Get Up!
Audio only

Get Up!

Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do about ItBy James A. LevineNarrated by Gildart Jackson
Length7h 30m

About this audiobook

From the codirector of the Mayo Clinic / Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and inventor of the treadmill desk comes a fascinating wake-up call about our sedentary lifestyle. That the average adult spends 50 to 70 percent of their day sitting is no surprise to anyone who works in an office environment. But few realize the health consequences they are suffering as a result of modernity's increasingly sedentary lifestyle, or the effects it has had on society at large. In Get Up!, health expert James A. Levine's original scientific research shows that today's chair-based world, where we no longer use our bodies as they evolved to be used, is having negative consequences on our health, and is a leading cause of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Over the decades, humans have moved from a primarily active lifestyle to one that is largely sedentary, and this change has reshaped every facet of our lives—from social interaction to classroom design. Levine shows how to throw off the shackles of inertia and reverse these negative trends through simple changes in our daily lives.

Audiobook details

Rating★★★★ 4.0 (1.2K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreHealth and Wellness, Science and Nature
Length7 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byGildart Jackson
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 29, 2014
LanguageEnglish

More from James A. Levine

How to Make Disease Disappear
How to Make Disease DisappearRangan Chatterjee5h 26m4.5 (3.5K)$24 · $0.00
The Complete Herbal (Annotated)
The Complete Herbal (Annotated)Nicholas Culpeper29h 8m4.5 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
A Plague Upon Our House
A Plague Upon Our HouseScott W. Atlas MD10h 37m4.5 (3.4K)$20 · $0.00
The Cancer Code
The Cancer CodeDr. Jason Fung10h 48m4.5 (5.3K)$29 · $0.00
The Gift of Therapy
The Gift of TherapyIrvin Yalom7h 39m4.5 (38.8K)$26 · $0.00
Early
EarlySarah DiGregorio9h 47m4.5 (1.3K)$29 · $0.00
Bottle of Lies
Bottle of LiesKatherine Eban14h 25m4.4 (12K)$33 · $0.00
The 36-Hour Day
The 36-Hour DayNancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins17h 13m4.4 (9.2K)$28 · $0.00
Floored
FlooredSara Reardon10h 36m4.5 (1K)$29 · $0.00
Radical Remission
Radical RemissionKelly A. Turner9h 26m4.4 (8.1K)$29 · $0.00
The Sinatra Solution
The Sinatra SolutionStephen T. Sinatra MD9h4.5 (899)$20 · $0.00
The Songaminute Man
The Songaminute ManSimon McDermott6h 12m4.5 (280)$24 · $0.00
Sometimes Brilliant
Sometimes BrilliantLarry Brilliant12h 27m4.5 (954)$29 · $0.00
Live Your Life
Live Your LifeAmanda Kloots, Anna Kloots10h 54m4.4 (13.7K)$29 · $0.00
All in Her Head
All in Her HeadElizabeth Comen13h 25m4.4 (18.2K)$33 · $0.00
The Wisdom of Your Body
The Wisdom of Your BodyHillary McBride9h 14m4.4 (6.7K)$29 · $0.00
The Alzheimer's Solution
The Alzheimer's SolutionDean Sherzai, Ayesha Sherzai9h 47m4.4 (1.9K)$29 · $0.00
Rewire Your Mindset
Rewire Your MindsetBrian Keane6h 49m4.5 (896)$23 · $0.00
Tuning The Human Biofield: Healing With Vibrational Medicine
Tuning The Human Biofield: Healing With Vibrational MedicineCENTER FOR SOUND THERAPY13h 28m4.4 (2.5K)$35 · $0.00
Vaccinated
VaccinatedPaul A. Offit8h 30m4.4 (3.7K)$26 · $0.00
A Brief History of Intelligence
A Brief History of IntelligenceMax S. Bennett12h 18m4.6 (6.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Story of Birds
The Story of BirdsSteve Brusatte11h 49m4.6 (401)$29 · $0.00
How Stella Learned to Talk
How Stella Learned to TalkChristina Hunger7h4.5 (10.9K)$24 · $0.00
Craig & Fred
Craig & FredCraig Grossi8h 6m4.5 (9.6K)$26 · $0.00
Celebrating Birds
Celebrating BirdsNatalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez6h 47m4.6 (330)$24 · $0.00
Saving Jemima
Saving JemimaJulie Zickefoose4h 59m4.5 (749)$20 · $0.00
Will's Red Coat
Will's Red CoatTom Ryan8h 23m4.5 (2.3K)$26 · $0.00
Of Time and Turtles
Of Time and TurtlesSy Montgomery10h 34m4.5 (5K)$29 · $0.00
Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
Zen and the Art of Saving the PlanetThich Nhat Hanh9h 20m4.5 (3.9K)$29 · $0.00
Bottle of Lies
Bottle of LiesKatherine Eban14h 25m4.4 (12K)$33 · $0.00
Ingrained
IngrainedCallum Robinson8h 10m4.5 (1.1K)$26 · $0.00
The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life
The Lion Tracker's Guide To LifeBoyd Varty3h 1m4.4 (4.8K)$18 · $0.00
Born for Love
Born for LoveBruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz11h 42m4.4 (4K)$29 · $0.00
The Mountains of California (With Original Drawings & Photographs) (Annotated)
The Mountains of California (With Original Drawings & Photographs) (Annotated)John Muir11h 35m4.5 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
The New Guys
The New GuysMeredith Bagby16h 50m4.4 (1.2K)$40 · $0.00
Blue Pastures
Blue PasturesMary Oliver3h 23m4.4 (3.8K)$18 · $0.00
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals
The Rise and Reign of the MammalsSteve Brusatte13h 26m4.4 (11.1K)$33 · $0.00
Vaccinated
VaccinatedPaul A. Offit8h 30m4.4 (3.7K)$26 · $0.00
The Light Eaters
The Light EatersZoë Schlanger10h 57m4.4 (22.8K)$29 · $0.00
Where the Lost Dogs Go
Where the Lost Dogs GoSusannah Charleson11h 7m4.5 (699)$23 · $0.00

