Endure mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance by Alex Hutchinson

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Endure mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance by Alex Hutchinson

Author: Alex Hutchinson

The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field. But what if we all can go farther, push harder, and achieve more than we think we’re capable of?

Blending cutting-edge science and gripping storytelling in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwell—who contributes the book’s foreword—award-winning journalist Alex Hutchinson reveals that a wave of paradigm-altering research over the past decade suggests the seemingly physical barriers you encounter as set as much by your brain as by your body. This means the mind is the new frontier of endurance—and that the horizons of performance are much more elastic than we once thought.

But, of course, it’s not “all in your head.” For each of the physical limits that Hutchinson explores—pain, muscle, oxygen, heat, thirst, fuel—he carefully disentangles the delicate interplay of mind and body by telling the riveting stories of men and women who’ve pushed their own limits in extraordinary ways.

The longtime “Sweat Science” columnist for Outside and Runner’s World, Hutchinson, a former national-team long-distance runner and Cambridge-trained physicist, was one of only two reporters granted access to Nike’s top-secret training project to break the two-hour marathon barrier, an extreme quest he traces throughout the book. But the lessons he draws from shadowing elite athletes and from traveling to high-tech labs around the world are surprisingly universal. Endurance, Hutchinson writes, is “the struggle to continue against a mounting desire to stop”—and we’re always capable of pushing a little farther.

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I found Hutchinson’s journalistic style of reporting on Endurance to be highly enjoyable. I was able to form my own ideas and often there was an answer coming when I wanted to challenge what I was reading. I appreciated the journey of this book and the fascinating detail. Loomis                                                                                                   rated it: 5.0 from 5.0

There are some factors can influence the endurance that I can improve :D + Oxygen intake + Core body temperature + Mindfulness Ha Truong                                                                                              rated it: 5.0 from 5.0

Absolutely fascinating book about the limits of human endurance. Strikes the right balance between scientific and lay mans terms. Makes me want to go run. ? Kelly                                                                                                      rated it: 5.0 from 5.0