Jun 10, 2018
How much of our human performance limits is physical and how much is “in our heads”? According to Alex Hutchinson, the human brain is the next frontier in breaking barriers in performance. We know more about the brain in the last 50 years than we did in the last 500 years combined. Is he right about the brain being the key to breaking new physical barriers? Listen to the full podcast for more.
Show Notes
9:45 We have learned more about the brain in the last 5 years than
we did in the prior 500
19:00 You don’t stop because your muscles cannot go, but because
your brain stops you
29:30 The difference between mental stop signs and mental warning
signs
37:30 The effect of “the team” on performance barriers and pain
tolerance
43:00 The most interesting thing Alex discovered while writing
Endure
About Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is an author and journalist in Toronto. His latest
book, published in February 2018, is an exploration of the science
(and mysteries) of endurance. It’s called ENDURE: Mind, Body, and
the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. Before that, he
wrote a practical guide to the science of fitness, called Which
Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and
Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise, which
was published in 2011. Ale also wrote Big Ideas: 100 Modern
Inventions That Have Transformed Our World, in 2009.
His primary focus these days is the science of endurance and
fitness, which he covers for Outside (where he is a contributing
editor and write the Sweat Science column), The Globe and Mail
(where he writes the Jockology column), and Canadian Running
magazine. Alex has also covered technology for Popular Mechanics
(where he earned a National Magazine Award) and adventure travel
for the New York Times, and was a Runner’s World columnist from
2012 to 2017.
Get in Touch
Twitter: @sweatscience
Website: AlexHutchinson.net
Buy his new book: https://amzn.to/2JgTe8E
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