Ross Edgley (@rossedgley)

SHOULDER (strength) REHAB 🧬 After 510km (317 miles) I managed to tear EVERY tendon in the rotator cuff (subscapularis, teres minor, supraspinatus and infraspinatus) 🔱 Now 2 weeks later we’re already rebuilding and rehabbing following the medical GENIUS that is @dr.akhan and team at @eterna.health…

WE DID IT: The World’s Longest NON-STOP Swim* ✔️ 510km (317 miles) ✔️ Yukon (Canada) ✔️ No stopping, sleeping or touching land! ✔️ Water temperature 9°C/48.°F So much EPIC content to come, but for now I’m going to chill and celebrate with the MOST EPIC team ever assembled on a river whose…

82kg (180lbs) 😯 Haven’t been this light since I was playing England School Boys water polo 🔱 Cannot wait to take the rig for a test drive in Mallorca @best_centre_sports (yes, we’re filming the entire training camp)! Now wearing a size “smedium” in my favourite @Gym King hoodie and never without a…

Swimmer vs MMA: What 4 ELITE Fighters Taught Me 🎥 FULL documentary is LIVE NOW on YouTube! After swimming 1,000 miles around Iceland, I wanted to spend my off-season doing something completely outside my comfort zone… so I stepped into the world of MMA and Muay Thai. The legends at @gymking and…

WHY DID I SWIM 1,000 MILES AROUND ICELAND? 🐉 Because I needed a “dragon” to slay. In my new book, How to Hero, I explore why Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey—a pattern woven through mythology and folklore for thousands of years—may have been pointing towards something neuroscience is only now…

Boots are clean and ready incase England call tonight, hahaha 🤣 #WorldCup ⚽️ Living in the @gymking summer range until further notice ☀️ NEW college range is EPIC

NO off-season, HUGE aerobic base needed for a swim I’ve wanted to do for YEARS 🔱 Today’s session: 5 hours on the SwimErg! Zone 2 (120–130 bpm) Boring but building ... 🫀 Capillaries → better oxygen delivery. ⚡ Mitochondria → more energy production. 🧠 A stronger aMCC → by repeatedly choosing effort…

Mums are the best coaches 😜

Man vs Dolphin 🐬 (one of us was going the wrong way 🤣) I was asked how my NEW book, How to Hero is different from The Art of Resilience. For me, The Art of Resilience was really about the physical and psychological science of endurance — how the body and mind adapt to stress, suffering and…

To everyone asking why swim 1,000 miles around Iceland hahaha 🤣 Jokes aside, HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who watched our Great Icelandic Swim documentary on Channel 4 (available to stream: link in bio)… if you did enjoy it, you’ll LOVE my NEW BOOK: “HOW TO HERO: Philosophy forged in Endurance” now…

95kg (210lbs) Arctic BULK and moving well in the NEW Stoic 2.0 collection by @gymking NOW available online #NothingBeatsBelief as we prepare for another world record swim 🌎

Sea ulcers, cuts + chafing 🐳 EPISODE 2 of our Great Icelandic Swim documentary available to stream Channel 4 + NEW BOOK: How to Hero: Philosophy forged in Endurance (available to pre order/ link in bio) ⚔️

How it feels carrying your baby AFTER swimming 1,000 miles around Iceland 🤣 Our Great Icelandic Swim documentary airs on Channel 4 at 7:30pm every Saturday + available to stream + … 📚 NEW BOOK: “HOW TO HERO: Philosophy forged in Endurance” now available to PRE ORDER (link in bio/story) … “In his…

Chocolate covered (caffeinated) banana 🍌 Great Icelandic Swim DOCUMENTARY series (3 x 60 minutes) airs on Channel 4 at 7:30pm EVERY Saturday: 7th, 14th and 21st of February (+ available to stream on Channel 4). SHARE + SET REMINDERS + TAG FRIENDS 🔱 📚 NEW BOOK: “How to Hero: Philosophy forged in…

