Elevate with Robert Glazer

Alex Hutchinson on the Art and Science of Elevating Your Endurance

Listen Later

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. He writes mostly about science and endurance sports and is also currently a contributing editor at Outside, a columnist at the Globe and Mail, and a senior editor at Canadian Running. He was previously a Runner's World columnist and contributing editor at Popular Mechanics. His latest book, ENDURE: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance is an exploration of the science (and mysteries) of endurance.

Alex is also an avid runner.

Show Notes

  • Alex’s start to running and favorite place to run.
  • Increasing endurance and what research shows is the way to do that.
  • The mental and physical components of resiliency.
  • The role the brain plays in physically limiting the body as well as helping it push limits.
  • How the 4-minute mile barrier is a great example of the mind-body paradigm.
  • Emotional endurance and how it transfers to physical endurance.
  • Why it’s so important to push yourself out of your comfort zone on a regular basis.
  • How Alex came to know and become friends with Malcolm Gladwell.

    • Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Elevate with Robert GlazerBy Robert Glazer | YAP Media
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8

    4.8

    340 ratings

    More shows like Elevate with Robert Glazer

    View all
    The Kevin Miller Podcast by Kevin Miller | YAP Media

    The Kevin Miller Podcast

    1,349 Listeners

    The Look & Sound of Leadership by Essential Communications - Tom Henschel

    The Look & Sound of Leadership

    1,169 Listeners

    Coaching for Leaders by Dave Stachowiak

    Coaching for Leaders

    1,459 Listeners

    The Side Hustle Show by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation | YAP Media

    The Side Hustle Show

    1,588 Listeners

    The Tim Ferriss Show by Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

    The Tim Ferriss Show

    16,062 Listeners

    The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk by Ryan Hawk

    The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

    1,290 Listeners

    The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish by Shane Parrish

    The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

    2,657 Listeners

    Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais by Dr. Michael Gervais

    Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

    1,662 Listeners

    Earn Your Happy by Lori Harder | YAP Media

    Earn Your Happy

    2,799 Listeners

    How to Be Awesome at Your Job by How to be Awesome at Your Job

    How to Be Awesome at Your Job

    1,033 Listeners

    Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips by Eric Siu and Neil Patel

    Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

    1,257 Listeners

    The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business by Jenna Kutcher

    The Goal Digger Podcast | Top Business and Marketing Podcast for Creatives, Entrepreneurs, and Women in Business

    12,054 Listeners

    This Naked Mind Podcast by Annie Grace

    This Naked Mind Podcast

    2,578 Listeners

    The Russell Brunson Show by Russell Brunson | YAP Media

    The Russell Brunson Show

    982 Listeners

    Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing) by Hala Taha | Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing | YAP Media Network

    Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

    1,352 Listeners

    FranklinCovey On Leadership by FranklinCovey

    FranklinCovey On Leadership

    221 Listeners

    Negotiate Your Best Life Podcast with Rebecca Zung by Rebecca Zung, Esq. | YAP Media

    Negotiate Your Best Life Podcast with Rebecca Zung

    328 Listeners

    Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan by Heather Monahan | YAP Media

    Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

    1,107 Listeners

    The Thais Gibson Podcast by Thais Gibson

    The Thais Gibson Podcast

    274 Listeners

    The Trent Shelton Podcast by Trent Shelton Companies

    The Trent Shelton Podcast

    5,834 Listeners

    The Greg McKeown Podcast by Greg McKeown

    The Greg McKeown Podcast

    940 Listeners

    A Bit of Optimism by Simon Sinek

    A Bit of Optimism

    2,145 Listeners

    Coaching Real Leaders by Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins

    Coaching Real Leaders

    648 Listeners

    Huberman Lab by Scicomm Media

    Huberman Lab

    28,563 Listeners

    ReThinking by TED

    ReThinking

    616 Listeners

    The Greatness Machine by Darius Mirshahzadeh | YAP Media

    The Greatness Machine

    140 Listeners

    Financial Feminist by Her First $100K | YAP Media

    Financial Feminist

    6,294 Listeners

    HBR On Strategy by Harvard Business Review

    HBR On Strategy

    72 Listeners

    HBR On Leadership by Harvard Business Review

    HBR On Leadership

    160 Listeners

    MSTR Today: Daily insights of Michael Saylor and Strategy (MicroStrategy) by John Lee Dumas

    MSTR Today: Daily insights of Michael Saylor and Strategy (MicroStrategy)

    8 Listeners