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Post by jaysun on Dec 12, 2014 3:51:02 GMT
In sports, there are a lot of "pump you up" movies and/or documentaries. One of my favorites is "The Soul is Greater Than the World." It documents Swedish discus thrower Ricky Bruch's re-attempt at greatness at age 38. He had already set a WR in the 60's and earned a Bronze medal in the Olympics, but he wanted more. The film opens with scenes of eagles, tribal war drum music,etc and a great scene of Ricky inside a cave hammering the rock and finding gold. He says,"This is what we want." The movie continues and follows his training regimine including frank conversations with his long time friend and trainer while on the massage table. They talk about the need for him to yell and yawp when throwing and how it is necessary to maintain his psychological balance. One of my favorite scenes is when Ricky is at a restaurant and orders breakfast,"DOUBLE PANCAKES! AND DON'T FORGET THE JAM!" He promptly devours them and washes it down with a liter of milk. He was 6'6" and 320lbs! It also has some great coaching segments with American discus champ John Powell who goes to Sweden to coach Ricky. Of course, there is a lot of weightlifting. VERY HEAVY weightlifting! There is also a Swedish girl training sans bra, but, I digress. There is even Cold War era intrigue when Ricky is making arrangements to rescue East German discus great Wolfgang Schmidt from the clutches of the EG Police. Bottom line is that it is a story of greatness, perseverance and the love of sport. You can view it with subtitles on YouTube. Just search for the title. I'll update tomorrow with a link. You can view it here.I watch this video whenever I feel like I could skip a day or when I need a reminder that the soul is indeed, greater than the world. What do you do? |
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Post by TM79 on Dec 12, 2014 15:37:05 GMT
In sports, there are a lot of "pump you up" movies and/or documentaries. One of my favorites is "The Soul is Greater Than the World." It documents Swedish discus thrower Ricky Bruch's re-attempt at greatness at age 38. He had already set a WR in the 60's and earned a Bronze medal in the Olympics, but he wanted more. The film opens with scenes of eagles, tribal war drum music,etc and a great scene of Ricky inside a cave hammering the rock and finding gold. He says,"This is what we want." The movie continues and follows his training regimine including frank conversations with his long time friend and trainer while on the massage table. They talk about the need for him to yell and yawp when throwing and how it is necessary to maintain his psychological balance. One of my favorite scenes is when Ricky is at a restaurant and orders breakfast,"DOUBLE PANCAKES! AND DON'T FORGET THE JAM!" He promptly devours them and washes it down with a liter of milk. It also has some great coaching segments with American discus champ John Powell who goes to Sweden to coach Ricky. Of course, there is a lot of weightlifting. VERY HEAVY weightlifting! There is also a Swedish girl training sans bra, but, I digress. There is even Cold War era intrigue when Ricky is making arrangements to rescue East German discus great Wolfgang Schmidt from the clutches of the EG Police. Bottom line is that it is a story of greatness, perseverance and the love of sport. You can view it with subtitles on YouTube. Just search for the title. I'll update tomorrow with a link. I watch this video whenever I feel like I could skip a day or when I need a reminder that the soul is indeed, greater than the world. What do you do? I'm definitely going to have to check that out. I know you've mentioned him before. Things that give you motivation like that are priceless. Probably the most pumped up I ever got off of a movie or book was when I was reading Lone Survivor. (I think I put it down during the fight with the Taliban, I hadn't quite gotten to the point where three of the four of them gave their lives) I remember coming home exhausted from the road and still having one of the best workouts of my life in a freezing cold garage. It is incredible how stories like those grab us and motivate us. It's as if even though it sounds like the worst situation you could ever be in, part of you deep down inside wants to be right there, shoulder to shoulder with those guys, no matter what the cost. "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." -Braveheart |
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