World’s BIGGEST V02 (explained). Getting tested PRE Great Icelandic Swim (documentary series airs Channel 4: 7:30pm EVERY Saturday: 7, 14 and 21 Feb) I’ve SO MUCH respect and admiration for Kristian Blummenfelt who reportedly recorded the highest VO₂ max ever measured in a human. 🔥 101.1…

Pull-Up Variation 💪 Training before the Great Icelandic Swim 🔱 DOCUMENTARY series (3 x 60 minutes) airs on Channel 4 at 7:30pm EVERY Saturday: 7th, 14th and 21st of February (+ available to stream on Channel 4). SHARE + SET REMINDERS + TAG FRIENDS 🔱

‘SALT TONGUE” 👅 1 of many injuries during our 1,000 mile swim around Iceland 🇮🇸 NEW DOCUMENTARY series (3 x 60 minutes) airs on Channel 4 at 7:30pm EVERY Saturday: 7th, 14th and 21st of February (+ available to stream on Channel 4). SHARE + SET REMINDERS + TAG FRIENDS 🔱 MONTHS in the making, it…

NEW DOCUMENTARY: Great Icelandic Swim series (3 x 60 minutes) airs on Channel 4 at 7:30pm EVERY Saturday: 7th, 14th and 21st of February (+ available to stream on Channel 4). SHARE + SET REMINDERS + TAG FRIENDS 🔱 MONTHS in the making, it contains unseen footage and a BIG announcement in episode 1)…

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86kg (190lbs): Target for 2026 World Record Swims.. ✔️ Fuelled by @myprotein who have TO 80% OFF + code ‘ROSS’ adds another 20% OFF ✔️ Equipped by @gymking who have UP TO 75% OFF 🔱 …. see links in story for links and codes for MASSIVE Black Friday savings #Ad

83kg (183lbs): living vicariously through old videos as I recover from stem cell treatments 🧬 Important note: studies show @gymking hoodie and short combo improve muscle up technique by 76% & @myprotein whey increases speed and strength by 113% (maybe)

83kg (183lbs) vs 97kg (214lbs) 🧬 Old video when I had my best power-to-weight ratio tests at @lborosport but now 1 year and 1,000 miles later after swimming around Iceland I’m keen to get back in the lab! Stay tuned for the CHONKY results of the Arctic bulk courtesy of @gymking and @myprotein

100lbs (45kg) Cheat Curls (old video) 💪 Very controversial, terrible form but I’ve been fascinated by the Chinese lifting method used by the elite 0.1% that views power generation in specific muscle groups as part of the wider kinetic chain to get strong… not big (hence terrible form + cheating)!

HUGE UFC event tonight, who’s winning? What round? I’m picking @tomaspinallofficial via however he wants since he kicks like a horse and wrestles like a gorilla 🦍 Throwback to a @gymking training day #NothingBeatsBelief

How to fix your shoulders! This needs a longer video, but in short, athletes need to understand the local and global musculature of the shoulder. (Firstly) “local musculature” refers to the small (often forgotten) muscles located proximally to a joint. For the shoulder these include the…

Muscle mass doesn’t (always) equal strength 💪 (explained) although carrying SEA BULK from my 1,000 mile swim around Iceland, this doesn’t mean I’ve retained strength 🙈 why? because neuromuscular efficiency—how effectively your nervous system activates and coordinates muscle fibers—plays a crucial…

100lbs/45kg “easy” pull-ups #FYP Big Ol’ Strength Training Block (incoming) 💪 Why? Well, after our 1,000-mile swim around Iceland I’m changing the training stimuli (lower volume, higher intensity) with a FOCUS on tendons, ligaments, fascia and cartilage, since these all play a crucial role in…

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WE DID IT… 1,000 mile swim around Iceland… ✔️ 100 eDNA samples collected for ocean conservation ✔️ 3 x 1 hour documentary filmed for Channel 4 (airs later this year) ✔️ THOUSANDS OF MEMORIES MADE ….. ICELAND THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Clocking kilometres before the hurricane hit last week ⛈️The @channel4 documentary series (3 x 60 mins) for this will be EPIC!! So much unseen footage! Also, yes, I’ve got to work on writing another book since there’s SO MUCH to unpack and process from the last 3 months 🤩 #NothingBeatsBelief…