'This book is AMAZING!' - MALCOLM GLADWELL 'If you want to gain
insight into the mind of great athletes, adventurers, and peak
performers then prepare to be enthralled by Alex Hutchinson's
Endure.' - BEAR GRYLLS How high or far or fast can humans go? And
what about individual potential: what defines a person's limits?
From running a two-hour marathon to summiting Mount Everest, we're
fascinated by the extremes of human endurance, constantly testing
both our physical and psychological limits. In Endure Alex
Hutchinson, Ph.D., reveals why our individual limits may be
determined as much by our head and heart, as by our muscles. He
presents an overview of science's search for understanding human
fatigue, from crude experiments with electricity and frogs' legs to
sophisticated brain imaging technology. Going beyond the
traditional mechanical view of human limits, he instead argues that
a key element in endurance is how the brain responds to distress
signals-whether heat, or cold, or muscles screaming with lactic
acid-and reveals that we can train to improve brain response. An
elite distance runner himself, Hutchinson takes us to the forefront
of the new sports psychology - brain electrode jolts,
computer-based training, subliminal messaging - and presents
startling new discoveries enhancing the performance of athletes
today, showing us how anyone can utilize these tactics to bolster
their own performance - and get the most out of their bodies.
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Endure mind, body and the curiosly elastic limits of hukan performance
Tue, 16 Apr 2019 | Review
by: Erik V.
Inquisitive, thought provoking and backed by bounteous empirical research. It shows talent how how Alex unpacks the logic behind each question and argues both sides of the spectrum of that question without showing bias. It also helps that the writer himself were a medium distance runner. The latter makes the research and the results so much more appealing.
The book is fun to read, and the conclusion will leave you pondering even more.
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