"A Day in the Life" NBC profiles

Princessroja · Dec 27, 2017

I stumbled on these today while reading another skating article. NBC profiled a whole bunch of Team USA skaters and every article is quite fascinating. It's really interesting seeing how similar their schedules are. I particularly like Timothy LeDuc's article.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/day-life-timothy-leduc

If you scroll down to the bottom, the entire list of skaters is laid out for you. Enjoy... I sure did, a half hour's worth of reading these instead of doing my work. :laugh:

elbkup · Dec 27, 2017

Lots of my favorites here! Thanks for sharing. Some good tips too... they are all so dedicated!!

el henry · Dec 27, 2017

These little snippets are great; thanks for posting this. :clap:

But reading about their diets and their workouts I am impressed and guilty :slink:

Makkachin · Dec 28, 2017

That was fun to read! I enjoy seeing how much time they typically spend on the ice every day. For most of them it ends up being 2.5-4 hours, in 45-60 minute or 1.5-2 hour increments (which according to some research is the ideal/maximum amount of time that we are able to spend continuously practicing something while maintaining a high level of focus).

Barb · Dec 28, 2017

I was surprised to see some skaters who wake up at 8:00 -8:30 am, so late, I didn't think they could let themselves that, but I guess sleep is very important for athletes.

macy · Dec 28, 2017

chapis said:
I was surprised to see some skaters who wake up at 8:00 -8:30 am, so late, I didn't think they could let themselves that, but I guess sleep is very important for athletes.

they may also consider that they normally don't compete until later in the day or evening, so why would they train very early? when I skated having a morning session vs afternoon session was literally like night and day for me, I NEVER skated well in the morning lol. just speculating.

AshWagsFan · Dec 28, 2017

chapis said:
I was surprised to see some skaters who wake up at 8:00 -8:30 am, so late, I didn't think they could let themselves that, but I guess sleep is very important for athletes.

Eteri said in an interview once that she never wakes up before 8am, to be well rested, keep her skaters well rested, and to look and feel good

pearly · Dec 28, 2017

The figure skating schedule at the Olympics will be very different for a lot of elite skaters who no longer need to be at practice at 6 am. I cannot understand how the OC agreed to that.

noskates · Dec 28, 2017

These looks into the lives of figure skaters were so much fun to read. The level of dedication it takes to be an elite skater is tremendous. Thank you for posting the link.

Princessroja · Dec 28, 2017

chapis said:
I was surprised to see some skaters who wake up at 8:00 -8:30 am, so late, I didn't think they could let themselves that, but I guess sleep is very important for athletes.

I was really happy to see that, as a non-morning person myself. Also happy to see how many of them take naps and sleep so many hours. But I think there were also some errors in the articles; there were several skaters who said they woke up at 7:30 or 8 and were on the ice by 8... not warming up, on ice for their first session. And with said skaters talking about their complicated breakfasts and everyone else talking about their warmups, I think somewhere wires got crossed!

VegMom · Jan 3, 2018

Thank you for this. It’s great to share with my kiddo

jf12 · Jan 3, 2018

chapis said:
I was surprised to see some skaters who wake up at 8:00 -8:30 am, so late, I didn't think they could let themselves that, but I guess sleep is very important for athletes.

At most rinks at 6 and 7 am, even high level freestyles are crowded with people who have to go to school after skating. Most of the real elite skaters will get on the ice at 8 or 9. Just a generalization.

mrrice · Jan 3, 2018

jf12 said:
At most rinks at 6 and 7 am, even high level freestyles are crowded with people who have to go to school after skating. Most of the real elite skaters will get on the ice at 8 or 9. Just a generalization.

True!!! I remember getting up before the sun rose to go to the rink. I went to dance class after school and was in bed by 9pm.

jf12 · Jan 3, 2018

el henry said:
These little snippets are great; thanks for posting this.

But reading about their diets and their workouts I am impressed and guilty

It's crazy how different some of their diets are. How does Max Aaron only eat 3 eggs and oatmeal for breakfast, and 6 ounces of protein and 1.5 cups of carbs for lunch and same for dinner, while Vincent Zhou eats a full breakfast of eggs and a roll and meat, with fruit and a glass of milk, chipotle or Asian takeout for lunch, and another full dinner of rice and meat and vegetables, and a midnight snack of fruit and yogurt. I guess it's that teen metabolism!!

"A Day in the Life" NBC profiles

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