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Have We Reached the Athletic Limits of the Human Body?

By Bret Stetka — 2016

Record-breaking has slowed, but science could find new ways to make us keep getting stronger and faster.

Read on www.scientificamerican.com

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Strongwomen Athletes Learn How Exercise Can Restore and Grow Your Brain | ABC Australia

Mari is with Sam Hughes, Senior Exercise Physiologist at BrainPark. He gets her to do a Vo2 Max testing exercise to see how fit she is, and how far she can push her body.

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2021
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How this Sports Psychologist Trains NFL Players’ Brains | The Assist | GQ Sports

These days in the NFL, every team has a sports psychologist who looks out for the players’ mental health. Meet Mike Gervais, the sports psychologist for the Seattle Seahawks.

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2019
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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Dr.

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John E. Sarno
2025
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Biohacker’s Handbook: Biohacking Physical Exercise

Upgrade the fundamentals of a balanced life in guidance of preventive health doctor Olli Sovijärvi, technology expert Teemu Arina and nutrition specialist Jaakko Halmetoja: What is the 20% that will lead to 80% of the results when it comes to optimizing sleep, nutrition, exercise, work, and mind?...

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2021
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The Champion Mindset: An Athlete’s Guide to Mental Toughness

Champions, as the familiar adage preaches, are not born―they’re made. Reaching the top of any sport, or any aspect of life, takes years upon years of dedication and proper preparation.

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Joanna Zeiger
2017
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How Endurance Athletes Are Using the Power of the Now | Ned Phillips | TEDxUWCSEA

Mind over Matter? Ned Phillips explains the idea of peak performance in what he calls ‘the power of now.

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2015
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Ninety Percent Mental: An All-Star Player Turned Mental Skills Coach Reveals the Hidden Game of Baseball

In Ninety Percent Mental, Bob Tewksbury shows readers a side of the game only he can provide, given his singular background as both a longtime MLB pitcher and a mental skills coach for two of the sport’s most fabled franchises, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants.

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Bob Tewksbury, Scott Miller
2020
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Breathe: A Life in Flow

Undefeated from the late 1970s through his final fight in the Tokyo Dome in 2000, Rickson Gracie amassed hundreds of victories in the street, on the mat, at the beach, and in the ring.

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Rickson Gracie, Peter Maguire
2025
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The Full Spirit Workout: A Ten-Step System to Shed Your Self-Doubt, Strengthen Your Spiritual Core, and Create a Fun and Fulfilling Life

We all understand the basics of physical fitness, and many resources teach mindfulness, business skills, and entrepreneurial chutzpah.

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Kate Eckman
2025
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field.

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Alex Hutchinson
2021
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