How Bad Do You Want It?

Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

De: Matt Fitzgerald

Narrado por: Matt Fitzgerald

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.

©2015 Matt Fitzgerald (P)2016 Recorded Books

How Bad Do You Want It?

If you like endurance sports and pushing your limits this is the book for you. Great examples. Matt did a really nice job in reading as well.

Good but feels incomplete

Would have been better if he dived more into the science and how to practice some of the mental techniques. Especially in the later chapters.

This book kept me engaged with each chapter

As a non-professional athlete with ambitious goals, I loved this entire book. I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys putting themselves out there and testing their limits. This book kept me company and motivated during many of my runs.

Great book for any athlete!

I loved this book. I am a part time endurance athlete so the book spoke to me. I will listen to it again... maybe a few more times. Thank you Matt Fitzgerald!

Thrilling and inspirational!

Matt Fitzgerald creates an exciting book filled with amazing physical achievements and thought provoking science.

It would make an interesting read for anyone curious about psychology, sports or history but it is equally engaging for the aspiring athlete and casual exerciser alike.

As a someone who identifies more with coming in last than in winning a race, I found this book extremely motivating. Matt had me on the edge of my seat with his recounting of race events. I was also constantly bookmarking passages for future reference.

Thanks Matt for a fun, inspirational read!

so good!

great voice. easy to listen to. great stories and very well read and facts were backed up with studies.

Excellent explanation of the exceptional as a choice...

Very good overview of the mental and physical components and where the mind is the master of the tools to excel. Mental coordination explained without too much technical jargon and enough science to support the message.

Plethora of useful information

Loaded with very useful information on sport psychology. Lots of references included. High quality. I love this book and consider buying a printed version. I gave it 5 because I consider the information as of very high quality but I have 2 critical points: first: the speed of the reading was too fast for a text loaded with facts and the ending was dragging a bit as compared to the beginnings. But highly recommend to all interested in the topic.

A very interested book

I like the content and learn about the struggle of people, and what works for someone may not work for me. however it has hard to keep listening because the reader.

How are you motivated?

Enjoyed the anecdotes to illustrate the pints made. Significantly the story is based on the work of one scientist and the observation of the author. An entertaining read.