THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Foreword by Malcolm Gladwell
Limits are an illusion: discover the revolutionary account of the science and psychology of endurance, revealing the secrets of reaching the hidden extra potential within us all.
"A voyage to the outer reaches of human capacity.”—David Epstein, author of Range
"Reveals how we can all surpass our perceived physical limits." —Adam Grant
The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field. But what if we all can go farther, push harder, and achieve more than we think we’re capable of?
Blending cutting-edge science and gripping storytelling in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwell—who contributes the book’s foreword—award-winning journalist Alex Hutchinson reveals that a wave of paradigm-altering research over the past decade suggests the seemingly physical barriers you encounter as set as much by your brain as by your body. This means the mind is the new frontier of endurance—and that the horizons of performance are much more elastic than we once thought.
But, of course, 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 body by telling the riveting stories of men and women who’ve pushed their own limits in extraordinary ways.
The longtime “Sweat Science” columnist for Outside and Runner’s World, Hutchinson, a former national-team long-distance runner and Cambridge-trained physicist, was one of only two reporters granted access to Nike’s top-secret training project to break the two-hour marathon barrier, an extreme quest he traces throughout the book. But the lessons he draws from shadowing elite athletes and from traveling to high-tech labs around the world are surprisingly universal. Endurance, Hutchinson writes, is “the struggle to continue against a mounting desire to stop”—and we’re always capable of pushing a little farther.
Alex Hutchinson, Ph.D., is a columnist for Outside magazine and was a long-time columnist for Runner's World. A National Magazine Award winner, he is a regular contributor to The New Yorker online, pens the weekly "Jockology" column in the Toronto Globe and Mail, and writes for the New York Times. FiveThirtyEight recently named him one of their "favorite running science geeks." He was a two-time finalist in the 1,500 meters at the Canadian Olympic Trials, and represented Canada internationally in track, cross-country, road racing, and mountain running competitions. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge, and has worked as a researcher for the U.S. National Security Agency. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
A beautiful, big-hearted book with important lessons embedded in compelling stories of two irresistible girls. Expertly
executed and movingly realized.” —New York Times Book ReviewCammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and ...
The fifth book in David Feldman’s bestselling Imponderables® series, packed with even more answers to
perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteriesCulled from the thousands of letters submitted by desperate fans, Do Penguins Have Knees? answers 100 new and even more perplexing ...
This Barnes & Noble exclusive edition includes a special introduction written by the author on
the health benefits of mindfulness and spirituality and how their practice can help you reach your fitness goals, as well as a bonus sidebar on ...
In Fast-Track Triathlete, elite triathlon coach Matt Dixon offers his plan of attack for high
performance in long-course triathlon―without sacrificing work or life. Developed for busy professionals with demanding schedules, the Fast-Track Triathlete program makes your PR possible in Ironman®, ...
Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2017Gifted troubleshooter John Smith, introduced in the acclaimed thriller Killfile,
must take down a shadowy figure who has weaponized the internet, using social media to put a price on the heads of his targets in ...
An emotionally wrenching work of fiction about a health-care worker who tenders compassion and love
to victims of AIDS, by an author who strips her language of convention to lay bare the ferocious rituals of love and need.—New York Times ...
As seen in Netflix's Cracked Up: The Darrell Hammond Story, this groundbreaking memoir is a
raw look inside the troubled life and mind of an American comic genius.By turns poignant and hilarious, Hammond takes readers from the set of Saturday ...
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In I’m Telling the Truth, but I’m Lying Bassey Ikpi explores
her life—as a Nigerian-American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a mother, a daughter, an artist—through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis ...
