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Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

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<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that  cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>

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I love reading. I mean who doesnt? Well don't answer that. But seriously, I have come across some really life changing stuff in the past from The Bible to The Three Fat Men by Yury Olesha. Recently I came across an amazing work called HARNESSING THE MAGIC POWER OF ATTENTION by an author who goes by the pen name LIBERTIE. Honestly mysticism and spirituality have always inspired me and when you sprinkle a bit of HOW TO and Motivational stuff into it, then you have really got me. I couldn't put this one down. In the words of the writer "HARNESSING THE MAGIC POWER OF ATTENTION is an inspirational contemporary classic. The major theme of this work is on how to effectively say NO to issues in your life that seem to have taken over control." I found this premise compelling and after twelve hours of non stop page turning I was finished and in a daze I fell asleep with my kindle on my chest and when I awoke I must truly say I felt like I was a totally different person. There was a renewed zest for life that completely blew me away. Within days of practicing the stuff in this work I noticed nasty habits and patterns of thinking that I had held onto for years which didn't serve me particularly well stated falling away! I quite smoking, cold turkey and got rid of my wank bank! Amazing stuff!

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<p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15176289-nnamdi-obioha" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(240,240,228);font-weight:bold;">Nnamdi Obioha</a><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(240,240,228);"> </span><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(240,240,228);">ALL I CAN SAY IS &quot;WOW!&quot; I STARTED READING AND COULDN'T STOP UNTIL I ALMOST COMPLETED IT. STILL READING THOUGH.</span></p>