What Professional Runners ACTUALLY Do During Off-Season..

Welcome back to Athletic Focus, today on the channel we are going to check out What Running Pros Do During The Off-Season + other related news. Nearly every professional athlete isn’t a professional athlete 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Just as important as training is the time athletes take off to rest, relax, and recover – mentally and physically. While that off-season break can look different for different athletes, it nearly always involves a few weeks completely off from the sport after their last big race, sometimes doing other light physical activity (surfing, biking, horseback riding), and a lot of catching up on life.

“If you train year-round in your sport, you don’t do as well as if you take two to six weeks off,” said Dr. Doug Graham, who coaches elite track and field athletes and who founded FoodnSport.
Most professional athletes – from the up-and-comers to the seasoned veterans – use a few weeks to do everything they don’t during the season: not worry about their diet, their schedule, or their training. They catch up on errands, spend a lot of time on the couch, and pig out a little.
Graham does caution, however, that while many athletes will hit McDonald’s after their last race, eating toxic foods is always toxic. It’s no better than smoking during the off-season or doing drugs as a treat, he said. “It’s not a treat to abuse yourself even a little.” It’s also the time for that fun vacation you couldn’t fit in during the season, even if it’s not as exciting as 2012 Olympic bronze and gold medalist DeeDee Trotter’s break. She’s spending so much time jetting to photo shoots, fashion shows, and speaking appearances, that it hasn’t been particularly restful. She even got to meet the President, which she was so excited about, she said, that she posted the photo on every social network she had. Learn more on What Running Pros Do During The Off-Season and other related news in this video.

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