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Endure
- Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
- Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Sports Psychology
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- slowLoris
- 21-03-18
finishing this was an act of endurance
This would have earned at least 4 stars if it had been edited down by 30%. Illustrative stories and anecdotes should augment, not frustrate the reader.
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- Riverside Fan
- 01-03-18
Loved the content; narration frustrated me
The content is wonderful, and I learned a ton. Slade doesn’t seem to have a running background. Names and places are mispronounced and at one point he makes reference to a 2 minute and 5 second marathon, which I’m imagining was written as 2:05 in the original text. Maybe I’m picky, but these things bugged me. These little things aren’t a dealbreaker; it’s still certainly worth your time.
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- Kevin
- 22-02-18
Great overview of endurance science
The strength of this book over those such as Matt Fitzgerald’s How Bad Do You Want It is Hutchinson’s decision to contrast and compare similar, but subtly different theories in sports psychology and sports medicine. Instead of getting behind a single view, he emphasizes the similarities among them while acknowledging the mostly academic differences that make them unique. I’m pretty sure Hutchinson could also beat Fitzgerald in a race :-P The reading could have been much better. Several words and names were consistently mispronounced or Canadianized.
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- Jonathan Waldron
- 01-04-18
Excellent book, but the performance contains egregious pronunciation errors
Alex Hutchinson is an outstanding writer, one of a very few who write well about science and sport. “Endure” is a deep exploration of the science of human endurance, told in a style that moves easily from compelling story to scientific story.
Unfortunately the narrator makes a number of unforgivable pronunciation mistakes with names and places. He badly mispronounces “Kipchoge” dozens of times, each instance like fingernails on a blackboard. In other places, he reads “2:08 Marathon” as “two-minute eight-second Marathon. It’s really annoying.
I’m going to buy the book and read it, rather than listen. I recommend others do the same.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-03-18
The mind is the most powerful fuel
Alex Hutchinson does a great job intertwining science and story in this book. This book will be a great listen for those that are interested in the science behind great endurance athletes but also the unique stories of some of the greatest testaments of endurance.
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- Rebecca
- 09-08-18
Interesting . . . but pretty dry
Broadly speaking, the main premise of this book is that we can do far more than we think we can. While I like the concept, the material offered by the book to support this notion is very dry. It is case study, upon case study, upon case study of athletes that were able to push past their perceived limits - and then more studies of why/how they were able to do so. The book does have some interesting stories and points to make, but I found the constant scientific information and study analysis to be too dry to hold my attention - particularly as an audio book. Perhaps it is because I am a beginner runner and just trying to find some motivation to keep at it. This book may have been more enjoyable/helpful for me if I were at the point of working on pace or distance. But for now, it just wasn't very helpful.
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- Christian Messerschmidt
- 19-02-18
I finally got the big picture!
Great job by Alex Hutchinson explaining all currently trending theories by the likes of Marcora, Noakes, Jeukendrup et al in a very cohesive manner.
I had previously read most of the individual contributor's works but put together in this fascinating book it all makes sense.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-11-18
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
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- sonja
- 15-04-18
Great read for any endurance athlete
Would you listen to Endure again? Why?
Yes, tons of mindful information, worth a couple reads
What was one of the most memorable moments of Endure?
No particular moment comes to mind
Have you listened to any of Robert G. Slade’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Breaking barriers
Any additional comments?
Not the typical running or athletics-in-general book. Puts training and racing into a new perspective.
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- MarkJ
- 15-03-18
excellent circumspect thesis on endurance
This is a great review and synthesis of the scientific literature around the limits of human performance. Alex beings his A game to this book with his insightful and non-biased views of the science and the scientists doing this research. loved it!
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-18
Endure is an absolute masterpiece
Loved every page. Alex Hutchinson has written the most thorough investigation of the limits of human performance. I cannot recommend Endure highly enough. Alex, thank you for writing this. You have the rare ability to provide insightful and easily digestible accounts of complicated scientific research with the eloquent prose of a literary master.
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- Dav
- 28-03-18
I lost interest 2 thirds in
Very interesting initially, however a lot of the anecdotes go on for too long. Ultimately it lost any sense of direction and I became less and less interested.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-01-20
Great tool to help break physical boundaries
I started listening to this audiobook in the hopes that it could motivate to keep going during my long runs as I prepared for a marathon.
However, after my first run whilst listening I realised that being reminded of the limitations of human endurance and all the factors that affect it only had the opposite effect. It was a torturous run and I quickly scrapped the idea of listening to this whilst running.
However, I was still very interested in the subject and the narrators steady American tone (I listened to the audio version), and Hutchinson’s simple fluid style (despite, at times, somewhat complex matters) did make for easy listening so this became my distraction for my commute to and from work instead.
I found the subject fascinating and relatable even to me, a runner purely as a pastime and by no means ‘an athlete’. Still there was plenty to take away from it.
Hutchinson breaks the book up into chapters, each focusing on different factors that are believed to affect endurance and goes through each with a fine tooth comb, dispelling myths and promoting scientifically backed hypothesis.
He is honest and gives ample information to allow the reader to make up their own mind regarding some of the more contentious theories but for the most part what he tells us is fact and well researched and explained.
At times the book did lag and it was not quite on the level of Malcolm Gladwell’s, in terms of providing an entertaining narrative on what could be a rather boring subject matter. But I’d still recommend it highly for anyone interested in trying to improve their endurance or wanting to know how to get the most out of an athlete.
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- Matat1021
- 27-01-19
Fascinating with a hint of science
I really enjoyed this book. The narrator was enthusiastic and their voice was steady and entertaining. The production values were high and the quality shows.
The content of the book is fascinating and well ordered for an audio format. With clear and separated subjects appropriately cross referenced.
There is enough relevant and entertaining facts and stories to meet each subject it appears well researched.
Whilst I doubt I now know enough to qualify as a sport scientist, this addresses an interest and entertained and informed me thoroughly
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- Sean
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great content and research based book. thoroughly enjoyed it. recommend it to anyone who is a sport enthusiast
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Full of insight
For the athlete striving to get better, on any level. The mind was a new one for me 😊
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- Dave
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ingesting but too dry for me
from the blurb I was really excited about this book. it's got some fascinating insights but it just too dry and couldn't keep my attention.
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- Erin
- 25-07-18
a really interesting read even for a non athlete
I really enjoyed listening to this book. There was a lot of science mixed in with stories of athletes and endurance giants. It was inspiring and has made me think about physical and mental endurance in a new way.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-05-18
A terrific book for the sports science geek.
A terrific book for the sports science geek. Meticulously researched, objective and very well written.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-04-18
Well-researched and captivating.
A well-researched and captivating read for anyone interested in the 'limits' of human performance, particularly from a runner's perspective.
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- Naomi
- 02-09-18
Fantastic book for any endurance nerd!
Even if you've read lots on this topic, there's more to take away from Endure