Anthony Joshua copies ‘dumb’ Aaron Rodgers coaching method

Former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua took a web page from injured New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ wellness method, investing £2,000 in 4 days of solitary contemplation in a totally darkened room that followers have labeled as “dumb.”

Promoter Eddie Hearn acknowledged that Joshua had wrestled with psychological challenges and believed his resolution to embark on a four-day darkness retreat was primarily aimed toward self-improvement. During an interview with Men’s Health, Joshua disclosed that he had paid the cash to spend 4 days in a pitch-black room for character improvement.

“There is a door. They open the door, slide in your food on a tray, and you eat. You do not see them,” he defined. “It’s pitch black. No phone. No TV. No radio. No audiobooks. Nothing.”

Hearn said that Joshua was always in a “fishbowl,” subjected to interviews and followers requesting selfies at any time when he left his house. He believed Joshua had undergone an “implosion” following his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk of their rematch in August of the earlier yr in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

On Monday, Joshua posted on social media: “Myself and [my friend] are about to embrace the darkness and solitude for four days [in separate rooms], isolated with nothing to do except relax and clear the mind while being immersed in infinite darkness.”

Rodgers skilled a comparable journey in a pitch-black room throughout his later years because the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. The four-time NFL MVP participated on this endeavor inside a cabin designed for extended isolation in whole darkness. During this time, he contemplated what it could be wish to play for a distinct crew in a single occasion, and in one other, he contemplated the prospect of life after retirement.

Rodgers talked about having the choice to depart at any time if he selected. He additionally famous that all the expertise might induce hallucinations harking back to the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT).

“It’s just sitting in isolation, meditation, dealing with your thoughts,” Rodgers mentioned before joining the Jets. “It stimulates DMT, so there can be some hallucinations in there, but it’s just kind of sitting in silence, which most of us never do. We rarely even turn our phones off or put the blinds down to sleep in darkness. I am really looking forward to it.”

In each instances, the darkness retreat was used to help elite skilled athletes in considering their private choices regarding their future profession paths. Rodgers was on the peak of creating a major resolution about selecting a brand new crew, because the Packers had been the one crew he had ever performed for since his entry into the NFL from the University of California in 2005.

On the opposite hand, Joshua is looking for his subsequent opponent and sees two specific fights as essential additions to his profession file. After his knockout win over Robert Helenius in August, Joshua started exploring choices to safe a noteworthy adversary for his upcoming match.

At first, a match with former WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder appeared within the works. However, the discussions have grown silent, leaving Joshua considering his subsequent steps.