Episode · Huberman Lab · 2022-10-17
Books mentioned on Fitness Toolkit: Protocol & Tools to Optimize Physical Health
I describe a fitness protocol that maximizes all the major sought-after aspects of physical fitness, including strength, endurance and flexibility.
Andrew Huberman recommended Beyond Stretching by Pavel Tsatsouline. Also mentioned: Relax Into Stretch by Pavel Tsatsouline.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Beyond Stretching
Recommended“Also, the way that the tendons and ligaments are innervated by nerves. The converse is also true. And here, again, this is a principle that Pavel has put forth, I believe he calls it irradiation, meaning irradiating out or emanating out from a source, which is that while exhaling and relaxing the torso, the midsection, some people call it the”
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Relax Into Stretch
Recommended“Now, relaxing into the stretch is something that has been talked about in martial arts circles, and Pavel Tsatsouline has an excellent book on stretching. We can provide a link to that, which talks about this and has a lot to do with relaxation of the nervous system and the way that the nerves innervate muscles and allow for stretch,”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Prefontaine
“If you haven't seen the movies "Without Limits" or "Prefontaine," you should absolutely see those.”
Passing The Life Without Limits
“If you haven't seen the movies "Without Limits" or "Prefontaine," you should absolutely see those.”