Fitness by Darwin
Evolution as the basis for exercise
Sustainable Exercise
Ten million years of evolution have shaped the human body into what it is today. Somehow, that fact is mostly ignored by today’s fitness culture…which is what Fitness by Darwin aims to fix. This book lays out how the three evolutionary movements can easily be incorporated into your workouts to help you look better, get stronger, and avoid injury.
Scientifically Sourced
With 600 citations lining its pages – a vast majority of which come from peer-reviewed journals – Fitness by Darwin relies on science, rather than tradition, to make its point. Get the book for free, and see the proof for yourself!
Looks
We’re all concerned with how we look; it’s understandable, especially in this era. The movements and exercises laid out in Fitness by Darwin will help you develop lean muscle and burn calories safely, the way our bodies adapted to do.
Strength
You don’t have to be a pro athlete or hard-core fitness junkie to want to get strong. Because our anatomy and physiology have been shaped by evolution, evolutionary exercises target the muscles most responsible for the way we move to develop usable, functional strength.
Health
So many common exercises are guided by tradition, and a great number of them stress the human body rather than strengthen it. Your joints, brain, skeleton, and more all deserve to be taken care of! Get the book, and learn which exercises deserve to be mainstays and which should be avoided.
The Three Evolutionary Movements
Climbing
Humans didn’t just start on the ground; we got where we are today thanks in part to our tree-dwelling ancestors. FBD introduces exercises like the anchored cable row and climb-up, and it reacquaints the reader with gym staples like pull-ups, pull-downs, and seated rows…all climbing exercises the average person can, and should, be doing regularly in the gym.
Running
Sprinting is great for you. Endurance running is great for you. Plenty of evidence speaks to these two types of running as each holding a unique set of benefits. Learn how high-intensity interval training can be done safely, why the concerns about distance running are likely overblown, and how these two running forms helped our ancestors survive and thrive.
Carrying
Yes, this exercise book is based in science…but be not afraid. Science doesn’t mean we can’t Pick Things Up and Put Them Down! In fact, we probably should. Carrying things from one place to another was crucial for early humans. Get the book and find out why certain traditional carrying exercises are great for the human body and why others are most definitely not.
