A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...
What are your long term plans? Do you consider your sport as a hobby or a job?
My current plan is geared towards peaking at the London 2012
My sport is definitely a job, but one which I love. I train about 30
Olympics where I want to be in a position to be competing for
hours a week in the pool and gym. When you add in recovery
medals. Along the way I have some exciting competitions that I
time, I don’t have time for a ‘proper’ job.
will be using to plot my progress including The Commonwealth
Do you have a healthy diet?
Games in Delhi next year. Due to the amount of exercise I do, I have to be very careful
that I am eating the right things at the right time. All my meals
How do you train?
are planned out over the week depending on the type and
I train at the Intensive Training Centre in Stockport, Manchester. I
volume of training on a particular day. At least I don’t have
generally train twice a day in the pool and an hour in the gym. All to worry about coming home from training with no food in
my sessions are pre planned and vary depending on the focus of the house.
the specific session and time of the season. I don’t tend to have
Do you take any dietary supplements?
‘typical’ sessions but the pool sessions generally last two to two
Vitamin C and Zinc when I’m feeling run down, or about to go
and a half hours and can be from 4.5 - 6.5 kilometres.
on a long haul flight.
In the gym it varies between light stretching and injury
What’s your unhealthy vice?
prevention routines, heavy free weights and army style circuits.
I used to eat far too many chocolate bars and sweets. I now eat
The sessions are short and sharp to maintain high intensity 70% cocoa chocolate which tastes much better, you don’t eat
lasting from 20 to 75 minutes.
as much of it and it’s actually quite good for you.
Longest period without exercise?
Which sports person do you most admire?
I tend to have about two weeks out the water after the major
Roger Federer; his style, composure and winning mentality are
meet each year. However, after the Olympics in Beijing, I took
all areas to which I aspire.
off about six weeks to get over the excitement and prepare
myself for the next four year training cycle.
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