Name: Natural Born Heroes
ISBN: 9780307594969

Christopher McDougall

The author of the best-selling Born to Run describes his investigation into ancestral training techniques that have enabled Mediterranean athletes to achieve extraordinary levels of strength and fitness.

How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

Natural Born Heroes

Jeremy Cote

The Book in Three Sentences: Heroes are people who use what they have and what they know to accomplish what is needed. Natural movement has been lost to the ages, but can be rekindled by a proper diet and a lot of practice in using your fascia. Cretans don't fit in with society, but have understood how to harness this natural movement, enabling them to resist the German occupation so well.

Key Ideas:
 -Natural movement is about using the elastic power of your fascia instead of trying to muscle through everything.
 -Endurance is created from a great diet that uses foods our ancestors ate.
 -*Be useful* is the best goal to have in life. If you can only run, or only bike, or only lift weights, what can you really do?
 -Slow-burning fats are a much better fuel source than fast carbohydrates and sugars.
 -The spring analogy for your body's fascia.

Three Reasons to Read This Book: 
1. It interweaves a historic tale with the human potential in endurance sports in an exciting way.
2. It provides a great overview of things that are wrong in the endurance sports community, and what better alternatives exist.
3. It explores how there is a connection between being a hero and being athletic/capable.

Natural Born Heroes How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

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