With the Winter Olympics happening right now in Vancouver, it brings a broader appreciation to some of the sports that we do not get to see broadcasted too often and to get to see a few of these athletes that are usually forgotten in non-Olympic years. Some of the top competitors for Team USA are a pair of skiers, Lindsay Vonn and Bode Miller and short track speed skater, Apolo Ohno. The thing that sets these 3 athletes apart from others is not only their ability to land on the podium after almost every event they compete in, but is how they do cross training in other sports to improve their overall strength and fitness. For example, Apolo Ohno enjoys mountain biking while Bode Miller spends a day of basketball shooting and basketball training as a training tool.
This article will mention a few of the training methods that these three Olympians do to make them better than their competitors that may only do ski or skate training. It has been shown that athletes that are more fit in an all around way, will suffer less stress induced injuries in addition to have more strength and flexibility that helps them in whatever sport that they are focusing on.
Lindsay Vonn is the Vancouver Olympics it girl with an unbelievable amount of talent in alpine skiing. Her story became enormous news when she suffered an injury to her shin just weeks before the Olympics and she wasn’t sure if she could even compete. So far, she is on track to competing and finished 3 of her 5 events winning a gold and bronze in 2 of them. She says she is more fit this season than any other thanks to the hard cross training she has done. She does a great deal of interval training alternating strength exercises with cardio training that challenges her stamina in addition to her strength.
Bode Miller had a great deal of pressure to bring home the gold at the last Winter Olympics in Italy and did not succeed saying his nonchalant training methods were to blame. Since, then he has challenged himself to be in top physical shape and more prepared for this Olympics. He enjoys adding other activities to his training regimen to stay fresh and to constantly challenge his muscles in new ways. He plays full court basketball one day and then does interval sprinting and core exercises the other days. With 3 medals so far in Vancouver it seems to be benefitting Miller.
This is the 3rd Olympic games for short track skater Apolo Ohno and he has recently been named the most winning skater at the Olympic Games passing Bonnie Blair’s record of five Olympic medals. He is more confident than ever having lost 20 pounds in his comeback and to improve his fitness. He enjoys doing outdoor workouts such as sprinting up a steep hill wearing a weighted vest or doing a long cycling run to work his leg muscles the way they have to be for skating.
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