Start Your Engines: My Unstoppable CrossFit Journey

by Sam Briggs

Overview

INCLUDES AN UPDATED CHAPTER ON THE 2020 SEASON

You don't get biceps like Briggs by giving up when the going gets tough...

CrossFit superstar Sam Briggs, aka 'The Engine', is a true hero in the sport, with a level of endurance unparalleled in the game. This is the story of how she got to the top, and battled with everything she had to stay there.

Sam's memoir takes in the whole story, from being kicked out of ballet lessons as a child but being accepted on the boys' sports teams, to working as a firefighter in West Yorkshire for ten years, tackling dangerous and adrenaline-fueled situations on a daily basis, and to taking up CrossFit at the comparatively ancient age of 27. Sam tells of what it took to become champion a mere three years later, and after a year out with a broken patella. Despite the numerous setbacks and debilitating injuries that have plagued her in the years that followed, when most other athletes would have thrown in the towel, Sam has fought, and continues to fight, to be the very best that she can be.

Start Your Engines is the story of how, with a combination of grit, training and dogged motivation, it's never too late to achieve your dreams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473574281
Publisher:	Ebury Publishing
Publication date:	04/16/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Samantha Briggs is a CrossFit athlete, formerly crowned the fittest woman in the world on winning the 2013 Games. Despite a catalogue of injuries, Sam has continued to compete at the very highest levels of the sport, and in 2019 was given the prestigious Spirit of the Games Award, honouring her extraordinary character, resilience and courage.

Prior to CrossFit, Sam was a firefighter and footballer. She now lives in Manchester, when not travelling the world for competitions, where she runs her own CrossFit gyms.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Spirit of the Games 1

1 A Competitive Start 5

2 Jack of All Trades 15

3 Moving on Up 23

4 Pushing the Boundaries 29

5 Here Comes Trouble 39

6 Finding the Right Path 45

7 Signing up for Service 53

8 Life on the Frontline 61

9 Sporting Life 69

10 A Perfect Fit 77

11 Enter the Engine 87

12 Ding Ding, Seconds Out … 93

13 What's a Softball? 105

14 A Bit of Bad News 115

15 It's All in the Preparation 129

16 The Greatest Day 137

17 Me, on BBC Breakfast? 149

18 Pulling the Ladders up 159

19 If You Fall off the Bike, Get Back on 167

20 Putting my Foot in it 179

21 Pedal to the Metal 187

22 A One-armed Visa-less Athlete 197

23 Time to Re-evaluate 207

24 I Want to Go to Dubai! 219

25 I-I-I I've Had M-m-more Than Enough F-f-fun for One D-day, Thanks 227

26 'Hey, CrossFitter, Good Luck!' 235

27 Big in Brazil 241

28 Being Given the Elbow 247

29 Getting Back on Top 259

30 Not Making the Cut 269

31 A Week in the Life 281

32 There's Many a Good Tune 289

33 A World Turned Upside-Down 299

Acknowledgements 311

Index 313