Apolo Ohno ~ the Olympics speed skater

[thebrick]

I really enjoy watching these guys on the short speed track. Its my favorite. Check out some of his training, diet and mindset from the NYT this AM. Interesting stuff…

Ohno lost nearly 16 pounds, doubled his strength, cut his body fat to 2.8 percent and sacrificed not one ounce of speed. …smaller in the quadriceps, leaner in the upper body, but similarly explosive.

A typical workout: eight sets of two repetitions at 1,000 pounds on the leg press, one leg at a time, holding the weight between each set. Then bench hops. Then one-legged hops. Then, in the afternoon, treadmill training, alternating each minute between 12 and 15 miles an hour for 20 rotations.

Schaeffer also changed Ohno’s diet, using lean fat for energy instead of carbohydrates, eliminating toxic nutrients. Ohno ate only vegetables, fruit and fish, except for the night before and the morning of each race, when he gorged on brown rice pasta prepared with coconut oil and essential fats.

“It’s intense,” Ohno said, in way of explanation. “You have no idea.”

“His mind is so clear and focused,” Yuki Ohno said. “When I drive with him, I feel his testosterone level. It’s so high, I get scared. I don’t want to challenge him in conversation. It’s like a dominant, focused lion is sitting right beside me.”

 

[b-boy]

I really enjoy watching these guys on the short speed track. Its my favorite. Check out some of his training, diet and mindset from the NYT this AM. Interesting stuff…

Ohno lost nearly 16 pounds, doubled his strength, cut his body fat to 2.8 percent and sacrificed not one ounce of speed. …smaller in the quadriceps, leaner in the upper body, but similarly explosive.

A typical workout: eight sets of two repetitions at 1,000 pounds on the leg press, one leg at a time, holding the weight between each set. Then bench hops. Then one-legged hops. Then, in the afternoon, treadmill training, alternating each minute between 12 and 15 miles an hour for 20 rotations.

Schaeffer also changed Ohno’s diet, using lean fat for energy instead of carbohydrates, eliminating toxic nutrients. Ohno ate only vegetables, fruit and fish, except for the night before and the morning of each race, when he gorged on brown rice pasta prepared with coconut oil and essential fats.

“It’s intense,” Ohno said, in way of explanation. “You have no idea.”

“His mind is so clear and focused,” Yuki Ohno said. “When I drive with him, I feel his testosterone level. It’s so high, I get scared. I don’t want to challenge him in conversation. It’s like a dominant, focused lion is sitting right beside me.”

in a well trained, explosive body that is some super fuel right there. I would have had him on more diverse protein sources though, whole eggs, fish (like he was eating), LBA's, and a lil grass fed beef here and there.

 

[Phidias]

A typical workout: eight sets of two repetitions at 1,000 pounds on the leg press, one leg at a time, holding the weight between each set.

“His mind is so clear and focused,” Yuki Ohno said. “When I drive with him, I feel his testosterone level. It’s so high, I get scared. I don’t want to challenge him in conversation. It’s like a dominant, focused lion is sitting right beside me.”

John Lennon's wife has always been known for her metaphorical images... again, good one!

Ok ok it was Yoko not Yuki... Sorry, bad joke. Lol!

 

[thebrick]

I know! I read that and thought, I would love to see that on video. How deep does he go?

 

[Goody]

I saw him at my gym a few years back. He was in AC for Dancing with the stars... Looking at him you'd never think he was a gold medal olympian...he was doing the bench jumps and all you describe, his trainer was an old guy all decked out in olympic stuff...pretty cool.

 

[pesty4077]

I been watching The Olympics every day, one of my favorite people to watch. However, I do not believe his BF is 2.8%, but he is lean and fast.

 

[Bionic]

What the hell is "lean fat?"

 

[BigChef]

I love watching Speed skaters, those legs are humongrous like tree trunks!!

 

[Big Dave Smith]

What the hell is "lean fat?"

I'm assuming an easy way for morons to differentiate between healthy fats and unhealthy fats. Kind of like "I carbed on on clean carbs" versus "I shit loaded".

I bet the general public would see his diet and say "wow, that's not healthy!"

I've been told I need to drink more juice because "it's got vitamins". We are slowly getting to the point where the movie Idiocracy will become 100% truth rather than satire.

 

[Creation]

did you guys hear the story he told about how his dad dropped him off at this house on the water and told him that he needed to decide what he was gonna do with his life and after 8 days alone he called his dad and said he wanted to skate and thats been his sole focus since then.

talk about incredible drive and determination

 

[thebrick]

I love watching Speed skaters, those legs are humongrous like tree trunks!!

Well I guess if they are in the gym doing one-leg leg presses with 1,000 pounds we know why! I'm thinking if I tried that, my petalla may shoot across the gym