If you've got a mat – you've got a dojo: I've travelled the world and seen every kind of gym from the most plush to the most primitive, in the wealthiest countries and the poorest. I've seen that the gym doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is you and the you. If you have passion, knowledge and a plan to transform that knowledge into skill, along with the discipline to stay with that plan and the wisdom to modify it when necessary – you can achieve remarkable things. People count – places don't. Your path to your potential is in you and the people around you, not the building you're in. Here, and Gordon Ryan out in a dusty VA warehouse with some mats on the floor in a small town – the night Gordon Ryan won his third EBI title. You can get a building workout anywhere