Natural Born Heroes

[Protobuilder]

It is what you hope you are going to get. Chris McDougall finds interesting stories to tell and tells them in a damn fine way. Cretans fighting Nazi invaders, parkour, knife throwing and high-fat diets. If you liked Born to Run you will like this book.

[TerryB]

I didn't read Born to Run.

[Boris]

I couldn't get into this one even though I really wanted to... He lost me at the fascia-is-the-key-to-superhuman-strength thing...

[Protobuilder]

I haven't finished it - have perhaps 25% of the book remaining. On the other hand, I flew through and then went back and did it again after I picked myself up.

[Boris]

I loved Born To Run and read a lot of books about WW2, but yeah, not this one.

[Shafpocalypse Now]

So much of this book was just flat out stupid.

However, some of it was pretty entertaining.

[Protobuilder]

It may finish strong. I liked the first 1/3 a lot!

[Shafpocalypse Now]

So I'm finishing it up and it gets more and more ridiculous the further I go. Greek shepherds parkour across the mountains, some mythical Greek for sure lifted a 1058 lb rock etc. I like how he inserts the current low carb groupthink into it too

[Shafpocalypse Now]

So, overall, this book isn't bad. McDougall is an engaging writer, and a lot of this was pretty entertaining

The low carb agenda a la Taubes is pursued pretty heartily
The Erwin Lecorr natural movement stuff is discussed and pushed

[The Ginger Beard Man]

So Proto was right, it finished strong?

[Shafpocalypse Now]

It finished pretty well. Maffetone, Taubes, Lecorre, parkour, magic heroes

[buckethead]

The Erwin Lecorr natural movement stuff is discussed and pushed

I find his better half entertaining in IG

[Protobuilder]

It finished pretty well. Maffetone, Taubes, Lecorre, parkour, magic heroes

Indeed. I need to recant my previous post in which I recanted my initial post.

Finish was good. McDougall is trying for the same kind of formula he used in his previous book (i.e. wrap sidebars around an engaging story) though I liked the sidebars more than the actual story and wished they would have been longer. However, he is still a damn good storyteller and I would read whatever he publishes.

[Dux]

So I'm finishing it up and it gets more and more ridiculous the further I go. Greek shepherds parkour across the mountains, some mythical Greek for sure lifted a 1058 lb rock etc. I like how he inserts the current low carb groupthink into it too

Greeks are the chosen people infidel!! And Have you been eating the rice crispy treats I sent you you would also be able to parkour on the Everest along with Seahill and me.