Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness
Description
<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>
Story Behind The Book
A Little about the Author:
Lakyshia L. (Shelton) Hubert was born in Pahokee Florida, raised in Clewiston Florida. She's the youngest of seven siblings and a host of stepsisters. Oldest sister Renee Shelton, Tachia Shelton, Yolanda Coulson, Teresa Burnett, Cecilia Williams and Lorenzo Shelton J.r. her loving mother Mary (Burnett) Shelton and Lorenzo Shelton S.r has blessed them with so much knowledge and wisdom, until they didn’t know they was raising an young author. Lakyshia (better known as Keke) brother was filled with talent such as: Singing, Dancing, Writing poetry, Writing music, and Drawing. Lakyshia felt like she was left with nothing, until one day she read all the things she kept hidden and realized that she also can write poetry. The problem was she could only write them when she was sad and hurt. Then she ended up going away for awhile that’s when one day just began writing and she ended up with this book. It may have took her sometime but she would like for all of you to know it was worth the wait, when you rush to do things and try to outdo someone you will never make it far because, writing should be from your heart and should be written with care, not rushed through. So with that being said please enjoy this book, and again the author would like to thank each and everyone who took time out to purchase and read this novel.
Thanks in advance
Mrs.Hubert
