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Born to Be Fit (How Nature Shapes Human Fitness, Health, and Performance)
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| Expected release date is Mar 23rd 2027 |
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Product Details
Author:
Jessica R. Christensen
Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Greystone Books (March 23, 2027)
Imprint:
Greystone Books
Release Date:
March 23, 2027
Language:
English
ISBN-13:
9781778403804
ISBN-10:
1778403808
Weight:
12oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
File:
PGW-LEGATO-Publishers_Group_West_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260716154751-20260716.xml
Folder:
PGW
List Price:
$19.95
Country of Origin:
Canada
Pub Discount:
65
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$15.36
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
A
Overview
Redefine your fitness through the lens of nature and evolution to discover how your body is already built to thrive. This empowering guide helps you work with your biology—not against it—to harness your body’s abilities for long-lasting energy, health, and performance.
In a world obsessed with steps, macros, and “optimization,” Born to Be Fit offers a radically different view: your body is not a project to fix, but a powerful, adaptive system shaped by millions of years of our co-evolution with nature.
Exercise science specialist and health educator Jessica R. Christensen dismantles the myths of modern fitness culture and shows you how to reclaim the nature-built abilities you already possess.
Blending the science of nature and evolution with cutting-edge research on lifestyle and fitness, Christensen reveals why strict workout plans, extreme diets, and tracking every metric keep failing. Instead of forcing your life to fit a fitness plan, you’ll discover how to harness your favorite activities and your “fitness ecosystem” to enhance your fitness, health, and performance.
In this book, readers will:
- Discover a new, realistic definition of fitness that focuses on what you want to be fit for in real life.
- Understand how nature and evolution shaped your body and your fitness so you can stop blaming “willpower.”
- Harness your “fitness ecosystem” where your home, habits, and social life influence your body.
- Use nature—from city parks to outdoor adventures—as a powerful tool for staying fit.
- Get a clear, compassionate explanation of weight, fat, and health beyond BMI and body-shaming to build meaningful body positivity.
- See fitness as an outcome of a fun, joyful active lifestyle that rewards your experience instead of punishment and guilt.
- Discover a sane, flexible approach to food that balances energy, nutrients, and enjoyment.
- Build long-term resilience and performance—from stronger bones, sharper brain, and the skills for your favorite sports.
If you’re exhausted by toxic gym culture, wellness overwhelm, and the idea that fitness is only for the disciplined or genetically “gifted,” Born to Be Fit will transform how you see fitness as the extraordinary nature under your skin—and how you’re truly fit for life.
