Since then, there have been four main series and a celebrity version to support Stand Up to Cancer, with the programme hugely exceeding expectations to make the Sunday 9pm slot its own, attracting more than three million viewers. We’re so concerned with ourselves, we’re so narcissistic, that we forget that if we start acting like kids, our kids will start acting like babies. Middleton was the last person in the queue to descend, with oxygen dwindling and other mountaineers and even Sherpas struggling in front of him.

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And we were told that the Taliban were storing all sorts of illicit equipment, using the village as a centre for dishing out improvised explosive device components and weapons. What impressed me about this book is that Ant addresses topics that are important for his target market, which I imagine is young men who have lost their way or aren’t connected to their feelings. The brilliant new book from the multiple Sunday Times bestselling author that will explain the principles behind maintaining a healthy mind and body. The lesson he learned on top of the world was that your internal monologue can make the difference when it really matters. In court, Middleton was convicted of the unlawful wounding of a police officer and common assault on another.

But Middleton’s instincts told him to preserve the crew’s energy, despite the rumblings of discontent. This book won’t inspire you intellectually, and I think it’s fair to say that choosing this author for such an experience would be misguided. According to Wikipedia, Middleton was convicted of the unlawful wounding of one police officer and common assault upon a second in 2013. No wonder there’s a whole generation of children who stick their heads in their laptops or tablets and never come out. Nothing groundbreaking but I wasn’t expecting that - he’s not a professional counsellor or psychologist.

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Now, in a garage away from the bustle of the training areas, Middleton reclines on an old garden chair dragged out from behind some half-fixed cars, dressed in tracksuit bottoms and a gilet thrown on after the photo shoot, tattooed arms bare. It’s a rare break in his diary from the commitments of his current speaking tour, Mind Over Muscle, a bustling schedule of back-to-back live shows across the UK, from Glasgow to Brighton. The lessons he echoes are crucial to not just a life demanding physical and mental toughness but generally any meaningful life. This guy lectures us about mental fitness and maintaining a positive mindset and phasing out all negative thoughts.

You get the impression from 99% of authors of this genre that they are just trying to fill the pages. He has climbed Everest and captained a team of average men across 4,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean in a rudimentary rowing boat.

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It’s so loud that when one approaches it can feel as if it’s personally attacking your eardrums and it kicks up so much dust as it comes down to land that you could be forgiven for feeling you’ve been caught in a sandstorm. I could feel that increasingly familiar prickle of adrenaline along my spine: my body telling me that it was prepared for whatever was about to unfold. If a parent behaves in a negative way around their child, then, guess what, their child is going to grow up with a negative mindset. Ant has some solid things to say about acknowledging your emotions, learning from your mistakes, and taking control of your present. 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.I could see some of the other lads were faltering and was grateful once again for the extra training I’d been doing to get myself into shape for my first run at Special Forces Selection, which I was aiming to attempt at the end of the year. If you reckon you don’t have time to think about yourself because of work or your kids, just consider: what are you doing? Covering topics such as confidence, failure, lies and emotions as well as individuality, this book allows the reader to see the part that each of these rules has played in Middleton's life and helps the reader to take action to build their own mental fitness. Middleton eventually made it back to camp, after Wardle and the programme producers had begun to entertain the thought that he had perished.

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After a brawl outside a nightclub in Chelmsford, during which he played the peacekeeper by separating his friends from the antagonists, he was approached by two police officers with whom he lost his temper.

The structure is really nice, as he describes his own experiences first and then draws lessons from them. It’s having the right mentality that’s going to get you through those last few miles of a marathon or that brutal shift at work. When you make an arse of yourself and get caught out, it’s always a good idea to acknowledge you’ve messed up and then apologise. Presented in a similar vain to the previous collections, Middleton expertly takes you on a journey of the aforementioned 15 rules. Dieting can not only be draining but also have a negative impact on your mental health if you're trying to lose weight.