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Questioning the Limits of Human Performance and Endurance with Alex Hutchinson, PhD
Have you ever questioned your “limits?” Maybe it was doing something athletic, or perhaps in your work or even personal life. I think no matter who you are, where you are, or what you do, pushing up against some type of limit is part of what makes a human a human. Some limits may be external or situational. But what about those that we self-impose? What about those we learned or believe to be true — but what if they were not?
Well then enter Alex Hutchinson, PhD, and his work, experience and latest book, the New York Timesbest seller, ENDURE: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance.Rich Roll said, “Alex’s examination of limits is not restricted to physical performance. Defined broadly as ‘the struggle to continue against a mounting desire to stop,’ Alex suggests that endurance is best understood as surprisingly universal, applicable to essentially…
