A.J. Brown post Super Bowl win: 'That's it?'

A.J. Brown pulled up to the "Most Dangerous Gym in the World" on a Friday in May, alone in his Honda Accord.

It was just weeks removed from the Philadelphia Eagles ' 40-22 destruction of the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX when Brown reached out to trainer Haddy Abdel on social media. This wasn't the first time a well-known figure had been captivated by the chaotic, grueling workouts conducted at Diamond Gym in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Most, though, just talk a good game before cooling on the idea of being thrust into an environment where hulking bodybuilders double as drill sergeants, extracting every ounce of effort and discipline from a client list that, according to Abdel, includes men recently out of jail or battling drug addiction. But Brown was different.

"He pulled up ..