In the classic American film Rocky 4, there are two opposing boxers, Rocky and Ivan Drago. During the time leading up to their fight Rocky trains in the natural world, he is seen carrying logs, hiking through snow and battling fierce weather conditions. While Rocky is doing his preparations for the boxing match the "natural way", his opponent Ivan Drago is presented running on treadmills, being connected to machines that measure his strength and athletic capacities, and using some sort of performance enhancing drug. The depiction of these two athletes is interesting, strong sentiments of patriotism and healthy traditionalism is granted towards the American super athlete, while the Russian counterpart is seen as cheap, unauthentic, and perhaps evil. Is this a fair portrayal? Is athletic training in the artificial world less meaningful than training in the natural world? What are the training techniques used today among the great athletes? In this blog, I am going to explore the answers to these questions and determine the common and accepted training techniques among the modern athlete.