Speaking of training like boxers, I love the training scenes from the Rocky movies. Yeah, they’re a little bit corny, and the spoofs people have made of Rocky and Apollo in the third film are hilarious, but you can’t help but be inspired just a little bit. I mean, no one wanted it as badly as that guy. Enjoy!
The original:
The training montage in Rocky IV is pretty boss as well:
Not really training, but kind of like Rocky because it involves fighting and wanting to win. My favorite fight scene ever, from Kill Bill Vol. 1 (the music here is both divine and on my workout playlist):
An absolutely kick ass song you have to have on your workout and racing playlists is Rock Star, by N.E.R.D., remixed by Jason Nevins:
For those of you who don’t know me, I pretend like I’m cool but I’m actually really cheesy. The opening scenes and music from Gran Turismo 5: Prologue get me super pumped for racing too. Just ignore the ghey little Mini Cooper and picture yourself kicking ass on your R1, SV, or 125:
