Better training technology and better nutrition has improved athletic performance even for older athletes. In this video, Olympic gold medalist Simon Whitfield explains why he's a better athlete now than he was in 2000 when he won the gold.
The athlete that I was in 2000, that won the gold, I would take that kid to the cleaner today, and it's 13 years later, I'm supposed to be an older athlete I'm supposed to slow down. I will take that kid to the cleaner because back then I think it's the way that we trained, it was half hazard, it was the best we had.
It's that we didn't have, so we didn't a garment to track us, we didn't have pacing, we had to do a lot of it intuitively, there was some strength to that, and yet I'm trying not to lose all that today. So there are still moments when I just go run, but I'll take that kid to the cleaner because I know how to train so much better, an dhow to eat so much better and how to take care of myself mentally and physically.
Canadian Olympic triathlete Simon Whitfield won a gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Games. In these HealthMakers videos, he talks about how technology has changed his fitness training.
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