The Training of Mireia Belmonte

A few hours after our best swimmer has won the first Olympic medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics; we think as sforzando this great Catalan athlete to reach the world rankings where he is. Every day of his life Mireia Belmonte cites us that gets up very early, and under the orders of his coach, Frenchman Frederic Vergnoux begins a rough day on a high-performance center that is at the height of about 2300 meters above sea level sea in the Sierra Nevada.

Before a competition like the Olympics, some fifteen weeks was prepared by swimming more than 100 km per week at that point, but not all done in the pool. Before breakfast, Mireia starts with a cardio rowing on an indoor track for about 40 to 50 minutes, with a rhythm that our metallers not flat, as do their partners; after this, the Spanish team swimmers pass the breakfast room and take more forces for a day that has not yet begun.

The training of Mireia Belmonte morning

At approximately 08:30 swimmer gives pool where you stretch and warm up your joints, then put his glasses and hat to train for almost 3 hours in a mixed train where currents are mixed under aerobic swimming, rhythms alternated of test and completing some series of speed about 8500-9000 meters. All the training is done under the eyes of coach and baristas and exercise biomechanics specialists; Mireia is weighed before and after each train to modulate metabolism.

After changing and take a protein shake full of energy, going to the gym to condition your muscles with short series by a session of 25 minutes, then train for 60 minutes with specific equipment endurance and strength; all this course is monitored by specialists, and an online monitor provides feedback everything is feeling his body and cardiovascular levels, which motivates the athlete to push their limits in each repetition; is the real "No Pain No Gain".

Javier Arguelles, biomechanics specialist, and performance, this allows Mireia adapt the training to another level, it simulates what to do so that the water height to deliver the maximum of their potential. In alternate reality appliances, lying face down, first rises to a high bank pulling the chest of a truck weights eight times, dragging up to 45 kg; then goes to a ergometer adapted for swimming, which is a complete torture for her and the other girls replicate the strokes as if rest via run by butterflies in the pool with the same power, speed, and frequency.

Thus ends the morning's work, which lasted about six hours, boiling inside the pool and fitness center; everything seems normal but to surrender to fatigue, Mireia should be prepared both mentally and physically to keep agua tango the daily punishment, which separates it from the others and makes the best of Spain. After the torturer appointment at the gym and take some respite, turn to dining room to eat varied and balanced as dictated by the rule of swimmers;then nap is mandatory because it is the pump that needs every athlete to return in the afternoon on a path to success;remember that the joint working dry for adaptation and water is about two to three times a week for five weeks of pre-competition at altitude.

The training of Mireia Belmonte afternoon

From 16 pm for 25 minutes, the gym becomes full of swimmers, the practice of Mireia Belmonte circuit pushups, situps, strokes with rubber, dominates in a bar rises as momentum is complete and work on mobile banking, which turbine to any athlete and more to an Olympic medalist. After hydration, returns to the pool like a triathlon swim all afternoon what a tremendous mental effort, for complete about 2,000 meters by 100 meters where they are culminating gathering pace.

The afternoon workout jumping rope ends about 3 to 4 minutes, up and down the stairs; This is repeated 3 to 4 times but with repetitions that alternate between low and high. After completing this circuit, go back to the pool to finish another 2,000 meters plus an extra 200 to 300 meters in about half an hour, but returned to the circuit is completed in 20 minutes.

Upon reaching 19 pm the train Mireia Belmonte ends with a third circuit in the pool completing another 2000 meters, by 100 meters to reach 6000 meters in a more intense afternoon. Physicist at this point would find thunderstruck, but at one point adrenaline and fatigue together, but this true champion can not stop thinking that you can stick with your routine; in the end, Mireia Belmonte wants more and returns to the circuit camber, up and down the stairs under the HIIT mode, fighting herself, to complete unops 2400 mts to reach about 8000 to 8600 meters, which symbolizes the Real spirit of one of the best Spanish athletes.

Recall that Mireia need to work your diaphragm because it is charged, due to asthma involved; just as she has an amazing physical and muscles of steel, what they do have a resilience exceptional. At dinner, those own tastes of any person is given but controlling the diet, although an orthomolecular doctor frequently accompanies to determine the quality of calories you should add to your meals. At 22 pm, Mireia going bed to enjoy a full sleep the next day to return to normal activity.