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Jan 2021
55m 14s

Why It’s Normal to Dislike Exercise

Goop, Inc. and Audacy
About this episode
Daniel Lieberman is a professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and the author of the new book Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding. Today, he joins host Elise Loehnen to break down the history and science behind why so many of us have trouble exercising even though we know it’s healthy for us. For one ... Show More
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