No Limits: The powerful true story of Leah Goldstein: World Champion Kickboxer - Ultra Endurance Cyclist, Israeli Undercover Police Officer

by Leah Goldstein

Having faced fear many times, Goldstein has learnt that no matter how genuine the actual danger we confront may be, we have two fight or flight. Yet, some of us have fallen into a third, much more dangerous category, by simply freezing. We do nothing, and therefore risk neither failure nor success. Full of tragedies and triumphs, crashes and podiums, Leah Goldstein’s life has been a long series of fights and even a few flights. Her fascinating story is not about being fearless but about being unstoppable.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 2, 2015

Reviews

[Madalene · Rating 3 out of 5]

The organization of this book is confusing: each chapter is titled with a state, in order along the Race Across America route; but each contains only one or two italicized paragraphs about RAAM, each showing that the race is really about pushing through sleep and food deprivation (the latter of which she seems to relish and bring up in an unhealthy way).
Most of the book is about Goldstein's history as a champion kickboxer, extremely focused ascent in Israeli police and serious drive in first road bike racing and then ultra distance bike racing. While that's interesting, and definitely paints a picture of an unusually driven and tough individual, there's no specific tale of drama, just an overall profile of Goldstein. Good for someone already interested in Goldstein's life, not necessarily for someone wanting a gripping cyclist memoir.

[Brad Frink · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book in Kindle format and was shocked at the distractingly bad formatting. Not sure if this is on the author, Amazon, or what. Formatting issues aside...

I was exposed to Leah in a podcast I frequent (the Rich Roll Podcast) and was intrigued. What an amazing woman! While her mindset is off the charts, she has stories for days, and she has untold talents in sport and career, a writer she is not. The writing doesn't flow (surely not aided by formatting mentioned above) and (formatting aside) there are a lot of editing failures; spelling, punctuation, etc.

I do recommend learning more about Leah, but maybe in a different format than this book.

[Lynn Willison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book very inspiring. It really held my attention. I heard Leah Goldstein on a podcast and she sparked my interest.

[Meg]

The most insane - refusal to quit - story of a human I have ever read. Good lord.

[Kris Adler · Rating 4 out of 5]

I couldn’t put this book down. It kind of petered out at the end, which is why I’m not giving it a higher rating, but I found myself engrossed in the story of her life. Fascinating.