Rich Roll "Ultra" is more than a book, rather it is a "superbook" that helps you find your goals in life and ways to achieve them. Today, a huge amount of literature is trying to convey to the consciousness of people the need for spiritual practices. We study hosanna, do yoga, meditate, but ... we understand that we are not moving anywhere.
The book "Ultra" is a concrete example of the transformation of an ordinary, average man in the middle of forty years into an energetic marathon runner who managed to conquer 5 distances of the "Ironman" competition. There are no philosophical fabrications here, but there are plenty of examples of where to start restructuring life, help in giving up the habits that drive our body to a hospital bed. The book is about how important it is to realize yourself, learn to value your family, and accept the help of others.
When we are twenty, we skeptically look at the "old people" twice as old as we are, at their plump torso and tell ourselves that this will definitely not happen to us. But the time comes and sitting on the couch with a mug of beer becomes a favorite pastime, and the cherished basketball has long been blown away and is lying around in the garage. Rich Roll by the age of 39 has become a typical "old man": no dreams, no craving for something new.
The daily monotony, diluted with food that is unnecessarily consumed in front of the TV, added an extra 22 kg to the normal weight. Legal practice went as usual, bringing in a stable income, the wife peacefully coexisted nearby, and the grown children did not cause trouble - an ideal American (and not only) family.
Everything changed instantly when, after another marathon with food in front of the TV, Rich tried to go up to the bedroom on the second floor. “The face was covered with sweat. To catch my breath, I had to bend in half. The belly fell out of my jeans, which for a long time did not fit me ... Struggling with nausea, I looked down at the steps - how much did I overcome? It turned out to be eight. "Lord," I thought, "what have I become?"
How close and painfully familiar! Each of us, at least once, asked himself such a question, and in exhaustion sat down on the sofa again, justifying his inaction. The book "Ultra" gives the answer how to tear your lazy body away from the soft pillow, what first steps you need to take, who you can turn to for help. You're wrong if you think Rich has been a superhero since childhood.
In the book, he impartially tells how hard it was for him in school and college from the ridicule of his comrades about his ugly appearance. He found an outlet in swimming, and in his youth he figured out a way for himself to find friends - alcohol, which led the brain to a daze, and later, the body - to the clinic. The book is about overcoming yourself, harmful alcohol addiction, about learning to take responsibility for your actions, realizing and changing them.
And at the same time, a book about love. About an all-encompassing love for life at any age, in different living conditions, about relationships with parents, with wife and children. The book contains information about healthy eating, about the training system, about how people overcome themselves in incredibly difficult circumstances. And for this you do not need a huge financial fortune, it is enough to understand yourself.
Anyone who is ready to return the joy from every day they have lived should read the book "Ultra" by Richie Roll to choose a new starting point for themselves.
