Learning to Breathe Fire

Explore the explosive origins of CrossFit and its journey to becoming a global phenomenon in Learning to Breathe Fire. This illuminating book combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. J.C. Herz explains the science behind maximum effort, the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die, and why the modern gym fails an obese society. Follow CrossFit's rise from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption by elite special forces, firefighters, cops, and regular Joes and Janes. Herz powerfully evokes the ritual intensity of an all-consuming workout that unearths the primal fierceness in average people. Are you ready to go all-out?