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kimball_hansen's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Dang it, he didn't narrate it. Minus half a star, Rich! You got your priorities wrong if you can't narrate your own audiobook. I picked up this book without knowing a thing about him or how famous he was at CrossFit. I think he jumped the gun like [a:Lindsay Stirling|1393414|Lindsay Stirling|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] by publishing a memoir way too dang early in life. Especially since he won two more CrossFit games after this. But maybe if read in it's time it would have been valuable.
I'm not that big of a CrossFit fan, primarily because I hate CrossFitters (on a related note I hate cat owners more than cats themselves or I hate Apple owners more than the Apple devices themselves) But These guys are strong. Can't believe he increased his snatch to over 300 pounds in just a few short years. Too bad this sport is a young man's game more so than any other.
He's pretty religious. Like Tim Tebow religious. And I think he should have joined the Navy and been a SEAL. I wonder what he does now with his life since CrossFit athletes peak early and retire early. It's not an old person's game like other sports.
At least this book helped me realize I don't want to be a fireman anymore (even though I hate firemen but I envy their day on two days off schedule. On that note, though, his excuse of firefighters being away from their home 4 months out of the year is invalid because any job you have you're away from your home for 4 months out of the year, it doesn't matter if it's 8 hours of a day shift or doing a 24 hour shift.
In the morning he works out for an hour or 2 then another workout in the mid-day. He doesn't go full speed though.
There's always a cost to consider for being better in a particular area. Like running for an hour will take away from other physical activities you could be working on.
I wish I could recommend this to Talmage but he'll never get around to reading it.
I'm not that big of a CrossFit fan, primarily because I hate CrossFitters (on a related note I hate cat owners more than cats themselves or I hate Apple owners more than the Apple devices themselves) But These guys are strong. Can't believe he increased his snatch to over 300 pounds in just a few short years. Too bad this sport is a young man's game more so than any other.
He's pretty religious. Like Tim Tebow religious. And I think he should have joined the Navy and been a SEAL. I wonder what he does now with his life since CrossFit athletes peak early and retire early. It's not an old person's game like other sports.
At least this book helped me realize I don't want to be a fireman anymore (even though I hate firemen but I envy their day on two days off schedule. On that note, though, his excuse of firefighters being away from their home 4 months out of the year is invalid because any job you have you're away from your home for 4 months out of the year, it doesn't matter if it's 8 hours of a day shift or doing a 24 hour shift.
In the morning he works out for an hour or 2 then another workout in the mid-day. He doesn't go full speed though.
There's always a cost to consider for being better in a particular area. Like running for an hour will take away from other physical activities you could be working on.
I wish I could recommend this to Talmage but he'll never get around to reading it.
stephbond's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting insight into Rich Froning and how he got into CrossFit but nothing really new.
lfar's review against another edition
2.0
Isn't the point of having a ghost writer to avoid sentences such as, "She was short and her reddish hair was short, too" or "I was eating humble pie before anybody had even ordered desert."
left_unsupervised's review against another edition
2.0
Crossfit
Well this book didn't turn out to be what I expected. I started reading this after another crossfit book. I think I struggled with this one because it is heavily faith based. I skipped over a lot of the information, especially the workouts.
The book does give a great description of the different moves, acronyms, and WODs.
Well this book didn't turn out to be what I expected. I started reading this after another crossfit book. I think I struggled with this one because it is heavily faith based. I skipped over a lot of the information, especially the workouts.
The book does give a great description of the different moves, acronyms, and WODs.
justdaniel's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book personally, but if you're not familiar with Crossfit workout terms, or aren't religious, you may struggle to get through this book which is written for a very specific audience.
copey's review against another edition
2.0
Interesting read. Had to skip past all the Christianity bs, so that's at least 1/3 of the book I just skimmed. Didn't really dig the whole Boy Scout portrayal. Can't tell if I like him more or less after reading this.
readingwithmer's review against another edition
3.0
This book is written very simply, which makes it a quick and easy read. I was far more fascinated in the beginning because it was all about his life pre-CrossFit. It was not nearly as fun to read about him competing in the CrossFit Games as it was to watch them, but I could still picture the events as I read.
cathreohorn's review against another edition
2.0
The title gives an indictation that you're going to learn a lot about Crossfit games champion Rich Froning's mindset and work ethic when it comes to getting an edge over other Crossfit competitors. What you get is a rehash of how important hard work is, and an absolute ton of discussion about his relationship with God and how his faith guided his life.
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