Training Lindsay Vonn, Bode Miller and Apolo Ohno Do Away From the Snow and Ice to Win the Gold

March 12th, 2010 Posted in Travel and Leisure

With the Winter Olympics going on currently in Vancouver, it brings a broader appreciation to some of the sports that we do not get to see televised that often and to get to know some of these athletes that are usually forgotten during 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 be 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 proven 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 which benefits them in whatever sport that they are doing.

Lindsay Vonn is the Vancouver Olympics it girl with an huge amount of talent in alpine skiing. Her story became big news when she suffered an injury to her shin only weeks prior to the Olympics and she was uncertain 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 in better shape 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 exercises that challenges her stamina in addition to her strength.

Bode Miller had a great deal of pressure to bring win at the last Winter Olympics in Torino and did not come through saying his easygoing training methods were the reason. Since, then he has made it his mission to be in better shape and more ready for this Olympics. He enjoys adding other sports to his training regimen to stay fresh and to constantly challenge his muscles in different methods. He will play basketball one day and then do interval sprinting and core work on other days. With 3 medals so far in Vancouver it seems to be working for 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 to make a comeback and to improve his physical state. He enjoys doing outdoor workouts such as sprinting up a steep hill wearing a weighted vest or going on a long cycling run to work his leg muscles the way they need to be for skating.