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‘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 MIDDLETON

Bestselling 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.

ISBN-13: 9780008356958

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Publication Date: 07-13-2021

Pages: 384

Product Dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x (d)

Ross Edgley is a bestselling author, award-winning adventurer and leading international expert on resilience. He is also the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The World's Fittest Book and is renowned for his gruelling athletic adventures, the most recent of which saw him become the first swimmer ever to circumnavigate mainland Britain.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ant Middleton ix

Prologue xi

Part 1 Life on Land (Before the Swim)

Chapter 1 Why Did I Do It? 3

Chapter 2 Why the Body Does Not Break? 10

Chapter 3 Why the Mind Does Not Quit? 17

Part 2 Life at Sea (During the Swim)

Lesson 1 Stoic Sports Science is Philosophy Forged in Battle 31

Lesson 2 Learn the Power of Spiritual Sports Science 49

Lesson 3 The Body Bruises and Bleeds but cannot be Beaten 64

Lesson 4 To Walk Your Own Path, Write Your Own Plan 80

Lesson 5 Make the Body an Instrument, Not an Ornament 94

Lesson 6 Build Resilience by 'Getting Wintered' 111

Lesson 7 Fast can be Fragile and Slow can be Strong 121

Lesson 8 Strength Improves Stamina and Stamina Improves Strength 133

The Great British Swim Training Plan 144

Lesson 9 Learn How to Cruise or Kill 164

Lesson 10 Learn to Limit Limitations 182

Lesson 11 The Two Ways to Process Pain 189

Lesson 12 Combat Fear with 'Feral Fear Theory' 201

Lesson 13 Learn the Power of a Higher Purpose 213

Lesson 14 Accept the Uncontrollables 222

Lesson 15 Control the Controllables 234

Lesson 16 Resilience Cannot Be Rushed, But Quitting Can 245

Lesson 17 You're Stronger When Smiling 266

Lesson 18 You Can Sleep Yourself Stronger 275

Lesson 19 Heroics in Hunger 290

Lesson 20 Resilience Is Best Served with Food 301

The Great British Swim Diet 306

Lesson 21 Stomach of Steel 316

Lesson 22 Resilience is Suffering Strategically Managed 323

Epilogue 329

Endnotes 332

Acknowledgements 347

Index 349