Sarah Sjöström TRAINING ROUTINE: Sjostrom currently has eight sessions a week in the water which average 5km. She also does two gym sessions and one pilates session each week. Pilates is one thing that Sjöström has found to be extremely helpful in developing core strength and flexibility as well as being a key to preventing injury. “I did a lot of pilates before Budapest. It is a lot of control and a lot of repetition. You move more slowly and try to connect with your muscles. I didn’t even think I had some of those muscle
TRAINING ROUTINE
Sjostrom currently has eight sessions a week in the water which average 5km. She also does two gym sessions and one pilates session each week.
Pilates is one thing that Sjöström has found to be extremely helpful in developing core strength and flexibility as well as being a key to preventing injury.
“I did a lot of pilates before Budapest. It is a lot of control and a lot of repetition. You move more slowly and try to connect with your muscles. I didn’t even think I
had some of those muscles.” “(It develops) flexibility which I also need. I am very tall and had some problems with my back a few years ago. It really helps me get more flexible and stronger too.”
At first, she wasn’t sure what she had gotten herself into but quickly found that it was a lot harder than it looked.
“After my first Pilates session, I slept for about three hours. I didn’t feel tired during the training. I thought what is this, this is training? Then I came home and started to relax and was like okay I need a nap.”
As anyone who follows her on Instagram knows she will also sneak in a little climbing anytime she can. She fell in love with the sport after her boyfriend introduced her to it, “My boyfriend started climbing so I joined him and fell in love with climbing. I really like the climbing and I felt it helped me get stronger. Climbing is not part of my training program, but I really miss it.”
“When I have time for climbing I will go.”
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