Comments on: 45 of the Best Training And Sports Movies…Ever

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:34:45 +0000

the sandlot
cmon, THE BEAST

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:31:33 +0000

Nice list!
Adding one of my personal fav’s: Iron & Silk.
Why?
Because it’s literally beautiful both visually and emotionally.
Because it’s a true story.
Because the two main characters play their own role in the film!!! (Master Qingfu Pan and Mark Salzman)
Check on imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099857/

By: Torrey

Torrey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:53:23 +0000

Pretty decent list. Brought back some good memories! Nice shout out to “Little Giants.” Just a few names that come to mind though that were left off….Hoop Dreams, Raging Bull, Glory Road, The Air Up There, and Coach Carter (which was surprisingly good for being a MTV produced movie). And someone here mentioned Dodgeball…that too! Classic comedy gold!

By: The Real Fitness Nerd

The Real Fitness Nerd — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:51:19 +0000

Hmmm. Good list, but you appear to have forgotten the existance of surfing, skiing, skateboarding, snowboarding and the 1981 Leif Garrett foosball movie Longshot.

By: Ilyse

Ilyse — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:57:40 +0000

1. Stick It-hilarious gymnastics training movie from the producer of Bring It On (another training movie) The scenes of the female gymnasts training hard inspire me to kick my weight training up a notch with the goal that mastering full range of motion pull ups will be the closest I can come to learning the uneven bars!
2. Longest Yard, Chris Rock + Adam Sandler = surprisingly great football training movie
3. Strictly Ballroom-quirky ballroom dance training movie from Baz Lahrman
5. Dirty Dancing and Footloose-don’t let the fancy feet fool you, these ARE training movies

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:16:20 +0000

‘The gymnest” and “Stick It” should be in there, both are watchable and include almost all the criteria.

By: stingo

stingo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:03:31 +0000

A few others come to mind… An Officer and a Gentleman, Slapshot, Shaolin Soccer, Victory, The Longest Yard

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:27:37 +0000

How about Bring It On? Cheerleaders need to train too. Good movie too.

and Billy Elliot. You have to include that if you’re putting in Flashdance, even though he didn’t get laid (did the Karate Kid score?)

By: Sinead

Sinead — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:32:31 +0000

Duh–the movie I was thinking of was American Anthem. lol

How about National Velvet?

By: etana finkler

etana finkler — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:31:28 +0000

.. so that’s why my body resists losing fat: I haven’t studied enough … having seen only 2-4 of these movies (the ones with the girrrls in them)…

… guess I need some subliminal training and the pounds will transform into muscle…

etana