Mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance with Alex Hutchinson | EP#101

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Alex Hutchinson is an award winning endurance sports journalist and author, who you may know from his column Sweat Science. His new book Endure explores human endurance performance limits, real and perceived, and how to push them further and further. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: How there is (almost) always a reserve of resources to tap into, even when it feels like your working at your absolute full capacity The similarities and differences between different models (the psychobiological model by Samuele Marcora nd Central Governor model by Tim Noakes) of how the mind imposes limits on the body How endurance performance is "elastically limited" by pain, muscle, oxygen, heat, thirst and fuel Brain endurance training and brain stimulation for improving endurance performance Alex' top practical tip for how to push closer to your true limits SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW for 15% off any products. Triathlon Corner - The new online home of shopping the best triathlon products in the world to great prices. Ships worldwide, and you won't find better customer service anywhere. Brands include Garmin, Stages Power, Café du cycliste, Zipp, Mako, Zone3, Hoka One One to name a few. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Alex' website Alex on Twitter Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance RATE AND REVIEW:If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	you have this sort of difficult conversation of what is what's the difference between something
0:03.6	that's kind of making you want to stop and something that's forcing you to stop
0:06.9	that traflon.com.
0:34.1	I'm your host, Michael, and on today's episode, I'm absolutely thrilled to have Alex Hutchinson,
0:41.3	award-winning endurance sports journalist and offer on the show as the interview guest.
0:47.0	He is the guy behind the super popular sweat science column that is now in Outside Magazine.
0:53.4	It was previously on Runner's World. And as you listen to this
0:57.5	episode, his new book will have been just released today or a couple of days ago or something
1:04.1	like that. The book is called Endure, Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human
1:10.2	Performance. And as you know, based on some previous episode, mind, body and the curiously elastic limits of human performance.
1:11.5	And as you know, based on some previous episodes that I've done and interviews on the mind
1:17.7	and how it imposes some limits on endurance performance, but it can be elastic, as we'll
1:24.1	see in the interview.
1:25.5	I'm super fascinated about this topic, about the mind, about the brain and the psychology
1:30.5	and mental side of endurance sports.
1:33.9	So yeah, this is an absolute pleasure.
1:37.8	And I've read Alex's book, Endure, and it's fantastic.
1:42.0	I highly recommend you go and get it after listening to this interview.
1:46.7	I won't give any spoilers, but it's about the mind and the body and how they work together
1:51.9	and how you can bend and in some cases not bend your limits, but there's always a reserve
1:58.4	tank that you can tap into just a little bit more almost always
2:01.6	i should say that's that's what we'll get into and how that applies to endure sports first let's thank
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