Mental Challenges and Strategies in Endurance Sports

Join us for a discussion with Cam and Andrew Huberman. Today we’re talking about human endurance and how people like Courtney Dauwalter and Ken Rideout can endure the pain of long races. 

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Timestamps:

0:00:00 Intro: A Theoretically Scientific Upper Limit to Human Endurance

0:03:28 The Importance of Salt Intake

0:04:57 Neuromental - Effort and the Perception of Effort

0:09:10 Pain, Enduring & Dopamine

0:15:34 Sleep - The Ultimate Reset & “Micro-Naps”

0:21:38 Sleep Deprivation, Hallucinations & “DPI’s”

0:23:54 The Brain’s Functions

0:28:37 A Mindset to Embrace Pain

0:30:18 Ad Break

0:32:19 CONTD: A Mindset to Embrace Pain

0:40:55 Adrenaline, Pain After Injury & Head Injuries

0:52:45 Pain Limits Between Men & Women 

01:03:09 Forward Center of Mass: Enduring with Purpose

01:16:50 Outro