Questions Answered
EP 513: Moms Run This Trail - Part 2
EP 512: What's in AJW's Drop Bag?
EP 510: Moms Run This Trail
BONUS Miles with Dr. Phil Maffetone
EP 509: Get Stronger with Dr. Phil Maffetone
BONUS Miles with Will Fortin and Richard Kresser
EP 508: Front v. Back of the Pack with Richard Kresser & Will Fortin
EP 507: Two Fun Adventures - with Mike Foote & Rob Krar and with Cory Reese
BONUS MILES with Pam and Adam
EP 506: Running in the Extremes w/ Pam Reed & Adam Kimble
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