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#824 - Ross Edgley - 317 Miles: Breaking The Longest Non-Stop Swim Record

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Ross Edgley is an endurance athlete and an author. Ross just broke the world record for the world's longest non-stop river swim. It took over 2 days with no sleep, no stopping or touching land. He's also swum around the entire UK and competed head to head with sharks. Time to find out how his mind, body and preparation works. Expect to learn how Ross prepares for an endurance event, how you go to the bathroom when you're locked in a wetsuit, what 50 hours of sleep deprivation whilst exercising feels like, Ross' diet and daily routine, the scientific mindset of resilience, strategies to push yourself to your absolute limit and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get Magic Spoon's brand-new Protein-packed Treats in your nearest grocery store Get up to 37% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Ross Edgley, he's an endurance athlete and an author.

0:07.0

Ross just broke the world record for the world's longest non-stop river swim. It took over two days with no sleep, no stopping or touching

0:16.2

land. He's also swam around the entire UK and competed head to head with sharks.

0:22.2

Time to find out how his mind, body and preparation works.

0:26.0

Expect to learn how Ross prepares for an endurance event, how you go to the bathroom when you're locked inside of a

0:32.3

wetsuit, what 50 hours of sleep deprivation, to the

0:35.0

scientific mindset to the bathroom, while exercising feels like, Ross's diet and daily routine,

0:39.0

the scientific mindset of resilience,

0:40.0

strategies to push yourself to your absolute limit, and much more.

0:46.5

Ross is a beast.

0:48.2

The guy is a complete freak and the fact that he does it all with a smile on his face makes me so

0:54.3

unbelievably suspicious and in all of what he's been able to achieve. He

0:59.6

genuinely is a one in a seven billion type of human and there is so much to take away from today.

1:06.4

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1:36.0

But now ladies and gentlemen please welcome Ross Edgley. edgely. Take me through what you've just done. What have you just completed?

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