Start Your Engines

My Unstoppable CrossFit Journey

By: Sam Briggs

Narrated by: Victoria Riley

Brought to you by Penguin.

You don’t get biceps like Briggs by giving up when the going gets tough....

CrossFit superstar Sam Briggs, a.k.a. ‘The Engine’, is a true hero in the sport, with a level of endurance unparalleled in the game. This is the story of how she got to the top and battled with everything she had to stay there.

Sam’s memoir takes in the whole story, from being kicked out of ballet lessons as a child but being accepted on the boys’ sports teams, to working as a firefighter in West Yorkshire for 10 years, tackling dangerous and adrenaline-fueled situations on a daily basis and to taking up CrossFit at the comparatively ancient age of 27. Sam tells of what it took to become champion a mere three years later and after a year out with a broken patella. Despite the numerous setbacks and debilitating injuries that have plagued her in the years that followed, when most other athletes would have thrown in the towel, Sam has fought and continues to fight, to be the very best that she can be.

Start Your Engines is the story of how, with a combination of grit, training and dogged motivation, it’s never too late to achieve your dreams.

©2020 Sam Briggs (P)2020 Penguin Audio

very inspiring.

I got a look at Sam I wouldn't have had otherwise. I very happy to have experienced this book and look forward to more stuff from her.

Inspiring

It is inspiring to listen how she found out CrossFit at age 27 and has managed for 10 years to stay at the top of the game

recommend 100%

fun and witty! great book! couldn't stop listening. great story and lessons shared by author.

A Tale of CrossFit Roots and Mentality

Good luck putting this one down. This is a must read for fans of mental toughness, athletics, CrossFit history, and good ol' humor.
Sam Briggs is one of the sports all time greats for a multitude of reasons; and they're all captured in this autobiographical sketch of her life and time as a professional athlete (so far). True fans and followers of Sam will hear her personable prose as she opens up about the lesser known aspects of her early life before finding CrossFit, as well as her personal experience across a prestigious CrossFit career.

Great story, totally wrong choice of narrator

This was a really great listen for any keen CrossFitter and it was so interesting to hear the previously unknown parts of Sam Briggs’ amazing story.
Unfortunately, the narrator wasn’t really an appropriate choice. First, she sounded like a little old lady, which meant her first person narration of the incredible sporting feats that Sam Briggs has achieved sounded a bit comical. Secondly, I don’t think she’s a CrossFit buff because she didn’t really get the emphasis right in a few parts. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this audio book and would recommend it.