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October 8th | DEBS’ Book Club
October 8 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
NOTE: Zoom Session begins at 7:00 PM
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle by Matt Fitzgerald
10/8/24 (6:30 pm at Fred's) & 7:00pm - 8:00pm ZOOM session (Zoom Link TBD)
The Debs are thrilled to host the next book club with author, Matt Fitzgerald, of the book, "HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?" via ZOOM - with the option of members meeting as a group at Fred's Restaurant (see below).
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 post-race 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? and reveals new psychobiological findings including:
- Mental toughness determines how close you can get to your physical limit.
- Bracing yourself for a tough race or workout can boost performance by 15% or more.
- Champions have learned how to give more of what they have.
- The only way to improve performance is by altering how you perceive effort.
- Choking under pressure is a form of self-consciousness.
- Your attitude in daily life is the same one you bring to sports.
- There’s no such thing as going as fast as you can—only going faster than before.
- The fastest racecourse is the one with the loudest spectators.
- Faith in your training is as important as the training itself.
Athletes feature: Sammy Wanjiru, Jenny Simpson, Greg LeMond, Siri Lindley, Willie Stewart, Cadel Evans, Nathan Cohen and Joe Sullivan, Paula Newby-Fraser, Ryan Vail, Thomas Voeckler, Ned Overend, Steve Prefontaine, and last of all John “The Penguin” Bingham
When: Tuesday, October 8th, 2024: 6:30pm for those meeting at Fred's / 7:00pm - Zoom event begins
Where: Group Zoom will be held in the back room at: Fred's Restaurant 476 Amsterdam Ave (83rd St)
Or join via ZOOM at 7:00 PM on your own
ZOOM LINK (TBD)
Hosts: Debi Unger & Deb Saat
Open to Members and Non-Members
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? is available in Paperback (New or Used), Audio Book and Kindle
