Writer Nathan Englander on CrossFit

The New Yorker Radio Hour | Jan 15, 2016

The fiction writer Nathan Englander has a tendency to work around the clock, and he spends the little free time he has at a CrossFit studio. The notoriously grueling training program, which combines elements of aerobics, calisthenics, and weightlifting, teaches Englander in life and fiction: how to push through difficulty, how to appreciate failure, and even the need for a day off, now and then.

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