Health & Nutrition
This Is Movement

This Is Movement

Movement is medicine, so move for your health

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Whether it's walking, swimming, dancing or paddling—movement is medicine. As long as you keep your body moving, you can be sure that you'll be way healthier and happier. In these Blinks, you'll learn more about the theory of movement and its effects on the human body and mind.

This Is Movement

Movement is medicine, so move for your health

The Joy of Movement
The Joy of Movement
Kelly McGonigal, PhD
How exercise helps us find happiness, hope, connection, and courage
22 min4.7
In Praise of Walking
In Praise of Walking
Shane O'Mara
The new science of how we walk and why it’s good for us
19 min4.5
30 Ways to Reboot Your Body
30 Ways to Reboot Your Body
Ben Greenfield
A Complete User Manual for Getting the Most Out of the Human Body
10 min3.5
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami
Teaser: A memoir about running and writing
24 min4.3
Endure
Endure
Alex Hutchinson
Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
22 min4.4
The Sports Gene
The Sports Gene
David Epstein
Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
16 min4.3
This Is Your Brain on Sports
This Is Your Brain on Sports
L. Jon Wertheim (Author), Sam Sommers
The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon
14 min4.1
The Rise of Superman
The Rise of Superman
Steven Kotler
Decoding The Science of Ultimate Human Performance
19 min4.4
Born to Run
Born to Run
Christopher McDougall
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
33 min4.4

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