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An Olympic downhill run lasts no more than two minutes, but it takes a lifetime of preparation.Take Lindsey Vonn. At 33 years of age and with a body that has recovered from serious injury three times, the 2010 Olympic downhill champion is leaving nothing to chance for her fourth Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea in February. We ve looked at preparation from every angle, Vonn said during an event hosted by her long-time clothing sponsor Under Armour in the Canadian ski resort of Lake Louise late last year.In order to get the women s World Cup record holder into peak form for what is likely stanley mugs to be her final Olympics, her six-strong team is focusing on fine-tuning her training, food and sleep patterns.Dry land trainingA key part of Vonn s preparation takes place on dry land, away fro stanley mugg m the slopes. During the summer months, the American rises at the crack of dawn to train for up to six hours a day -- five or six days a week -- in the gym with her full-time, traveling private trainer Alex Bunt. The preparation period is vital, Bunt said in Lake Louise. It gives Lindsey that confidence to push out of the start gate knowing she s prepared and knowing she can push herself to the limit. An American who studied exercise physiology at the University of Utah and also a high-performance consultant for Vonn s other long-term sponsor Red Bull, Bunt said the cornerstone of her training program evolves around data gathering and analysis. We track everything, we track stanley cup every weight sh |
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