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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.13 — 17,764 ratings — published 2008
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.44 — 10,640 ratings — published 2005
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.30 — 239,913 ratings — published 2009
Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,070 ratings — published 2021
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.71 — 38,263 ratings — published 2000
Becoming a Supple Leopard, 1st Edition: The Ultimate Guide To Resolving Pain Preventing Injury And Opti (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,452 ratings — published 2013
You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises for Men and Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,966 ratings — published 2010
Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.30 — 104,698 ratings — published 2023
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.86 — 217,852 ratings — published 2007
The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can: Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,537 ratings — published 2012
Strength Training Anatomy (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,511 ratings — published 1998
Overcoming Gravity (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,334 ratings — published 2011
Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.22 — 11,044 ratings — published 2011
Body by Science: A Research-Based Program for Strength Training, Body Building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,527 ratings — published 2008
Convict Conditioning: How to Bust Free of All Weakness Using the Lost Secrets of Supreme Survival Strength (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,601 ratings — published 2010
The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,518 ratings — published 2005
Practical Programming for Strength Training (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,987 ratings — published 2006
Stretching (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,306 ratings — published 1975
Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.03 — 39,895 ratings — published 2012
Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.22 — 6,623 ratings — published 2023
The Joy of Movement: How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,876 ratings — published 2019
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,260 ratings — published 2018
Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.12 — 797 ratings — published 2013
The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Sexier, Healthier YOU! (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.31 — 845 ratings — published 2009
Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.74 — 4,358 ratings — published 1999
ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,792 ratings — published 2004
Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.76 — 15,061 ratings — published 2012
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,085 ratings — published 2011
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.03 — 21,610 ratings — published 2005
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.14 — 123,494 ratings — published 2020
Daniels' Running Formula (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.25 — 5,289 ratings — published 1998
The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.46 — 5,308 ratings — published 1985
Complete Calisthenics - The Ultimate Guide To Bodyweight Exercise (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.14 — 923 ratings — published 2014
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.02 — 27,956 ratings — published 2012
5/3/1: The Simplest and Most Effective Training System for Raw Strength
by (shelved 13 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,426 ratings — published 2011
Relax into Stretch: Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.82 — 546 ratings — published 2001
The Naked Warrior: Master the Secrets of the Super-Strong - Using Bodyweight Exercises Only (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,614 ratings — published 2003
Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,034 ratings — published 2019
Kettlebell Simple & Sinister (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,597 ratings — published 2013
Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,332 ratings — published 2014
The Pilates Body: The Ultimate At-Home Guide to Strengthening, Lengthening and Toning Your Body- Without Machines (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.12 — 834 ratings — published 2000
Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,501 ratings — published
The Secret to Superhuman Strength (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,185 ratings — published 2021
Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,186 ratings — published 2014
Enter the Kettlebell!: Strength Secret of the Soviet Supermen (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,645 ratings — published 2006
Yoga Anatomy (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.28 — 6,951 ratings — published 2007
Science of Strength Training: Understand the anatomy and physiology to transform your body (The Science of Fitness)
by (shelved 10 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.16 — 564 ratings — published 2021
Roar: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.03 — 8,241 ratings — published 2016
4-Week Bodyweight Home Workout (Workout Series)
by (shelved 10 times as exercise)
avg rating 3.34 — 685 ratings — published 2012
The Strength Training Anatomy Workout (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as exercise)
avg rating 4.28 — 366 ratings — published 2011
“My muscles informed me they did not want to go through any more exercise today. So I suggest that maybe he should let me off this time. He laughed, and I'm pretty sure it was at me...not with me.
"Why is that funny?"
"Oh," he said, his smile dropping. "You were serious."
"Of course I was! Look, I've technically been awake for two days. Why do we have to start this training now? Let me go to bed." I whined. "It's just one hour."
"How do you feel right now?"
"I hurt like hell."
"You'll feel worse tomorrow."
"So?"
"So, better get a jump on it while you still feel...not as bad."
"What kind of logic is that?" I retorted.”
― Vampire Academy
"Why is that funny?"
"Oh," he said, his smile dropping. "You were serious."
"Of course I was! Look, I've technically been awake for two days. Why do we have to start this training now? Let me go to bed." I whined. "It's just one hour."
"How do you feel right now?"
"I hurt like hell."
"You'll feel worse tomorrow."
"So?"
"So, better get a jump on it while you still feel...not as bad."
"What kind of logic is that?" I retorted.”
― Vampire Academy
“...the gym is a kind of wildlife preserve for bodily exertion. A preserve protects species whose habitat is vanishing elsewhere, and the gym (and home gym) accommodates the survival of bodies after the abandonment of the original sites of bodily exertion.”
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking
― Wanderlust: A History of Walking
