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Carrying a person out of a burning building, running to get help, climbing a tree to get an old lady’s cat. The biggest theme of Natural Born Heroes is that we should be fit to be useful - that’s the bigger meaning.
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In other words, I’m not all that useful to society. Let’s just say I probably could NOT out sprint a bad guy or leap into a burning building to save someone. While there’s all sorts of good stuff in this book (kidnappers, revolutionaries, parkour, steak, etc.), it was that last bit that really got to me - as a long time endurance athlete, I’ve always been a bit of a pile of suck at things outside the realm of riding bikes or running in a straight line. And “single-sport” athletes are often not all that athletic at all outside of their chosen sport. Our bodies are capable of more than we think they are. The jist is this: Humans are meant to be athletes. However, if you read this book a little critically, the underlying messages are powerful and, I think, very important. But I think it was good go into “Natural Born Heroes” with that perspective, because, just to get this out of the way first, McDougall is the ULTIMATE fad monger, and you have to read this book with that in mind, otherwise you’ll be swept off your feet and running for the nearest cross-fit gym while simultaneously purging your house of all carbohydrates. Yes, written by the guy who wrote Born to Run and sparked a dubious, world-wide trend of running without shoes, but how can you NOT pick up a book with a tagline like that? I admit I was a little skeptical of this book because I had read Born to Run and while I had loved it at the time, I had tried to whole barefoot running thing and it had been pretty much the opposite of what my injury-prone feet needed. The following are two books that have influenced me over the past six months and (I hope) made me a better, stronger and more mentally-balanced athlete.īook #1 – Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance by Chris McDougall Plus, reading is awesome and you know you need to do it more.
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So, in honor of my rigorous and oft forgotten academic training, I’m going to give some credit where credit is due. I plan on talking about that a lot on this blog, and it would be unfair to suggest I’ve come to some of my conclusions in a vacuum. That said, over the past few years I’ve really changed my perspective on what it means to be an athlete and why I do what I do. This post is a little different than normal - I haven’t written a book review since, like, 6th grade, and it feels weird doing so on my blog.