The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karen Saltus (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 2,222 Fitness, Diet & Nutrition audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Fitness, Diet & Nutrition shelf
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer is an audiobook by Gretchen Reynolds: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Saltus, released May 22, 2012, on the Fitness, Diet & Nutrition shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Karen Saltus
- Released
- May 22, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fitness, Diet & Nutrition
- ISBN
- 9781469000787
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How long is The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer as an audiobook?
The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer?
The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer is narrated by Karen Saltus.