Natural born heroes
by Christopher McDougall · first published 2014
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"Author of the phenomenal national best seller, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall now travels to the Mediterranean where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete and in the muscles and minds of fitness enthusiasts everywhere. While researching Born to Run, Chris McDougall encountered the story of Pheidippides, the legendary ancient Greek 'all-day runner.' Later, when McDougall met a dedicated amateur historian, he saw a connection to one of the most fascinating mysteries of World War II: How did a small band of Resistance fighters s
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on “Ask HN: What book that you read in 2015 significantly affected how you think?” ↗If you like Born to Run you should check out Natural Born Heroes if you have not already read it. It's sort of the WW2 variant of Born to Run.
on “Endurance Running Hypothesis” ↗…foods has created an epidemic on reservation. "Type II Diabetes, the Modern Epidemic of American Indians" https://anthropology.ua.edu/bindon/ant570/Papers/King/king.h... Christopher McDougall's book "Natural Born Heroes" is about the heroes of Crete during WW2 who were able to fight off the Germans by putting up extraordinary resistance by doing, among other things, hiking for miles and miles over treacherous territory…
on “It’s easy to become obese in America. These 7 charts explain why” ↗