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How Bad Do You Want It?
- Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle
- Narrated by: Matt Fitzgerald
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Sports & Outdoors
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Publisher's Summary
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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- 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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- 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
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Anonymous User
- 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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- Rod
- 2016-04-05
Great inside it's worth the listen
A number of people have commented that the performance is terrible. I've listened to a lot books on audible and there are other books that I haven't been able to finish listening to because the narrator was so terrible. This is not one of those books. Clearly the author is not Charlston Heston but his voice narration doesn't detract from the outstanding and inspiring message of the book. The benefits of listening to the book far outweigh any deficiency in the narration.
23 people found this helpful
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- Pedro Pernia
- 2017-02-19
Great but....
The information was great and the compilation of the stories was incredible, but the narrative was a strong monotone, with no changes in emotion. My suggestion is to have someone else do it, or get a narrative coach... At the end I loved the book...
15 people found this helpful
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- Mama D
- 2016-03-14
Great information, horrible delivery
If you could sum up How Bad Do You Want It? in three words, what would they be?
Great information, but the author really should have hired a professional narrator. Instead of a relaxed conversational tone, every sentence is barked out in drill-instructor fashion. Exhausting and unpleasant to listen to.
38 people found this helpful
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- andrea
- 2016-11-09
Great book
This book, the philosophy it presents, as well as the narrated stories are second to none. The only thing that made it hard for me to follow was the narration. Even though it is the author himself, it is not the ideal voice from my point of view.
7 people found this helpful
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- fifth
- 2016-07-08
Analytical, but a bit too much so.
I liked the book. The audio is clear and very easy to understand. The material in some spots gets boringly analytical and I found myself spacing off. If it had shorter stories about each athlete, and a more personal and emotional connection to them, I think it would've been better. So I liked it, but can't whole heatedly recommend it, unless you really geek out on psychology.
7 people found this helpful
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- rundespitelogic
- 2016-03-15
Average book but drawn out
Narration felt like a long lecture. The book would have been much better with a better narration. Still, a couple good chapters ended up being drawn out far too long.
10 people found this helpful
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- Daniel Gifford
- 2020-07-19
Incredible value for all humans.
The techniques, stories and information in this book have taken my athletic career from amateur to a professional who is 3rd in the USA. It has also taken the company I started from 40 monthly clients to 200+. Endless applicability.
3 people found this helpful
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- Kate S
- 2017-01-07
Inspiring & motivating read
Even though the book specifically discusses the psychology behind the athlete's mindset, this can be applied to any scenario where you want to achieve to your highest potential.
Packed fully with scientific research and written in a way I felt I was at breaking point on the Tour de France, or collapsing in KONA, I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to take their goals to the next level.
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- Yasuke
- 2019-02-25
Mr. Matt Fitzgerald do to yourself a huge favor. Do not read any of your books ever again, please!
I always finished no matter what, but I couldn’t do it wit this one. The author doesn’t deserve even not a start in performance. Good histories but horrible performance!
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- Jim
- 2017-09-06
A series of barely linked anecdotes
Would you try another book from Matt Fitzgerald and/or Matt Fitzgerald?
No
Would you ever listen to anything by Matt Fitzgerald again?
No. Matt’s voice cracks. It becomes increasingly more difficult to listen to as the book roils on.
How could the performance have been better?
Fewer stories, fewer details on the stories. Color of shirt? Number of burgers? Shade of sand? None of these added to the quality, they worked to fill the story.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
It has those inspirational stories about others who have faced more challenges than most of us listening to the book ever will
Any additional comments?
Skip this one
5 people found this helpful