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Bang to Boom
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Biographies GeneralGeneral FitnessSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $14.99
Publisher: Influence Foundry LLC
Published: Dec 6 2025
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
BANG TO BOOM is a raw, cinematic memoir about an ordinary suburban dad who walks into the world of tactical training-and discovers the kind of truth you can't learn from books, podcasts, or a calm, comfortable life. This isn't a war story. It's a story about the battles men fight inside their own ribs, and the training grounds where those battles finally go quiet.
When Erik Weise first stepped onto the range, he didn't go looking for heroics. He went looking for clarity-something solid to push against in a life that felt too soft, too reactive, and one bad moment away from collapse. What he found was a new kind of pressure: panic in a fight simulator, bruises from grappling giants, failure under stress, and a series of gut-check moments that stripped him down to the studs and forced him to rebuild from the inside out.
From high-level instructors to real-world scenarios, from quiet breakthroughs to overwhelming fear, Bang to Boom follows a yearlong transformation where the stakes weren't trophies-they were identity, presence, and the ability to stand steady when life tilts.
Part memoir, part tactical journey, and part emotional reckoning, this book is for anyone who's ever felt untested, uncertain, or stuck on autopilot. It's for men trying to become better fathers, for people who want to show up stronger in their own lives, and for readers who crave honesty over motivational clichés.
If you've ever wondered what happens when an everyday man chooses to stop drifting and start training for the life he actually wants, this is the story.
Prepare for impact. This is what happens when clarity hits you like a boom.
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