You may also like

Notes on a Nervous Planet
Notes on a Nervous PlanetMatt Haig5h 11m4.1 (64.5K)$24 · $0.00
Terraform
TerraformPropaganda5h 39m4.7 (594)$24 · $0.00
The Lost Art of Doing Nothing
The Lost Art of Doing NothingMaartje Willems3h 21m3.7 (1.7K)$15
Two Awesome Hours
Two Awesome HoursJosh Davis3h 35m3.8 (1.4K)$18 · $0.00
The Gut-Immune Connection
The Gut-Immune ConnectionEmeran Mayer6h 32m4.1 (754)$24 · $0.00
Eat Dirt
Eat DirtJosh Axe8h 49m4.1 (8.2K)$29 · $0.00
In Praise of Slowness
In Praise of SlownessCarl Honore7h 38m3.9 (21.3K)$26 · $0.00
Old-Fashioned on Purpose
Old-Fashioned on PurposeJill Winger8h 57m4.5 (1.5K)$29 · $0.00
This One Wild and Precious Life
This One Wild and Precious LifeSarah Wilson13h 46m3.9 (6.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Better Brain
The Better BrainBonnie J. Kaplan, Julia J. Rucklidge12h 6m4.1 (1.2K)$29 · $0.00
The Science of Being Well
The Science of Being WellWallace D. Wattles2h 32m4.0 (3.1K)$1 · $0.00
Everyday Chanakya | Stress Management S01E06
Everyday Chanakya | Stress Management S01E06Radhakrishnan Pillai50m4.4 (1.5K)$4
In the FLO
In the FLOAlisa Vitti9h 55m4.1 (10.8K)$29 · $0.00
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-CureEdward Hooker Dewey5h 14m3.6 (183)$2 · $0.00
Raising Victims
Raising VictimsLeonydus Johnson6h 33m4.8 (33)$17 · $0.00
Make Work Fair
Make Work FairIris Bohnet, Siri Chilazi12h 45m3.8 (68)$33 · $0.00
Civilisation (Annotated)
Civilisation (Annotated)Edward Carpenter9h 4m$2 · $0.00
Let-Go for Workaholics
Let-Go for WorkaholicsOSHO1h 26m4.0 (10)$6 · $0.00
The Philosophy of Health (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)
The Philosophy of Health (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)Thoman Southwood Smith21h$2 · $0.00
Scarlet Hourglass
Scarlet HourglassSofia Jezler6m$7 · $0.00