Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
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Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
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Robert G. Slade
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Alex Hutchinson
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‘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.
©2018 Alex Hutchinson (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
‘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
‘Anyone who has ever felt exhausted, whether from heat or cold or altitude or pain or simply a loss of will, is going to find their own experience in this book.” — DAVID EPSTEIN, author of The Sports Gene
An essential read for every endurance athlete.” — AMBY BURFOOT, 1968 Boston Marathon winner and editor of Runner's World Complete Book of Running
‘This is an excellent resource for anyone seeking to better to understand how our minds influence our ultimate performances.’ — TIM NOAKES, emeritus professor of exercise science at the University of Cape Town
‘An intelligent, exhaustively researched study.’ – The Times
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- Scimum
- 07-08-2020
Fascinating
The book was fascinating and absolutely compelling. The voice actor was good and easy to listen to, although occasionally made errors pronouncing European place names.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-02-2019
Fantastic!
As a runner and coach, I found this book incredibly insightful. Sad when it was finished. I will be buying the hard copy because there is so much to unpack. Brilliant!
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-12-2021
So good you'll read it over and over.
The best non-technical book of it's genre. An outstanding read that leaves you wondering when Alex's next book is out.
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- Julius
- 12-10-2022
Phenomenal read!
Scintillating read for anyone with an interest in endurance sports, human performance, or cognitive psychology! Expert storytelling with natural blending of interesting anecdotes, scientific research, expert opinion, and the author's take on various aspects of the subject matter.
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- JJ
- 09-09-2019
Great story. Terrible narration.
very interesting. Lots of things to think about while I'm running. Slightly let down by a woefully bad narrator who cannot seem to pronounce a single name correctly. Once you get over that the content is very good. Maybe buy the book instead...
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-06-2020
Very good
Excellent highly detailed , comprehensive and broadly referenced work on training and human endurance. 👍
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- Anonymous User
- 26-05-2020
Almost perfect
some name pronounciation errors are very noticeable which can get very annoying at times. overall, an amazing book and narrator did a good job.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-08-2018
good non biased opinion of human performance
shows a good knowledge of past and furture endeavors of the human body and what the mind is capable of when it is influenced by internal and external changes
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- Emily Williams
- 17-05-2019
Well researched
Finds a good balance between anecdotes and scientific research. Author also points out potential biases and pitfalls of prior research. Uses good research to back up points made, but often doesn't manage to tie that research back into the narrative - instead leaving a 'cliffhanger' after describing a piece of research.
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- Coffee drinker
- 09-09-2018
Storytelling meets science. A great book.
Endure was a very enjoyable way to absorb what would otherwise be very dense content. Alex Hutchinson’s skill to intertwine story telling with science if very engaging.
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