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
Lots of people are searching for their true purpose in life and as a certified life and career coach, I wanted a way for people to be able to find their life purpose without having to use a coach.
This workbook covers all of the areas that I take my clients thru for a fraction of the price. It also has all of the elements that you find in other books all in one place. For instance, there are books that just focus on numerology and the spiritual side on one's purpose and then there's the professional and business side of people's lives like their skills, gifts and talents, but few books bring together the "7 Universal Life Purpose Elements" and show you how to turn them into your personal "Blueprint for Success and Fulfillment".
I spent two years just researching the hundreds of books on purpose to be able to distill it down to these seven areas in a way that makes sense and is easy to follow.
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