Endure : mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance /
Hutchinson, Alex,
Endure : mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance / Alex Hutchinson ; foreword by Malcolm Gladwell. - First edition. - xi, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mind and muscle. The unforgiving minute ; The human machine ; The central governor ; The conscious quitter ; Two hours: November 30, 2016 -- Limits. Pain ; Muscle ; Oxygen ; Heat ; Thirst ; Fuel ; Two hours: March 6, 2017 -- Limit breakers. Training the brain ; Zapping the brain ; Belief ; Two hours: May 6, 2017.
"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. From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner's World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contributor, and Cambridge-trained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the revolutionary new science of endurance and the secrets of human performance. Alex Hutchinson, Ph.D., reveals why our individual limits may be determined as much by our head and heart, as by our muscles"-- "From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner's World columnist, frequent NewYorker.com contributor, and Cambridge-trained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the science of endurance and peak performance"-- Hutchinson provides a fascinating and definitive exploration of the revolutionary new science of endurance and the secrets of human performance. He reveals why our individual limits may be determined as much by our head and heart, as by our muscles.
9780062499868 0062499866
2017035195
Sports--Physiological aspects.
Endure : mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance / Alex Hutchinson ; foreword by Malcolm Gladwell. - First edition. - xi, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mind and muscle. The unforgiving minute ; The human machine ; The central governor ; The conscious quitter ; Two hours: November 30, 2016 -- Limits. Pain ; Muscle ; Oxygen ; Heat ; Thirst ; Fuel ; Two hours: March 6, 2017 -- Limit breakers. Training the brain ; Zapping the brain ; Belief ; Two hours: May 6, 2017.
"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. From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner's World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contributor, and Cambridge-trained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the revolutionary new science of endurance and the secrets of human performance. Alex Hutchinson, Ph.D., reveals why our individual limits may be determined as much by our head and heart, as by our muscles"-- "From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner's World columnist, frequent NewYorker.com contributor, and Cambridge-trained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the science of endurance and peak performance"-- Hutchinson provides a fascinating and definitive exploration of the revolutionary new science of endurance and the secrets of human performance. He reveals why our individual limits may be determined as much by our head and heart, as by our muscles.
9780062499868 0062499866
2017035195
Sports--Physiological aspects.