The fighter

Strength is about more than just the breaking down and building up of muscle tissue. As some of the world’s best athletes know, the size of your biceps is just a small piece of the puzzle. Here, five men from very different sporting disciplines share what being ‘strong’ means to them – and how you can apply those lessons to your own life today

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COURT IN THE ACT

Masculinity influencers, alpha-male hustle bros and staid self-help gurus all claim the equation for toughening up is a simple one: hard things done often equals increased resilience. But would a month of 5am wake-ups, cold showers, long rucks and an intimidating physical test extend our writer’s breaking point or just cause him to break?

Caldwell needs to look ‘more like a spider ...