{"id":291397,"date":"2023-10-20T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291397"},"modified":"2023-10-20T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:25:07","slug":"anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Anthony Joshua splashes out \u00a32,000 to spend four days entirely alone in a pitch black room &#8211; but claims he&#8217;s &#8216;not bored because there is so much stored in the subconscious&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The room is designed to help with relaxation and giving a mental reset to users<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>NFL legend Aaron Rodgers said he experienced hallucinations\u00a0in his experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Joshua said he didn&#8217;t take the mental side of boxing seriously earlier in his career<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthony Joshua is coming to the end of a \u00a32,000 darkness retreat experience which has seen the former world champion spend four days with no light at all.<\/p>\n<p>Though not overly popular, the retreat is used by various sporting stars, including NFL star Aaron Rodgers, as a method of meditation to help athletes be alone with their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>It could be used before a big decision or as a method of strengthening the mind. Before Rodgers completed the process in February he said he was &#8216;really looking forward to it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Joshua posted on social media: &#8216;Myself and [my friend] are about to embrace the darkness and solitude for four days (separate rooms).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Isolated with nothing to do except relax and clear the mind while being immersed in infinite darkness.&#8217; He will emerge on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/12\/76797835-0-image-a-60_1697802648061.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua has 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\/20\/14\/68012413-12653613-The_Green_Bay_Packers_quarterback_has_not_addressed_the_media_si-a-93_1697807411354.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers was expected meditate and self-reflect without modern comforts, such as television, phones, or illumination on his retreat &#8211; the location of which is pictured here and is similar to the one used by Joshua\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/14\/68012431-12653613-PICTURED_An_entrance_to_one_of_Sky_Cave_Retreats_three_dark_room-a-28_1697807648039.jpg\" height=\"483\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>PICTURED: An entrance to one of Sky Cave Retreats&#8217; three dark rooms in southern Oregon, where Rodgers spent four days<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/14\/68012415-12653613-Rooms_include_a_queen_sized_bed_bath_stove_and_a_spout_offering_-a-31_1697807747668.jpg\" height=\"698\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joshua believes he will come out of the process without being bored\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old has been fed via food passed into the room but there has been no social interaction or light all week.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers,\u00a0in March, said of his experience:\u00a0&#8216;It was a great reset for me, for my body and my mind,&#8217; the 39-year-old said of the four-day excursion. &#8216;Maybe a little bit longer than I needed. I feel like by the time I got to the fourth day, I was like, &#8221;Alright, I&#8217;m ready to come out&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He also said he experienced hallucinations on day three of the retreat. Rodgers attended SkyCave retreat for his trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Participants use a blacked out eye mask for the duration to ensure darkness throughout and are often filmed removing them at the end for social media purposes as they adjust back to daylight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coming towards the end of his career, Joshua has enjoyed immense success. From Olympic champion to two-time world champion to British icon, he&#8217;s done it all, but may have one or two regrets.<\/p>\n<p>One regret is around the mental side of boxing. He told Men&#8217;s Health earlier this month that he used to think boxing was &#8216;all physical&#8217; in his career. &#8216;Wake up, get on with your day, train,&#8217; he said. &#8216;After losing fights, you question yourself and start realising the mental side is as important.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He now has a psychologist with his career taking a different turn following back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk knocked him off top spot in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would have been more disciplined,&#8217; he said, reflecting on how his career may have gone if he&#8217;d considered mental health more earlier on in his career. &#8216;I don&#8217;t know if that would have made me better, but I would have done things more professionally.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/13\/76797837-12653613-He_will_emerge_on_Friday_with_the_room_said_to_help_with_relaxat-a-14_1697804424508.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He will emerge on Friday, with the room said to help with relaxation and processing thoughts<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/13\/76797857-12653613-NFL_star_Aaron_Rodgers_spent_time_in_a_pitch_black_room_in_Febru-a-88_1697806110133.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>NFL star Aaron Rodgers spent time in a pitch black room in February, and said it was a &#8216;great reset&#8217; despite some hallucinations<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/14\/76798787-12653613-The_Brit_admitted_to_not_taking_the_mental_side_of_boxing_seriou-a-29_1697807648040.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Brit admitted to not taking the mental side of boxing seriously earlier on in his career<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/14\/76797863-12653613-He_has_fallen_down_the_pecking_order_in_the_heavyweight_division-a-30_1697807648041.jpg\" height=\"506\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He has fallen down the pecking order in the heavyweight division after back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk (left)<\/p>\n<p>Though he has been alone with his thoughts, Joshua insisted before he went in that he won&#8217;t be bored.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is so much stored in the subconscious,&#8217; he said of what he expected to experience on the retreat.<\/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>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12653613\/Anthony-Joshua-four-days-pitch-black-room.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Joshua splashes out \u00a32,000 to spend four days entirely alone in a pitch black room &#8211; but claims he&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291396,"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>Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room - Sports Love Me<\/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:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room - Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anthony Joshua splashes out \u00a32,000 to spend four days entirely alone in a pitch black room &#8211; but claims he&#8217;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-20T13:25:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Anthony-Joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/\",\"name\":\"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room - Sports Love Me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-20T13:25:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-20T13:25:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boxing\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/category\/boxing\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sports Love Me\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room - Sports Love Me","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room - Sports Love Me","og_description":"Anthony Joshua splashes out \u00a32,000 to spend four days entirely alone in a pitch black room &#8211; but claims he&#8217;s","og_url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/","og_site_name":"Sports Love Me","article_published_time":"2023-10-20T13:25:07+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Anthony-Joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/","url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/","name":"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room - Sports Love Me","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-20T13:25:07+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-20T13:25:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/anthony-joshua-spends-2000-to-spend-four-days-in-pitch-black-room\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boxing","item":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/category\/boxing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Anthony Joshua spends \u00a32,000 to spend four days in pitch black room"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/","name":"Sports Love Me","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}