{"id":293970,"date":"2023-10-22T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293970"},"modified":"2023-10-22T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:26:00","slug":"footage-emerges-of-anthony-joshua-arriving-at-2000-darkness-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/footage-emerges-of-anthony-joshua-arriving-at-2000-darkness-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Footage emerges of Anthony Joshua arriving at \u00a32,000 darkness retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Footage emerges of Anthony Joshua arriving at \u00a32,000 darkness retreat before the boxer spent four days alone in a pitch black room as he claims &#8216;this is where lions are made&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Footage has emerged of Anthony Joshua arriving at a \u00a32,000 darkness retreat\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The boxer entered a pitch black room as he claims &#8216;this is where lions are made&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He came away from the retreat on Friday after spending four days there\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Footage has emerged of Anthony Joshua arriving at a \u00a32,000 darkness retreat where he spent four days alone in a pitch black room.<\/p>\n<p>The style of retreat has previously been done by other sporting stars, such as NFL player Aaron Rodgers, and is thought to be a method of meditation to help athletes be alone with their thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Joshua revealed on social media that he would be spending four days in darkness to be &#8216;isolated with nothing\u00a0to do except relax and clear the mind while being immersed in infinite darkness&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He emerged on Friday, with videos now surfacing of the heavyweight boxer entering the retreat.<\/p>\n<p>Stepping into a pitch black room with nothing but a bag of clothes, AJ smiled as his friend jokes &#8216;nice and dark for you&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76797835-12658695-Anthony_Joshua_has_spent_2_000_to_spend_four_days_entirely_alone-a-1_1697962550430.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua spent \u00a32,000 to spend four days entirely alone in a pitch black dark room<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/68012415-12658695-Joshua_believes_he_will_come_out_of_the_process_without_being_bo-a-2_1697962553358.jpg\" height=\"700\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua believed he would come out of the process without being bored due to the power of &#8216;the subconscious&#8217; mind<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76855831-12658695-image-a-4_1697962735744.jpg\" height=\"560\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The heavyweight has now been pictured entering the retreat for the first time earlier this week<\/p>\n<p>He was then recorded sitting outside as his friend said: &#8216;I&#8217;ve never seen you look so lost. You&#8217;re just sitting there, waiting for your time to come and chill away in this little hut.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>AJ replied: &#8216;There&#8217;s times when I ask myself this question like why did I put myself in this situation? But&#8230; this is where lions are made!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What I&#8217;m trying to do is showcase myself. There&#8217;s not much I actually need, just myself.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sitting around a campfire later in the night, AJ&#8217;s friend admitted that he wouldn&#8217;t be there without him as they embarked on their four-day retreat.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the 34-year-old previously claimed that he regrets not focusing on the mental side of boxing in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told Men&#8217;s Health earlier this month that he used to think boxing was &#8216;all physical&#8217;\u00a0in his career. &#8216;Wake up, get on with your day, train,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76855867-12658695-image-a-7_1697962844520.jpg\" height=\"675\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>AJ spent the time away from his phone in a small, pitch black room, as he revealed he wanted to show that he only needs himself<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76855863-12658695-image-a-6_1697962834092.jpg\" height=\"471\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua emerged on Friday, with the room said to help with relaxation and processing thoughts<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After losing fights, you question yourself and start realising the mental side is as important.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would have been more disciplined, reflecting on how his career may have gone if he&#8217;d considered mental health more earlier on in his career. I don&#8217;t know if that would have made me better, but I would have done things more professionally.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This led to him embarking on the retreat, as he discussed what he expected to gain from the experience, saying: &#8216;There is so much stored in the subconscious,<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What&#8217;s the worst that can happen? The worst is death so if it doesn&#8217;t do that, all good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I said to them I was a bit scared and he said that&#8217;s a good thing. By October 20, I will be one of the coolest people, coming out after sitting for four days in the dark.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He is yet to break his silence since having his four days away from social media and his phone.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen as to what is next for the British boxer, who beat Robert Helenius back in August.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12658695\/Anthony-Joshua-boxing-darkness-retreat-arrival-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage emerges of Anthony Joshua arriving at \u00a32,000 darkness retreat before the boxer spent four days alone in a pitch black room as he claims &#8216;this is where lions are made&#8217; Footage has emerged of Anthony Joshua arriving at a \u00a32,000 darkness retreat\u00a0 The boxer entered a pitch black room as he claims &#8216;this is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Footage emerges of Anthony Joshua arriving at \u00a32,000 darkness retreat - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/footage-emerges-of-anthony-joshua-arriving-at-2000-darkness-retreat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Footage emerges of Anthony Joshua arriving at \u00a32,000 darkness retreat - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Footage emerges of Anthony Joshua arriving at \u00a32,000 darkness retreat before the boxer spent four days alone in a pitch black room as he claims &#8216;this is where lions are made&#8217; 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