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Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
Christopher McDougall
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Description for Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; VFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
When Chris McDougall stumbled across the story of Churchill's 'dirty tricksters', a motley crew of English poets and academics who helped resist the Nazi invasion of Crete, he knew he was on the track of something special. To beat the odds, the tricksters-starving, aging, outnumbered-tapped into an ancient style of fitness: the lost art of heroism. They listened to their instincts, replaced calories with stored bodily fat and used their fascia, the network of tissue which criss-crosses the body, to catapult themselves to superhuman strength and endurance. Soon McDougall was in the middle of ... Read more
When Chris McDougall stumbled across the story of Churchill's 'dirty tricksters', a motley crew of English poets and academics who helped resist the Nazi invasion of Crete, he knew he was on the track of something special. To beat the odds, the tricksters-starving, aging, outnumbered-tapped into an ancient style of fitness: the lost art of heroism. They listened to their instincts, replaced calories with stored bodily fat and used their fascia, the network of tissue which criss-crosses the body, to catapult themselves to superhuman strength and endurance. Soon McDougall was in the middle of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846684579
SKU
V9781846684579
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99-99
About Christopher McDougall
Christopher McDougall is a former war correspondent for the Associated Press and author of the international bestseller Born to Run, an anthropological study of endurance, fitness, and what makes ultra-runners tick. He does his own running among the Amish farms around his home in rural Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
'A fascinating edifice of ideas ... But the pleasures of the book are as much to do with the fascinating panoply of characters, war heroes all, British, Commonwealth and Cretan, whose exploits contributed so much to Hitler's downfall.
Independent
An undeniably ripping yarn. One for sofa surfers and adventurers alike.
Independent on Sunday
A marvellously eclectic ... Read more
Independent
An undeniably ripping yarn. One for sofa surfers and adventurers alike.
Independent on Sunday
A marvellously eclectic ... Read more