How Bad Do You Want It?
Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
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Matt Fitzgerald
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Matt Fitzgerald
About this listen
The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have known this for decades, and now science is learning why it's true. In his fascinating new book, How Bad Do You Want It?, coach Matt Fitzgerald examines more than a dozen pivotal races to discover the surprising ways elite athletes strengthen their mental toughness.
Fitzgerald puts you into the pulse-pounding action of more than a dozen epic races from running, cycling, triathlon, XTERRA, and rowing with thrilling race reports and revealing postrace interviews with the elites. Their own words reinforce what the research has found: Strong mental fitness lets us approach our true physical limits, giving us an edge over physically stronger competitors. Each chapter explores the how and why of an elite athlete's transformative moment, revealing powerful new psychobiological principles you can practice to flex your own mental fitness.
The new psychobiological model of endurance performance shows that the most important question in endurance sports is: How bad do you want it? Fitzgerald's fascinating book will forever change how you answer this question and show you how to master the psychology of mind over muscle. These lessons will help you push back your limits and uncover your full potential.
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- KM
- 2021-12-27
Incredible book
Each chapter tells a new story, and it is an incredible listen. Fantastic lessons throughout the whole book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-07-06
Great for athletes of all levels
Inspiring stories and great tips to improve mindset and training efficiency. Also emphasized running your own race instead of comparison.
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- Dee
- 2019-06-22
Inspiring stories
Inspiring graphic stories about overcoming adversity and choosing your own definition of success. In general informative about athletes, expanding my views.
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- KH
- 2019-03-12
Reading style isn't great, but content is worth it!
If you can get past the pretty monotone and robotic style of reading, the content is very enlightening and accessible to connect to.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-04-20
Excellent read for all athletes
All athletes can relate, no matter what level or sport. Excellent storytelling throughout by the author and I actually researched a lot of the athletes as I went through the book. I would read/ listen to other books by this author
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-04-18
Excellent
Great style of story telling and an amazing message! Every athlete should read this book!
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- Mr Harries
- 2021-02-28
Great stuff inside but poor narration
There’s interesting pieces on how our psychology plays a role in performance. It’s just that the narration that lets it down. Make sure you listen to the preview first and know that this tone will hold for the entire book. Having said all that, still worth it.
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- Felix Perez
- 2020-07-02
great book and great writer
great book very motivating and great stories got me running every day now. mental toughtness
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