Start Your Engines, Sam Briggs
Start Your Engines, Sam Briggs
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Start Your Engines
My Unstoppable CrossFit Journey

Author: Sam Briggs

Narrator: Victoria Riley

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ebury Digital

Published: 04/16/2020


Synopsis

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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.

© Sam Briggs 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lauren on April 25, 2020

For anyone even interested in CrossFit or people's journeys through competitive sports, I would highly recommend this book. I really enjoyed this book and it only took me about 2 days to get through it! At times I feel as though successful people write books without much thought, but this was the op......more

Goodreads review by Megan on April 25, 2025

Was really hoping to enjoy this much more than I did 🫤......more

Goodreads review by The Reluctant Reader on May 17, 2020

I was really looking forward to getting my hands on this one as Sam Briggs is one of my favourite CrossFit athletes, not only because she’s female, British, strong and has a fantastic engine but she’s also an interesting character who I thought probably had a lot of depth to her story. ———————— After......more

Goodreads review by Deanna on February 14, 2021

Sam Briggs is my all time favorite athlete. I have loved watching her career and reading this and getting a chance to read her perspective on these events and challenges she’s overcome that I’ve watched as a fan was very enjoyable. I love her drive and her honesty. I love how she consistently challe......more

Goodreads review by Clair on April 28, 2020

I bought this audio version because I thought it would motivate me to exercise. It hasn’t. I couldn’t get along with the narrator who made Sam sound like I bit of a wally. The first half of the story was ok, but after that when it started listing the types of exercises at each cross fit games and we......more