The Art of Resilience

Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body

By: Ross Edgley

‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH

‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS

‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’ ANT MIDDLETON

Bestselling author and award-winning adventurer 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. Now Ross 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 (8,848m), 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, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, ‘haunted’ whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart.

Ross’s 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, Ross 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, valour and a disciplined mindset in overcoming adversity. This ground-breaking 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.

Critic reviews

‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’
Chris Hemsworth

‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’
Bear Grylls

‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’
Ant Middleton

Great lessons

Liked a lot the attitude of applying the lessons to a person’s life. Not only to learn them.

Great motivation!

It was good motivation while training for my first marathon. Ross did an excellent job in this book.

A journey for the ages

This was an excellent book l, that was well narrated by Ross regarding his own story. Research and explanations are used throughout to provide a scientific basis of decisions that were made on the adventure. All the other bits of fun and adventure are added in too. I have listened to podcasts he has done and his other book and this is by far the best book. Sometimes the basic explanations of physical activity science are tedious if you understand these too a higher level. But all round a very good book.

a great read and a great mission.

I truly enjoyed this book and its story, and throughout the time listening to it, I also implemented a lot of the actions and practices Ross used into my own training. Needless to say I am now on a mission to find my challenge. God Bless Ross Edgely.

couldn't stop reading

Amazing story and great to learn something new and hear the story of Ross and his views on resilience