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of the whole demonstration,

I'm taking the rest of the shirt

and throwin' it off.

"F*** that, what?"

You know, you go through this

whole display of "I'm powerful,

I'm angry, I don't care!"

You do this thing, and it was

some time after that

the teacher, I had bumped

into him again maybe

a week or so,

back in population.

He had said, "Hey, you know,

you got a physique on you!

How you'd like

to think about competing

against teenagers your own age?"

I thought it was a joke.

Back then, I never even used

to think that I would

probably ever even

get out of being

in institutional placement.

It's a lot easier for me to have

been identified as an animal.

Going to the gym and training,

it was probably

the single most important

therapeutic choice

I could make on my own.

And the people that were in my

life have long since moved on.

The one thing that's remained

consistent is still, you know,

your focus towards achieving

this ultimate goal.

Texas.

Wide plains.

Open spaces.

Scorching heat.

Branch Warren leads

a simple life

away from the hustle and bustle

of the city.

I tore my quadriceps tendon,

and it completely detached.

No one's ever come

back from injury,

you know, that injury,

especially that fast.

Most people,

it ends their career.

I did it in six months.

And that was an accident, right?

I was walking

in the parking lot...

in a thunderstorm.

And...

I slipped and fell.

So, you never know

what kind of curve ball

life's gonna throw

at you, right?

Some people cry and b*tch

about it like little girls,

you know, and be babies

about it.

A man, he has issues.

He sets it aside,

he focuses on what he...

what his job is

and gets it done.

I put my faith in God.

You know, I learned

from a very young age

that no one owes you anything,

and there ain't nobody

gonna give you a damn thing.

But you can have anything

you want

if you work hard enough for it.

What's up?

Gotta take care

of business in the gym.

You're with the boys,

so you gotta do what you gotta do.

And when you come home,

you don't bring that home to your family.

Metroflex Gym.

Built inside an old warehouse.

Produced many of Texas'

greatest bodybuilders,

including the great

Ronnie Coleman,

eight-time Mr. Olympia.

Now it serves as a training

camp for Branch Warren

and his training partner,

Johnnie Jackson.

Yeah, baby!

One more, go!

Yeah!

Come on, get some.

Nobody beats you.

Huh?

I grew up in that gym.

I mean, from learning how to fight, to learn

how to train, to learn how to be a man.

I don't think there's one bodybuilder

on this planet that's competed...

or even dreamed of competing

that hasn't dreamed of being Mr. Olympia.

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