Endure

Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

De: Alexander Hutchinson, Malcolm Gladwell - foreword

Narrado por: Robert G. Slade

Featuring a foreword by Malcolm Gladwell

Writing from both the cutting edge of scientific discovery and the front-lines of elite athletic performance, National Magazine Award-winning science journalist Alex Hutchinson presents a revolutionary account of the dynamic and controversial new science of endurance.

The capacity to endure is perhaps the key trait that separates champions and determines great performance in any field - from a 100-meter sprint to a 100-mile ultramarathon, from summiting Everest to acing finals. But what if everything we've been taught about endurance was wrong? What if we all have more potential than we think to go farther, push harder, and achieve more?

Blending cutting-edge science and gripping storytelling in the vein of Malcolm Gladwell - who forewords the book - Hutchinson reveals that a wave of paradigm-altering research over the past decade suggests that the seemingly physical barriers you encounter are mediated as much by your brain as by your body. But 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 muscle by telling the riveting stories of men and women who've approached (and sometimes surpassed) their own ultimate limits.

As the longtime "Sweat Science" columnist for Outside and Runner's World as well as a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and New York Times, Hutchinson draws on his background as a former national-team long-distance runner and Cambridge-trained physicist. But the lessons he draws from traveling to labs around the world and trying out new endurance-boosting techniques like electric brain stimulation and brain endurance training are surprisingly universal. Endurance, he writes, is "the struggle to continue against a mounting desire to stop" - and we're always capable of pushing a little farther.

©2018 Alex Hutchinson (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Reseñas de la Crítica

"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)

Interesting

I am a life long runner and found some of the concepts he talks about interesting, Over all I found it to not be all that new or thought provoking for me. I have looked into a lot of different ways to train and this did not add much to what I have already read.
If you are not familiar with some new concepts for endurance then this is a great book with a lot of good information. I do recommend people to read it. #Endurance #Tagsgiving #Sweepstacks

endure this one and enjoy your next race

very interesting book. enjoyed the research and the story line. pain it's all in the brain

Full of great information

This is a great book for anyone engaged in athletic activities. The author covers a lot of topics, all of which are super interesting and informative. I sure learned a lot from this book. This is a book I’ll listen to again.

very technicaly Informative

Alex did a great deal of reasearch and included it along with real life stories

great content, but mispronunciation

Great book; my only complaint is the mispronunciation of names. That seems like a relatively easy thing to check during production.

A Knowledgeable Dive Into Endurance As A Whole!

A highly technical and in-depht, but open ended, review of everything Endurance Sport entails, from one of the most well informed and both lab and field tested perspectives on the subject.

great!

will recommend to all my friends.

eye opening and educated.

inspired more endurance study.

Brilliant, inspiring... and science-packed!

My first Alex Hutchison book. Will not be my last! A truly excellent reading and listening experience.

Great insights

Great book, entertaining and enlightening. I really enjoyed all aspects of this book. Learned a lot

must read!

One of my favorite audible purchases to date. I thought the performance delivery was spot on, and Hutchinson's story artfully arranged a lot of information in a digestible way. Bravo!