Dottir
My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion
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4.7 • 42 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Dottir is the inspiring and poignant memoir from two-time consecutive CrossFit Games Champion Katrin Davidsdottir.
As one of only two women in history to have won the title of “Fittest Woman on Earth” twice, Davidsdottir knows all about the importance of mental and physical strength. She won the title in 2015, backing it up with a second win in 2016, after starting CrossFit in just 2011.
A gymnast as a youth, Davidsdottir wanted to try new challenges and found a love of CrossFit. But it hasn't been a smooth rise to the top. In 2014, just one year before taking home the gold, she didn't qualify for the Games. She used that loss as motivation and fuel for training harder and smarter for the 2015 Games. She pushed herself and refocused her mental game. Her hard work and perseverance paid off with her return to the Games and subsequent victories in 2015 and 2016.
In Dottir, Davidsdottir shares her journey with readers. She details her focus on training, goal setting, nutrition, and mental toughness.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
CrossFit Games champ Davidsdottir maps out how she was named the games' "Fittest Woman on Earth" two years in a row, in this breezy yet high-impact memoir. A former gymnast and track athlete from Reykjav k, Iceland, 26-year-old Davidsdottir credits her supportive family and that storied Icelandic Viking blood for her drive and strength, but it wasn't until she was 18 that she "found my home" with CrossFit: "The mix of mental challenges and competition fanned the flame inside of me to a red-hot glow." She delights in each seemingly impossible challenge (e.g., muscle-ups, which are pull-ups with arms extended above the bar, followed by a dip), obsessing until she conquers it. After training for less than a year, she starts competing in 2012, and in 2014, after falling short in regional competition, she dumps law school to pursue her passion full-force. "Failure has been the key ingredient to my success in sports and in life." Through brutal dawn-to-dusk sessions with her coach, Davidsdottir writing in prose as efficient as her workouts cleans up "the space between my ears" and finds her ferocity, snatching the Fittest Woman title in 2015 and 2016. This is an inspiring narrative for girls, women, CrossFitters, and anyone searching for physical or mental toughness.
Customer Reviews
Grit
Reading this was equivalent to creating a movie in my head. I couldn’t put it down. As a fellow athlete, I resonate with every word! Love your grit!