A review by readrunsea
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson

3.0

This book was super interesting and ultimately concluded what all sports science concludes: that human bodies are so weird and it’s fun and sometimes useful to poke at ourselves to figure out bits of what makes us perform at a certain level, but were so complex that no one will ever unlock any kind of amazing secret. Honestly that’s part of what makes it so interesting, at the same time that it’s frustrating not to fully understand what goes on in our minds and bodies when we endure, when we chase and push and drive ourselves toward something great or unknown. This book is like a lot of sports science books. But that doesn’t mean it’s not fascinating. And I really liked the ending; Hutchinson crafts a good last sentence ;)