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Stuck On The Couch? Why It's Natural For Us To Avoid Exercise

It's a cold evening, it's raining sheets and you have watching telly for so long that Netflix are co...
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Eimear Shannon

10:57 AM - 23 Dec 2020



Dave Moore

Stuck On The Couch? Why It's Natural For Us To Avoid Exercise

Eimear Shannon
Eimear Shannon

10:57 AM - 23 Dec 2020

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It's a cold evening, it's raining sheets and you have watching telly for so long that Netflix are considering sending someone over to the house to see if you've been eaten by your couch. You know you need to leave the house and get out for a walk or run but you just do not want to.

The question is, if we know exercise is good for us, why have we evolved to avoid it?

Daniel Liberman is a Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and he's written a new book which looks at the world that has left a lot of people anxious, worried and harassed by the commercialisation of exercise.

Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Daniel revealed how it's not a sign of laziness if you struggle to find the motivation to work out. It's human nature.

And also how he once raced against horses. Yes. Really.

Stuck On The Couch? Why It's Natural For Us To Avoid Exercise

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