Bj ‘Bubble Boy’ Penn

We can think of some great ways to spend 100 grand:  buy a couple new cars, maybe put a down payment on a home, or perhaps spend it on hookers and blow.  But spending it on a tent?  Not so much.

But then again we’re not a UFC champion,  Bj Penn is.

Bj Penn is training day and night for his upcoming fight against the UFC’s Welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre, literally.  Penn has recently set up a high altitude tent in his bedroom and plans to sleep in this tent every night leading up to the fight.  The tent simulates a high altitude environment by limiting the oxygen concentration in the air, thus it encourages the body to adapt to the environment by increasing the number of red blood cells and enzymes in the body, similar to blood doping.  While the tent is an unconventional way for a fighter to improve their cardio, it has proved sucessful nonetheless.

Contrary to what you might think this isn’t Penns first go around with the device, he used the tent in preperation for his fight against Sean Sherk and we all know how that turned out.  With all these devices turning him into the bionic man, it’s only a matter of time before we can no longer call him ‘The Prodigy’ as we’ll have to start reffering to him as Bj ‘Bubble Boy’ Penn.

Check out Bj set up his tent below (Props to BjPenn.com)

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