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Play On: How to Get Better With Age de Jeff Bercovici

Play On: How to Get Better With Age

Autor Jeff Bercovici
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2018
How do the world's best athletes combat ageing, and what you can do to keep up?

"An energetic romp" that "smartlyseparatesscience fromquackery." Publishers Weekly

Sports are about challenging our physical limits. But the greatest limit of all remains undefeated: age. We're taught to believe that ageing thwarts effort and grace, talent and grit, outstanding teamwork and individual brilliance.

But a new breed of top professionals - the likes of Roger Federer, Tom Brady and Jo Pavey - are overturning long-held assumptions about how long the prime of a sporting career can last. It's not that aging causes a decline in fitness; rather, a decline in fitness causes aging.

Jeff Bercovici steps inside the lives of such ageless athletes, following them as they train, compete, and recover, to dispel conventional wisdom about longevity. Full of cutting-edge science, technology and practical tips,Play Onempowers you to reverse the ageing process, and keep you younger for longer.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241976289
ISBN-10: 0241976286
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Life
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Jeff Bercoviciis a journalist, sports fan and athlete, very much in that order. A former senior editor at Forbes, Jeff has also written forPlayboy,GQ,Details,GlamourandThe New York Times, and appeared as an expert commentator on NBC, CBS and CNN, amongst others. He is nowInc.magazine's San Francisco Bureau Chief, where he writes about the frontiers of human performance and the technology that enhances it. His interviews with figures including Sir Dave Brailsford, Red Bull's Andy Walshe and Peter Thiel give him a unique perspective on the secrets of fitness longevity.

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“When it comes to aging, athletes are like canaries in the coal mine—they feel its effects decades before the rest of us. In Play On, Jeff Bercovici gives us a fascinating look at how older elite athletes use science, strategy, and wisdom to keep up with (and often beat) the youngsters. Playing keeps us young, and this is must read for anyone who believes age is no reason to quit.” –Bill Gifford, New York Times bestselling author of Spring Chicken and Ledyard   "As an athlete who is competing past my so-called “prime,” Play On goes to the heart of some of the biggest questions around longevity and performance that I’ve been pondering these past few years. It’s an utterly fascinating and entertaining blend of science and storytelling that anyone interested in staying fit as they age, should read. (And, if you're like me, underline obsessively)." –Shalane Flanagan, four-time Olympian, winner of the 2017 New York City Marathon, and NY Times best-selling author of Run Fast. Eat Slow   “From the surprising science of why Olympic cyclists try to think like kids in competition to the strategy behind Carli Lloyd's rise from benchwarmer to soccer phenom, Play On illuminates a dimension of high-performance sports seldom seen on primetime. Told through an engaging cast of characters, Bercovici's book is a must-read not only for the athlete trying to gain an edge, but for the rest of us interested in living longer, healthier lives. In richly-engaging prose, the mysteries of long and strong careers of today's sports stars are revealed -- along with fascinating lessons that could change how all of us view health and fitness.” –Mary Pilon, best-selling author of The Kevin Show and The Monopolists   "[An] energetic romp through sports gerontology . . . Bercovici smartly separates science from quackery . . .while offering colorful reportage . . . [and] stimulating information and practical insights to health-minded readers."–Publishers Weekly   "A solid work of sports journalism and encouraging reading for jocks who are late to the game but committed to the win all the same."–Kirkus Reviews —