Nobody understands the nature of resilience as completely as extreme athlete Ross Edgley and now the man who lost his tongue swimming around the UK reveals his secrets, advice and lessons for developing endurance in the face of adversity.
Bestselling author and award-winning adventurer Ross Edgley has been studying the art of resilience for years, applying all he has learned to become the first person in history to swim around Great Britain, breaking multiple world records. Now Ross focuses on mental strength, stoicism and the training needed to create an unbreakable body.
Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle. On his epic 1,780-mile journey around Great Britain, which lasted 157 days, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, 'haunted' whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart.
Ross's previous book, The World's Fittest Book, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller and explored the science of physical fitness. Now, in The Art of Resilience, Ross uses his swim experience and other amazing endurance feats, where he managed to overcome seemingly insurmountable pain, hardship and adversity, to study the performance of extreme athletes, military and fitness specialists and psychologists to uncover the secrets of mental fitness and explore the concept of resilience, persistence, valour and a disciplined mindset in overcoming adversity.
This ground-breaking book represents a paradigm shift in what we thought the human body and mind were capable of and will give you a blueprint to become a tougher, more resilient and ultimately better human - whatever the challenge you face.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008356958
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 330 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’Chris Hemsworth ‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’Bear Grylls ‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’Ant Middleton
A must read to train you body and mind in resilience, also so inspirational, a must read x
Now when I started reading this I did not know a thing about Ross Edgley.
I thought this was a book like First Man In by Ant Middleton (who consequently is mentioned and championed Edgley) a book about motivating and,...
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