About
Malay A. Upadhyay grew up in the Eastern provinces of paradoxical India. It was a childhood of anomalies - a different spacetime, where he could not understand a friend's passion for books on one hand even as he wrote for school elocution on the other. Today, all his stories belong to the world of Kalki Evian and constitute two persistent themes - a different city/country and matter(s) inherent to the society, organisations or the world around us.
While Malay works as a Marketer with an equivalent tilt towards Organisational development, he conceived many of the techno-economic ideas described in his first book - Kalki Evian: The Ring of Khaoriphea - at Bocconi University in Milano. His Blog of a Fly (at www.kalkievian.com) subscribes to the elusively effervescent, ephemeral connection among beings across space and time. That is after all, a belief that underlies every piece of literature ever written.
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
The story of Kalki Evian was inspired by the author's Masters dissertation. What began as an idea of universal evolution gradually opened doors to a universe that we all experience, unknowingly. It was a reality that was constantly being modified, but how and to what end? This is the first part.
Reviews
<p><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:13.8000001907349px;line-height:19.3199996948242px;">"In ten years: I am sure I will reread this book." - Author A. A. Schenna</span><br /><span style="line-height:20.7999992370605px;">"</span><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:13.8000001907349px;line-height:19.3199996948242px;">I came away from reading this book with a new awareness and a questioning mind." - Author Francene Stanley<br />
"Different possibilities, different choices, different realities. What’s not to love?" - Reviewer Bookie Babe</span><br />
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