"In swimming, speed comes directly from the core so Pilates helps immensely."
Dara Torres is more than your average Olympic athlete: she has set three World records, holds 13 National titles and owns nine Olympic medals, four of which are gold. Torres is the first U.S. swimmer to compete in four Olympic games and now, at 41 and a mother of a 2-year-old, she’s concentrating on a fifth—in Beijing.
Q: Describe your typical day of training.
A: I spend two hours in the pool, five days a week, and I alternating weights one day with running and Pilates core training on the other two days lower-body and core and the other two days upper-body and core. I also do resistive stretching three days a week. In swimming, speed comes directly from the core so Pilates helps immensely. Continue reading »
written by PalmBeach \\ tags: Olympic Swimming Pilates
