

Embrace the Suck
What I Learned at the Box About Hard Work, (Very) Sore Muscles, and Burpees Before Sunrise
Author: Stephen Madden
Narrator: Roger Wayne
Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 02/18/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Health & Fitness, Exercise
Synopsis
In Embrace the Suck, Madden chronicles the year he devoted to mastering all of the basic Crossfit exercises like double unders, muscle ups and kipping pullups, and immersing himself in the Paleo diet that strips weight from its followers but leaves them fantasizing about loaves of bread. Throughout, he explores the culture of the sport, visiting gyms (boxes) around the country, becoming a CrossFit coach, and confronting some basic questions about himself, his past, and athletic limitations—and why something so difficult and punishing can be at once beautiful, funny, and rewarding.