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5.0 out of 5 stars From the mouth of a bias Outdoor Physical activity researcher, Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach
I enjoyed every read of this book! Wish it was out when I was doing my thesis... outdoor physical activity, connectedness with nature, enjoyment between settings etc. Was certainly a limited topic relative to nutrition, strength and conditioning, performance blah blah. One of the more prominent juxtapositions I coach average Joe's seeking a health and wellness, chronic disease self management and prevention is finding a balance among behaviors. Wearables are turning into a new fad like diet sort of practice....all or nothing. Another distraction from inward reflection and acceptance. For some. Not for all. Thank you for bringing this topic to light with passion, evidence and a call to action.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on honing your intuition and instinct without relying solely on tech.
This is a great book for the athlete or fitness enthusiast who has reached high performance and then gone, "what now?" You can't track every calorie and every watt forever, nor should you. There comes a point when you take a step back, look at the long view, and realize that you don't need three quarters of the tools, and apps, and gadgets you use for your training. I'm a data geek and while there is a time and a place for quantifying, there are also times and places where unplugging is the right move. I liked the book a lot and would recommend it to the athlete who is ready to hone their system of what they do and don't track or quantify, and disconnect from the rest.
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast Reading Good Nuggets
Yes, we are way to attached to our gadgets. How many times do I have to avoid people walking down the street staring at their phone. That is true for sport too.
3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I was expecting or hoping for.
"Ditch that wearable, you just need a lifetime relationship with a team of coaches, nutritionists, etc." "You don't need fancy gadgets, because the data gleaned from world-class testing/training facilities will give you far more relevant information" "You can't get attacked by sharks if you're calm." Not directly quoting, but you get the idea... the podcasts were good and I bought the book, but the message wasn't what I was hoping. Alot of it read like marketing material for various testing facilities, coaches, and oddly enough, gear. I was hoping for a mix of philosophical and practical advice on minimizing gadgetry, but that's not the message so much here. Although they do say over and over that if I learn to surf that my life would be better. Even the chapter that specifically states it's about our diminished awareness because outsourcing all our cues (hunger/thirst/overworked) to apps makes the recommendation to buy "an inexpensive glucose meter from the drugstore", and elsewhere talks about other inexpensive testing equipment. If I followed all the recommendations in the book, I'd have a laboratory worth of gear, but just no smart watch. It doesn't make sense.
5.0 out of 5 stars Plug Into This Book To Get UNPLUGGED
I was out at a concert one night and a buddy of mine lost his FitBit. He went absolutely bonkers (extreme understatement) and we spent the next couple hours checking under every rock and crevice for his gadget. We eventually found it, but we missed the whole concert. A month later, he didn't even wear it anymore. But that fateful night, my friend had a side to him that I had never seen: an addict that needed his fix.This review isn't to bash on technology, but to open up our eyes that we have a world around us. We fall victim to the "phone slump" without realizing that we are becoming too dependent on, let's be honest, creative marketing schemes that we just don't need in our lives. But in our society today, it's almost impossible to not be plugged in. So instead of allowing technology to deindividualize ourselves, we need to find a way to use technology that will optimize, and be optimal for, our health and knowledge.Unplugged does a good job covering the issues, but does an even better job coming up with pragmatic solutions that we can all strive for.
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most important books entering the fitness/technology era.
As a career strength and conditioning coach and gym owner I cannot say enough about this book. Brian, Andy, and Phil stress the importance of trusting your body and taking time to understand how you respond to stimulus. This book offer a great parnternship with the reader as they encourage people to take control of their health and wellness. They beautifully lay out how you can navigate stress and training on a day to day basis, as well as set yourself up for the long game. This book is an absolute must for anyone who is interested in taking control of their own health.
5.0 out of 5 stars How dulled awareness is impacting our physiology
I appreciate any piece of work that helps expand my thinking. This book took a 30,000 ft view into how technology is impacting our physiology. Sometimes we're so immersed in the moment, that we forget how far we've come over the last several decades. There's always two sides to the coin though.We've worked so hard as a society to eliminate stress. Now we're having to introduce artificial stress to stay sharp and maintain our sense liveliness. One form of that is physical exercise. But it goes much deeper than that. Unplugged explores the idea of how technology has dulled our awareness in a way that is impacting our physiology. And we can't cheat our physiology. So if that sounds interesting to you, definitely give this a read. You won't be disappointed.
