On the night of the 56th day, painful indigestion kept him from getting any sleep.
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He made it a full 56 days before the journey began taking a dangerous toll on his body. One such boundary-pushing expedition began in late 2015 when Worsley attempted to walk across Antarctica all by himself. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say that he liked to push himself beyond the normal boundaries and set new limits.
The British explorer Henry Worsley liked to test the limits of human endurance. Trying to test the limits of human endurance can have fatal consequences. why a marathon at the Dead Sea would likely produce record-breaking results.why you should avoid thinking too hard before a physical competition and.what eleven-year-olds can tell us about marathon runners.As Hutchinson has found, something as seemingly uncomplicated as running or riding a bike is, in fact, a fascinatingly complex process. In recent years, it’s become increasingly clear that the mind plays a very large instinctual role in telling the body when to pace itself and when to shut down. Since then, Hutchinson has become an expert on endurance sports and finding out how we’re able to push our bodies to the limit, climb to the top of the highest mountains and cross those seemingly insurmountable boundaries of pain and effort.Īlong the way, Hutchinson has unearthed intriguing science on just how far we’ve come toward understanding the biology of endurance, especially as it pertains to the involvement of the brain.
These are similar to the questions that have been on the mind of the author, Alex Hutchinson, ever since his grad-student days when he was running for the Canadian national team. You may have asked yourself, “How did they make it over the line? What kept them from collapsing a few minutes earlier?” There’s a good chance you can summon a vivid image of a marathon runner crossing the finish line and then collapsing to the ground, visibly shaking, covered in sweat and barely able to function. Students of psychology and sports medicineįind out what it really means to hit the wall of human endurance.
Alex Hutchinson examines the multiple and complex factors that allow marathon runners and cyclists to keep breaking records and reaching new heights in human endurance. Endure (2018) takes an in-depth look at what enables certain boundary-pushing athletes to hit the wall of pain and effort – and still keep going.
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