Il metodo Hard Work

Fantastic athlete. Bad book. A few personal anecdotes, a lot of random workouts, drawings of proper form and a ton of recipes. Not nearly personal enough to give me the feeling that I got to know Mat Fraser better, and not detailed enough to help me improve my training (I'm not an elite athlete - bu Leggi tutto

This book is hot trash. I want to like it because I like Mat Fraser. I like his legacy and history, I like his personality and his interaction with fans. But this book feels like he wanted to check "write a book" off his Bucket List and threw together a pile of words into a word processor. Part of the Leggi tutto

This book was amazing. I have to admit, it was not what I expected it to be. I have read a decent amount of CrossFit athletes books and they were more ‘memoirs’ where this is more of a guide for athletes who essentially want to perform at Mat Fraser’s level. I have been doing CrossFit for about 12 y Leggi tutto

From the first pages, Mat discusses that this book is to be used as a training manual. In this sense he does fulfill this promise. He provides workouts, times, and percentages to use with weights. However, little else in the sense of what HWPO means is elaborated or explained well. If you have watch Leggi tutto

Interesting autobiography but as it comes to the training guide I would rather have it rearranged. For me the book would be better if at first there were few chapters of autobiography, as it is now, but I would like it much better if the workout guide and food recipes were separate chapters at the e Leggi tutto

It's always going to be fascinating to try and get into the mind of a highly-successful athlete, and Fraser's book is no exception. Part self-help guide, part roadmap to CrossFit success, part confessional, and part recipe book, it's a versatile, entertaining read that doesn't require prior knowledg Leggi tutto

Expected more... Feels rushed

Can seem redundant but some really useful pointers for beginners and something I'll keep coming back to.