Mental Fitness: 15 Rules to Strengthen Your Body and Mind

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For the duration, this is a solid outing, although, it does drop off on occasion and I did feel that some of it was repeated in previous tellings. However, I am pleased and satisfied by the read and will be making a few key adjustments to my outlook going forward. Pay attention to people you invest in relationships with and talk about things you actually care about. When I do my work, I’m 100 per cent work. When I’m being a husband, I’m 100 per cent a husband. When I’m away from the family, I see it as a short-term sacrifice. I love doing my challenges and adventures; they allow me to be myself. So, when I get home, even though they might have me for six months of the year, they get 100% of me, rather than 50% for 12 months.” Among his crew were a chef, a banker and a carpenter. Only one, Conrad Humphreys, had the navigational and sailing experience to complement Middleton’s skills of leadership and survival. It was a test of the captain’s resolve, not to mention the physical reality of 60 days at sea, during which he lost more than 10kg. Middleton describes it as one of the hardest things he’s done.

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Anything that raises your heart rate will help keep you in shape." 2. Plan to exercise every single day Physical activity has always been part of my life and once it becomes routine in your life that’s when it becomes a lifestyle and you can’t do without it." First few chapters are great. He writes in a way I enjoy and resonate with. He definitely wants to motivate, he writes in clear simple terms and he swears quite a lot. But crucially, not too much.The brilliant new book from the multiple Sunday Times bestselling author that will explain the principles behind maintaining a healthy mind and body. We must challenge ourselves psychologically on a daily basis, as well as physically at least every other day, even if it just walking the dog or walking to the shop for that pint of milk. Most people don’t think about their emotions,” he says. “When an emotion surfaces, nine times out of 10, people let it take over. Fear is the main one: fear of the unknown, fear of conflict, fear of failure. We don’t see the emotion for what it is.

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I was stood at the summit for three hours,” he recounts. “There was a climber hanging off the side of the mountain and he’d been there for 45 minutes. They were going to cut him away. Two other climbers had already fallen off the mountain. He may look as though he's solid protein, but Ant urges those wanting to lose weight to focus on "balance".Presented in a similar vain to the previous collections, Middleton expertly takes you on a journey of the aforementioned 15 rules. Talking from the heart and a life of experience, this is a book that quite simply, makes you stop and think. The idea of going all in on each aspect of your life is an attractive one, with clear benefits to the average man. Predictably, though, Middleton’s “challenges and adventures” tend to be more challenging and adventurous than a long Sunday bike ride, or a 10K every now and then.

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With 15 chapters I found this really easy to read through over the weekend. He's got a way of having an example from his past adventures to get his point across. The mind and body are often talked about as separate entities, but it’s only when they work in harmony with one another that one can truly push oneself to the highest heights. You can push yourself through pain if you harness your mind and develop an excitement towards physical discomfort. The book also seems to be very repetitive, not helped by the fact that he starts on one subject area and then disappears off on a tangent. He’s all about not letting any failure or success define him but then doesn’t go into any details as to why he went to prison in the first place, but goes into how brands and charities didn’t want to work with him after the fact

Middleton lives his truth. He doesn’t shy away from using his own personal history to showcase how he’s developed and successfully implemented his mental fitness rules. His no excuses mantra and his openness to share his own story and struggles makes this a great read. Highly recommended. At the age of 38, he has lived more lives than most. He signed up for the army at 16, serving in the Royal Engineers in Northern Ireland and Macedonia, then joined the navy and the Royal Marines before entering the Special Boat Service (SBS), in a military career spanning 15 years. He has climbed Everest and captained a team of average men across 4,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean in a rudimentary rowing boat. He’s a Sunday Times bestselling author of two books and father to five children. He has been in prison.