Resilient The untold story of Crossfit's greatest comeback
Book - 2024
"On the last night of the 2021 CrossFit Games, ten thousand fans watched in horror as Brooke Wells' elbow dislocated under the weight of a 190-pound barbell. This is the extraordinary story of what happened next: How Wells pulled off a highly improbable comeback that transformed her mentally and physically into one of the fittest women in the world. In Resilient, Wells provides a refreshingly honest, authentic account of how she overcame fear, self-doubt, and a slew of unexpected obstacles to return to the CrossFit Games less than a year after undergoing total elbow reconstruction. A story of strength, passion, courage, and grit, Resilient is a celebration of one athlete's extraordinary spirit and her inspiring ability to nev...er say die"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biographies
- Published
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New York, N.Y. :
St. Martin's Press
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xvi, 201 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- ISBN
- 9781250289407
- Foreword
- 1. Snap
- 2. Out
- 3. Tribe
- 4. Grief
- 5. Imaging
- 6. The Plan
- 7. Tommy John
- 8. Purgatory
- 9. Malibu
- 10. Checkup
- 11. Mind Games
- 12. Open Season
- 13. Open
- 14. Quarterfinals
- 15. The Scare
- 16. Semifinals
- 17. The MACC Mile
- 18. Not Today
- 19. Resilient
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