The Art of Resilience
The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body is a book written by Ross Edgley.
Background
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. Edgley 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 (8,848 meters), 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, he swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, ‘haunted’ whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart.
His 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, he 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, valor and a disciplined mindset in overcoming adversity. This groundbreaking 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.
Ross Edgley bio
Ross Edgley (born 1985) is a celebrated strongman and open water swimmer, former water polo player, decorated expert in the fitness industry, and a graduate of Loughborough University School of Sport and Exercise Science. Edgley is co-founder of The Protein Works and has amassed a social media following of well over a half a million people.
Following a career-threatening injury in 2018, Edgley 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, he 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.
Honors
- He was nominated for the 2018 Wild Swimmer of the Year by the The Wild Swimming Brothers.
- He was voted as the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year in a global online poll, nominated by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
- He was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
Publications
Edgley writes for GQ Magazine, Men's Health, Telegraph, Askmen.com, Men's Fitness and more. He has authored three books:
- Blueprint: Build a Bulletproof Body for Extreme Adventure in 365 Days, published September 2021
- The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body, published May 2020
- The World's Fittest Book, published 2018
External links
- In The Words of Chris Hemsworth and Ross Edgley: How to Hero
- Chris Hemsworth: “He’s An Animal”- Ross Edgley’s Blueprint For Success
- Ross Edgley Has A Blueprint For Athletes, Adventurers
- Blueprint: Build a Bulletproof Body for Extreme Adventure in 365 Days
- The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
- The World's Fittest Book
- 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Nominees
- WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
- Sue Dyson Explains The History Of St. Lucia Channel Swims On WOWSA Live
- Sophia Nash’s Extreme Swim To Become An Iron Icewoman
- 2019 WOWSA Awards Nominees
- 2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
- 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year Nominees
- Ross Edgley
- Nominate Mind-boggling, Incredible Swims For The 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
- The Great British Swim
- Welcome To The World Of Strongman Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Logged Down By Swimming
- Cacao Almond Nut Butter Cookies In & Out Of The Water
- 10 unspoken rules of open water swimming
- Strongman Swimming Sequels
- The Great British Swim
- Ben + Ross + Lewis: 3 Unprecedented Stage Swims
- Hardened In The Open Water: Observing Stage Swimmers
- WOWSA Winners Possess Sense Of Adventure
- These People Will Entertain, Inspire You With Their Answers
- Skolnick On Swimming At The Olympic Club
- Mosaic Of Marathoners
- Ross Edges Closer And Closer To His Goal
- Great British Swim Party On The Beach
- The Great British Swim Will Culminate On November 4th
- Circumnavigating Great Britain In 157 Days
- Personality Plus, Beaming From Britain
- How Open Water Swimming Initiated A Life Of Adventure
- A Love Creative With April Wong
- How Ross Edgley Swam Around Great Britain
- Ross On A Roll
- Ross Returns, Edgley On The World's Fittest Tour
- Aleksandra Bednarek Voted 2018 Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
- Icebears Hintertux Voted 2018 Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
- Ross Edgley's Great British Swim Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- Ion Lazarenco Tiron Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
- Wonderful Wild Swimmers Of The Year
- Terence Bell To Swim Around Hawaii's Garden Island
- Newest Guinness World Records Holders In The Open Water
