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TRAIN WITH THE FITTEST MAN ON EARTH – 5-TIME CROSSFIT CHAMPION MAT FRASER ‘While there are some guys who might beat me in a single workout, no one can say they’re a better all-around athlete. Weightlifting, gymnastics, kettlebells, running, swimming, rowing, Strongman: I’ve relentlessly trained them all, so now you don’t have to guess how to.’

No matter your level of fitness, no matter if you’ve never attempted CrossFit before, this book is your total training manual. Front cover design by Pete Garceau Photography © Rogue Fitness ISBN: 978 1 529 13584 8 CENTURY Penguin Random House 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 2SA www.penguin.co.uk

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MAT FRASER HARD WORK PAYS OFF

Mathew Fraser is the Fittest Man on Earth: the most successful and dominant CrossFit athlete in history, a five-time CrossFit Games Champion (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020) and the only six-time individual podium finisher. Prior to his CrossFit career, Fraser was also the 2009 Junior National Champion Weightlifter. Mat has 2.4 million Instagram followers. CrossFit is one of the world’s largest participation fitness programmes. There are currently over 15,000 affiliated CrossFit gyms globally, and more than 10 million people practise CrossFit.

C C E N T U RY

MAT FRASER

5X FITTEST MAN ON EARTH WITH

SPENSER MESTEL

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BUILDING PEAK STRENGTH, ENDURANCE AND SPEED. ‘Every day I consciously seek what I’m bad at and look to pound any weakness until it’s a strength . . .’ In this groundbreaking book, CrossFit’s five-time Fittest Man on Earth reveals the secrets of his success to help you transform your own body and mind. Structured into sections on strength, endurance, speed, coordination, mentality and recovery, Hard Work Pays Off shares workouts, illustrations, techniques, recipes and advice. From push-ups to sprints, rope climbs to deadlifts, high-knee drills to swimming intervals, the book showcases CrossFit’s uniquely wide-ranging and infinitely scalable approach to exercise. There is tailored advice for beginners, intermediates and advanced athletes.

HARD WORK PAYS OFF T R A I N . E A T . S L E E P. R E P E A T .

So take this book to the gym. Write your personal records in the margins. Circle the illustrations of techniques you need to master. And most of all, do the workouts. Because Mat Fraser can promise you this: hard work pays off.

£16.99

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