Why Mr T was SPOT on about “living alone and training alone”

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In a dungeon at that, hehe, or something that looked close to it. Mighty close, right down to the leaking drain pipes next to T as he does PULL-ups – TWO FINGERED PULL-UPS – STUPER STUD LEVEL!!!

Sure, he didnt go all the way up and all the way down, but still, doing two finger pull-ups with heavily taped fingers after a boxing workout?

I’ve done ‘em.

And let me tell you, boxing workouts are anything but easy brah.

And while Mr. T’s “real life” routine DOES include the gym, he used to be a bouncer. I bet he knows a thing or two about conditioning!

Anyway, I’m a huge, huge Sly Stallone fan. That much is known.

But Rocky III?

Nah.

Cringeworthy.

But the SOLE bright spot is Mr T!

Those training montages are classic – with T pumping out sit ups on a ball. Pull-ups in the manner I mentioned. Shadow boxing. And of course, the Loooong “Eye of the Tiger” boxer’s run (and no he wasn’t doing “heart rate int he target zone cardio” either brah).

Great, great stuff.

Motivational, inspirational, and REAL MAN training.

But anyway, in that movie he made the following comment while disparaging “Rocky” (who to be honest at that point deserved it).

“I live alone! I train alone! And the next time I’m not going to knock him out easy! He’s going to FEEL IT!”

(what he meant was he’d draw the thang out basically. Slow torture).

Point isn’t the movie though, or the dialog itself, or even how Stallone personally sees the “Eye of the Tiger” later in another equally decrepit gym where REAL MEN trained!

Hell, one LOOK in their eyes!

As “Apollo Creed” said.

“This is wher eI started. See the LOOK in their EYE, Rocko??”

(Rocko’s bro in law wanted to get out of there because “lets get out of here before they kill us”. Another classic was Paulie!).

But anyway, I’ve spoken about the LOOK in the eye often.

On the Battletank Shoulders page, and on MORE pages that I care to recall right now.

Perhaps also on Gumption Galore off the top of my head, but tons of others too.

But back to living and training alone.

I’ve made my best gains when living alone. True.

Ever wonder how prisoners get so jacked?

One reason is BODYWEIGHT exercises done right – and thats the main reason.

But they also have nothing else to deal with. No stressors. No jobs. No need to worry about income. Family shrieking at them. Moms and wives fighting and dragging yours truly into it. (or whoever).

Bells clanging off the hook. UGH! If there is something I hate it’s the goddamned doorbell. No wonder I dont HAVE one in MY apartment!

And more such annoyances which people CREATE, to be honest.

And then claim “thats how we are” …

OK, great.

But living alone takes a lot of that off your shoulders, and you free your time up to train.

Good news though, bro, is this, you dont need to turn into a cave dwelling “live alone and I’ll knock your teeth out” type if you dont WANT to.

(It will get results yes, but it ain’t necessary).

You just need DISCIPLINE.

Either do exercise every hour on the dot, or schedule it in somehow.

Or do what you gotta do.

Do pull-ups. Do sprints. Do squats. Do whatever works – for YOU.

Key thing is to BUCKLE down – and GIVE exercise the importance it deserves. I wrote about that in an earlier post.