This is 2022 winter Olympic season being held in Beijing. The CNN daily Olympic updates (Feb 13) there is piece “Want to train like an Olympic world record holder? Here’s what it takes” which writes ‘ If you want to become an Olympic world record holder, you’d better be ready for some grueling training — and eating’.
Sweden’s speed skater Nils Van Der Poel released a 62-page training guide after winning gold in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter speed skating events and setting a new Olympic record last week.
A few things to do to get on his level
- Train five days a week —the only rest days you get are weekends
- Go biking, cross-country skiing, running, ski mountaineering — basically, all the sports “that would engage my legs,” said Van Der Poel.
- Run a 100-mile ultra-race (no, we’re not joking)
- Cycle for 33 hours per week
- Eat about 7,000 kilocalories a day — even if this means eating drinking cream during training and eating chips before bed. To make up for the dental impact of all this food, brush your teeth three times a day
I would just jay, Wow!