2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, not much use to read this
Not really sure what the author thinks is so important about warning us off technology in fitness. Really, my Suunto watch is not fundamentally changing my life one way or the other, it’s just a convenience for measuring certain things at times...really don’t need a book about this. I feel the author had a light bulb idea go off in his head and figured he could pop out a book for a few extra bucks. Not much worth in this, sorry for the neg but gotta be honest. There are too many other worthwhile books to read in the limited time we have above ground.
Right bokk for the exact right time
This book is one of the greatest I’ve ever read . So much useful and reliable facts about the device we use to “help” us perform.If you read this book you’ll get a deep view and understanding about the Market , Industrie behind those smartphones wearables . Really interesting
Muito superficial
Tema interessante, mas explorado de maneira superficial, baseado na opinião do autor e com as poucas opiniões com algum embasamento científico sendo extrapoladas de atletas ou pessoas treinadas para população geral.Na minha opinião, custo benefício ruim !
Provocative and insightful. It delves into technological dependency and ...
Provocative and insightful. It delves into technological dependency and the limitations and constraints of the quantified self (QS) and will likely have the reader questioning their own inherent beliefs.
Plug Back Into Nature
A book that stands out for promoting a lack of technology in everyday life will serve us well, both in body and in spirit. In a modern age full of gadgets and gizmos, all designed to enhance our experience, it has become apparent that due to the rush and frenzy to get apps, tech and cool monitoring devices we have missed a vital component out of the process, and that is knowing how to interpret and find value in the data we're measuring. The authors of Unplugged realise that once this step is missed out (and other factors too), the tool becomes useless and hopelessly debilitating. As experienced coaches and students of physiology the three authors, Brian, Andy and Phil point out how tuning our innate intrinsic relationship our bodies have with nature will serve us far better than numbers on a screen - along with interviews with industry leaders, top athletes and researchers, the examples and explanations they use to prove this are both enlightening and educational. As a coach and trainee I learned some valuable lessons about unplugging from technology and plugging back into nature.
Five Stars
Brilliant
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Imported From: United States
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Review:
5.0 out of 5 stars From the mouth of a bias Outdoor Physical activity researcher, Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach
I enjoyed every read of this book! Wish it was out when I was doing my thesis... outdoor physical activity, connectedness with nature, enjoyment between settings etc. Was certainly a limited topic relative to nutrition, strength and conditioning, performance blah blah. One of the more prominent juxtapositions I coach average Joe's seeking a health and wellness, chronic disease self management and prevention is finding a balance among behaviors. Wearables are turning into a new fad like diet sort of practice....all or nothing. Another distraction from inward reflection and acceptance. For some. Not for all. Thank you for bringing this topic to light with passion, evidence and a call to action.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on honing your intuition and instinct without relying solely on tech.
This is a great book for the athlete or fitness enthusiast who has reached high performance and then gone, "what now?" You can't track every calorie and every watt forever, nor should you. There comes a point when you take a step back, look at the long view, and realize that you don't need three quarters of the tools, and apps, and gadgets you use for your training. I'm a data geek and while there is a time and a place for quantifying, there are also times and places where unplugging is the right move. I liked the book a lot and would recommend it to the athlete who is ready to hone their system of what they do and don't track or quantify, and disconnect from the rest.
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast Reading Good Nuggets
Yes, we are way to attached to our gadgets. How many times do I have to avoid people walking down the street staring at their phone. That is true for sport too.
3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I was expecting or hoping for.
"Ditch that wearable, you just need a lifetime relationship with a team of coaches, nutritionists, etc." "You don't need fancy gadgets, because the data gleaned from world-class testing/training facilities will give you far more relevant information" "You can't get attacked by sharks if you're calm." Not directly quoting, but you get the idea... the podcasts were good and I bought the book, but the message wasn't what I was hoping. Alot of it read like marketing material for various testing facilities, coaches, and oddly enough, gear. I was hoping for a mix of philosophical and practical advice on minimizing gadgetry, but that's not the message so much here. Although they do say over and over that if I learn to surf that my life would be better. Even the chapter that specifically states it's about our diminished awareness because outsourcing all our cues (hunger/thirst/overworked) to apps makes the recommendation to buy "an inexpensive glucose meter from the drugstore", and elsewhere talks about other inexpensive testing equipment. If I followed all the recommendations in the book, I'd have a laboratory worth of gear, but just no smart watch. It doesn't make sense.
