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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Track & field sports, athletics
From world-renowned adventurer and bestselling author of The Art of
Resilience and The World's Fittest Book, comes the ultimate
blueprint to building a bulletproof body. 'He's an animal' CHRIS
HEMSWORTH 'The inner workings of a sports science genius' EDDIE
HALL, former World's Strongest Man Ross Edgley has spent decades
perfecting the principles and practice of extreme fitness to
achieve the impossible. Following a career-threatening injury in
2018, Ross was forced to reassess his training and take the next
steps in a lifelong journey of redefining what the human body is
capable of. In Blueprint, Ross shares the cutting-edge training
program that empowered him to rebuild his body from surgery and a
doctor's gloomy prognosis in just 365 days to complete a world
record swim. Whether it's climbing a mountain, swimming the English
Channel, or a gruelling triathlon, Blueprint will teach you the
tried and tested principles of sports science that have been used
for decades by Olympians, explorers and adventurers at the limits
of peak physical endurance. Blueprint is Ross Edgley's complete
training journey that shows you how to: * Divide a 365-day training
plan into seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) * Rebuild
your body using evolutionary medicine * Build a superhuman work
capacity with forgotten Spartan-style training * Gain bulletproof
resilience through Soviet-inspired strength training * Boost your
aerobic base with Olympian techniques. Blueprint applies the exact
same principles that enabled Ross to complete extreme feats such as
the World's Longest Sea Swim, World's Longest Rope Climb, World's
Heaviest Triathlon and World's Strongest Marathon. Ross is your
elite guide to achieving the impossible in the gym and beyond.
Featuring almost 30 tailored workouts for different phases of
training, packed with digestible sports science to help you
optimise your workouts, and interspersed with Ross' own daring
adventures across the world, Blueprint is the ultimate guide to
optimising your time and training to make the impossible possible.
Chris Thrall set out to run an ultramarathon a day from John
O'Groats to Land's End, solo, unsupported and sleeping in a tent by
the side of the road. He'd not trained for two years, having been
disabled whilst awaiting major spinal surgery. His backpack alone
for the 999-mile slog Weighed over fifteen kilograms. Most said
Chris couldn't do it. The former commando promised he would.
Because to a Royal Marine success is simply a State of Mind ...
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