November Project: The Book: Inside the Free, Grassroots Fitness Movement That's Taking Over the World

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November Project- The Book is the story of how two irreverent, way-outside-the-box fitness fanatics are flipping the fitness industry on its head and literally making the world a better place, one city at a time. No facility. No machines. Just two dudes and a tribe of thousands. Welcome to November Project's world takeover. What started 4 years ago as a simple monthlong workout pact between two former Northeastern University oarsmen in Boston has grown into an international fitness phenomenon. November Project espouses free, public, all-weather, outdoor group sweats that turn strangers into friends and connect everyone to the city in which they live. It's been described as everything from flashmob fitness to "the fight club of running clubs" and a cult. But November Project prides itself on defying categories. In November Project- The Book, Brogan Graham (a.k.a. BG) and Bojan Mandaric, in their own spicy, big-hearted words, chronicle, along with tribe member and writer Caleb Daniloff, their fitness movement's genesis, evolution, operations, membership, "secret sauce," and future-and along the way, show you how you can get fit and societally engaged. The book also includes illustrated workouts; the keys to meaningful civic engagement; information on using your city as a gym; advice on starting an NP tribe; tips on growing, sustaining, and invigorating membership through social media; and thoughts on the collective power of community.

Brogan Graham is a former rower, crew coach, world wanderer, street interviewer, pedicab driver, rap-video star, social-media strategist, tattoo canvas, and provocateur-at-large. He is now a full-time fitness fire-starter at November Project and extremely frequent flyer. He lives in San Diego, California with his yoga instructor, Goldie, whom he married in 2014. Bojan Mandaric grew up in NoviSad, Serbia and is a former rower on the Yugoslavian National Team and at NortheasternUniversity. He has boatload of regatta medals, speaks suspiciously fluent English, and coached rowing at Syracuse University. He is now a full-time strategist (and reluctant safety-compliance officer) at November Project. He and his wife Emilie have a daughter named Marli and a German Shepherd named Sami. They live in Boston, Massachussetts. Caleb Daniloff is a Boston-area freelancewriter, a contributing editor at Runner's World magazine, and the author of Running Ransom Road: Confronting the Past One Marathon at a Time (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012). He is sometimes known as Ethan Bookman and no longer yells at the teens cutting across his front lawn. He lives in Cambridge, Massachussetts with his wife, daughter, two dogs, and a cat. November Project and affiliates combined: * 80K Facebook fans; 33,461 Twitter followers; 922 Instagram followers; 30 YouTube videos (300 - 6,000+ views) * Started #grassrootsgear onTwitter 9/26/15 and already reaching 60K followers * www.november-project.com has 6.5K organic searches in Google

"NP is exactly like fight club...but with hugging." -Andrew Ference, 2011 Stanley Cup champion and member of November Project Edmonton. "You could go through life alone, unfit, and numb to your prowess and potential. Or you could read this book. It's entirely up to you." -David Willey, editor-in-chief of Runner's World and member of November Project New York/Boston. "A class at the gym is to November Project what riding in the back of a taxi is to space travel. There is nothing in the world of fitness, motivation, and sheer energy that compares to showing up at 6:27 a.m. with hundreds of screaming people ready to train in the cold, rain, snow, ice, sun, heat, and beauty of a city that is still asleep." -Casey Neistat, 34, filmmaker and entrepreneur, 3:02 marathoner, New York City, Boston tribe "The whole thing's fuckin' weird." -Dean Karnazes, 53, renowned ultra runner and New York Times bestselling author, Milwaukee, Madison, San Francisco, and Boston tribes "New requirements for any place I live in the future: There must be a tribe. What a bunch of brilliant, beautiful weirdos. I've finally found my people." -Chris Mosier, 35, LGBT advocate, first transgender athlete on Team USA (duathalon), New York City, New York City tribe "The reason I joined the Tribe was the unique combination of fitness, community, respect, love, and most importantly inclusion. I love getting hugged by total strangers at 6:25 am. My fav hashtag: #JustShowUp." -Bart Yasso, 60, chief running officer, Runner's World magazine, Emmaus, Penn., Philadelphia tribe