Book · 2014 · Athletes
The Rise of Superman
Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
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You have to read this book immediately.
What they say about it
- Studies on flow states“they've done a lot of studies”2
The best things said about it
The Rise of Superman when you go in a flow state and like everything speeds up in your brain.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2024 I heard it's awesome though awesome.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2015 They've done a lot of studies on these flow states.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2015 They went into all these studies about the zone, about being in that flow, and about time dilation.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2015 4 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler explores the neuroscience of flow states and how extreme athletes achieve peak performance. The book received significant attention across multiple podcast episodes. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Robin Black urged Joe Rogan to read it immediately to understand the brain biochemistry behind athletic flow states. Joe Rogan repeatedly referenced the work across several episodes, including conversations with Tait Fletcher and Aubrey Marcus, where he discussed scientific studies on the zone, time dilation, cannabis, and how individuals can enter flow states to work together in tandem. Rogan also brought up the book during an interview with Bert Sorin to describe the phenomenon of time slowing down during activities like archery. Ben Askren mentioned a related book concerning high-risk athletes and extreme sports psychology on an MMA Show episode, which Rogan correctly identified as Kotler's work. Additionally, author Steven Kotler appeared on The Knowledge Project to discuss the book, using it as an example to compare the six to seven hours required for reading it with the extensive years of research that went into its writing.
Every mention
Robin Black have you heard of this book uh the rise of Superman no oh dude you have to read this book immediately 1
“have you heard of this book uh the rise of Superman no oh dude you have to read this book immediately”
Joe Rogan it's like uh that book The Rise of Superman when you go in a flow State and like everything speeds up in yo… 4
“it's like uh that book The Rise of Superman when you go in a flow State and like everything speeds up in your brain”
“and I think that you read that book The Rise of Superman no I haven't I heard it's awesome though awesome”
“I talked with stepen Cotler who wrote this book The Rise of Superman and they've done a lot of studies on these flow States”
“There's this book called The Rise of Superman that they went into all these studies about the zone, about being in that flow, and about time dilation and and weed.”
Ben Askren did you read there was that book called something chasing Superman or you people like him and how it almost… 1
“did you read there was that book called something chasing Superman or you people like him and how it almost always ends up very poorly”
Steven Kotler That's not bad ROI, but if you read a book, they take Rises Superman. My books on, on average, about 70, 72… 1
“That's not bad ROI, but if you read a book, they take Rises Superman. My books on, on average, about 70, 72,000 words to take most people at six to seven hours reading them.”