5.0 out of 5 stars Plug Into This Book To Get UNPLUGGED
I was out at a concert one night and a buddy of mine lost his FitBit. He went absolutely bonkers (extreme understatement) and we spent the next couple hours checking under every rock and crevice for his gadget. We eventually found it, but we missed the whole concert. A month later, he didn't even wear it anymore. But that fateful night, my friend had a side to him that I had never seen: an addict that needed his fix.This review isn't to bash on technology, but to open up our eyes that we have a world around us. We fall victim to the "phone slump" without realizing that we are becoming too dependent on, let's be honest, creative marketing schemes that we just don't need in our lives. But in our society today, it's almost impossible to not be plugged in. So instead of allowing technology to deindividualize ourselves, we need to find a way to use technology that will optimize, and be optimal for, our health and knowledge.Unplugged does a good job covering the issues, but does an even better job coming up with pragmatic solutions that we can all strive for.
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most important books entering the fitness/technology era.
As a career strength and conditioning coach and gym owner I cannot say enough about this book. Brian, Andy, and Phil stress the importance of trusting your body and taking time to understand how you respond to stimulus. This book offer a great parnternship with the reader as they encourage people to take control of their health and wellness. They beautifully lay out how you can navigate stress and training on a day to day basis, as well as set yourself up for the long game. This book is an absolute must for anyone who is interested in taking control of their own health.
5.0 out of 5 stars How dulled awareness is impacting our physiology
I appreciate any piece of work that helps expand my thinking. This book took a 30,000 ft view into how technology is impacting our physiology. Sometimes we're so immersed in the moment, that we forget how far we've come over the last several decades. There's always two sides to the coin though.We've worked so hard as a society to eliminate stress. Now we're having to introduce artificial stress to stay sharp and maintain our sense liveliness. One form of that is physical exercise. But it goes much deeper than that. Unplugged explores the idea of how technology has dulled our awareness in a way that is impacting our physiology. And we can't cheat our physiology. So if that sounds interesting to you, definitely give this a read. You won't be disappointed.
2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry, not much use to read this
Not really sure what the author thinks is so important about warning us off technology in fitness. Really, my Suunto watch is not fundamentally changing my life one way or the other, it’s just a convenience for measuring certain things at times...really don’t need a book about this. I feel the author had a light bulb idea go off in his head and figured he could pop out a book for a few extra bucks. Not much worth in this, sorry for the neg but gotta be honest. There are too many other worthwhile books to read in the limited time we have above ground.
Right bokk for the exact right time
This book is one of the greatest I’ve ever read . So much useful and reliable facts about the device we use to “help” us perform.If you read this book you’ll get a deep view and understanding about the Market , Industrie behind those smartphones wearables . Really interesting
Muito superficial
Tema interessante, mas explorado de maneira superficial, baseado na opinião do autor e com as poucas opiniões com algum embasamento científico sendo extrapoladas de atletas ou pessoas treinadas para população geral.Na minha opinião, custo benefício ruim !
Provocative and insightful. It delves into technological dependency and ...
Provocative and insightful. It delves into technological dependency and the limitations and constraints of the quantified self (QS) and will likely have the reader questioning their own inherent beliefs.
Plug Back Into Nature
A book that stands out for promoting a lack of technology in everyday life will serve us well, both in body and in spirit. In a modern age full of gadgets and gizmos, all designed to enhance our experience, it has become apparent that due to the rush and frenzy to get apps, tech and cool monitoring devices we have missed a vital component out of the process, and that is knowing how to interpret and find value in the data we're measuring. The authors of Unplugged realise that once this step is missed out (and other factors too), the tool becomes useless and hopelessly debilitating. As experienced coaches and students of physiology the three authors, Brian, Andy and Phil point out how tuning our innate intrinsic relationship our bodies have with nature will serve us far better than numbers on a screen - along with interviews with industry leaders, top athletes and researchers, the examples and explanations they use to prove this are both enlightening and educational. As a coach and trainee I learned some valuable lessons about unplugging from technology and plugging back into nature.
Five Stars
Brilliant
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