{"id":41763,"date":"2026-06-01T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41763"},"modified":"2026-05-31T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:50:27","slug":"fights-worth-fighting-finding-strength-in-struggle-by-dolph-lundgren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41763","title":{"rendered":"FIGHTS WORTH FIGHTING: FINDING STRENGTH IN STRUGGLE by Dolph Lundgren!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4dPhI5H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z060126fightsworthfighting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dolph Lundgren has a new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4dPhI5H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIGHTS WORTH FIGHTING: FINDING STRENGTH IN STRUGGLE<\/a> coming out on September 22nd.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the scoop&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIGHTS WORTH FIGHTING by <strong>Dolph Lundgren<\/strong> is a powerful and unflinchingly honest memoir from one of the most enduring icons of action cinema.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Best known for his role as Ivan Drago in <em>Rocky IV<\/em>, <strong>Lundgren<\/strong> skyrocketed to fame in the 1980s and has since built a remarkable career spanning over a hundred films \u2014 including producing, writing, and directing multiple projects. But beyond the on-screen battles lies a far more compelling story: the real-life fights<strong> Lundgren<\/strong> has faced behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this deeply personal account, <strong>Lundgren<\/strong> opens up about his upbringing in Sweden, his rise from a chemical engineering student to a martial arts champion, and his eventual transformation into an international movie star. He explores the pressures of fame, the emotional and physical toll of life in a cutthroat industry, and his private struggles. Now, as he faces his most difficult challenge yet \u2014 a fight against cancer \u2014 <strong>Lundgren<\/strong> reflects on the cost of survival and what it truly means to keep going.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than just a Hollywood memoir, FIGHTS WORTH FIGHTING is a guide to resilience. Like <strong>Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s<\/strong> BE USEFUL, it blends life lessons with personal storytelling, offering practical insights on discipline, reinvention, and the importance of mental and emotional strength.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lundgren\u2019s<\/strong> story arrives at a time when audiences crave authenticity. This isn\u2019t just the tale of a movie star \u2014 it\u2019s a call to arms for anyone struggling with their own battles. Candid, inspiring, and unexpectedly vulnerable, FIGHTS WORTH FIGHTING shows us that real strength isn\u2019t just about winning\u2014it\u2019s about continuing the fight when no one\u2019s watching.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolph Lundgren has a new book, FIGHTS WORTH FIGHTING: FINDING STRENGTH IN STRUGGLE coming out on September 22nd.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[61,52,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-books","category-celebs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41764,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41763\/revisions\/41764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}