Episode · Huberman Lab · 2025-09-01
Andrew Huberman & Alex Honnold: books mentioned on Huberman Lab
How to Set & Achieve Massive Goals | Alex Honnold
My guest is Alex Honnold, a professional rock climber considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time for his historic free solo (no ropes or man-made holds) ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite.
Andrew Huberman recommended Free solo by Roberto Vaiana, and discussed Open by Andre Agassi.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Free solo
Recommended“I've been listening to an amazing book by Twyla Tharp. She's a choreographer. She was a ballerina. She's a choreographer and she said that what distinguishes, you know, sort of virtuosity from mastery is when you start to surprise yourself.”
Where to get it
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Open
Discussed“I read Andre Agassi's book, "Open," - Yeah. - which is basically a story of his dad pushing him to play a game he did not want to play.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Protocols
“For those of you that haven't heard, I have a new book coming out. It's my very first book. It's entitled "Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body."”