Ross Edgley

?Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.? CHRIS HEMSWORTH?A hero who is as humble as he is resilient? testament to a ?never give up? spirit!? BEAR GRYLLS?From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.? ANT MIDDLETONBestselling author and award-winning adventurer Ross Edgley has been studying¿the art of resilience¿for years, applying all he has learned to become the first person in history to swim around Great Britain, breaking multiple world records. Now Ross focuses on mental strength, stoicism and the training needed to create an unbreakable body.Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848m), after living with¿Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle.¿On his epic 1,780-mile journey around Great Britain, which lasted 157 days, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, ?haunted? whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart.Ross?s previous book,¿The World?s Fittest Book, was a Sunday Times bestseller and explored the science of physical fitness. Now, in¿The Art of Resilience, Ross uses his swim experience and other amazing endurance feats, where he managed to¿overcome seemingly insurmountable pain, hardship and adversity, to study the performance of extreme athletes, military and fitness specialists and psychologists to uncover the secrets of mental fitness and explore the concept of resilience, persistence, valour and a disciplined mindset in overcoming adversity. This ground-breaking book¿represents a paradigm shift in what we thought the human body and mind were capable of and will give you a¿blueprint to become a tougher, more resilient and ultimately better human ? whatever the challenge you face.

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 ManRoss 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.