You may not be able to make the US Olympic Team, but you can train like you are. The March issue of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine has a section on 50 ways to stay fit doing activities around Puget Sound. Within the article, five local Olympic hopefuls - some of whom have already won medals - give their secrets to training and staying in shape.
They include pole vaulter Brad Walker, swimmer Megan Jendrick (you'll remember her from the 2000 Sydney Olympics as Megan Quann), distance runner Bernard Lagat, soccer goalie Hope Solo and BMX racer Jill Kintner.
Most of them say they get at least eight hours of sleep a night (except Solo, who says she gets about six hours). Jendrick says she consumes 4,000 calories a day. Sounds like a lot to stuff into 5-foot 7-inch frame, but consider that the 24-year-old swims up to four hours a day, three days a week. The rest of the week she's in the gym in the morning and the pool in the afternoon.
It's no surprise that Kintner, the BMX'er, is not shy about why she says squats is one of her crucial workouts. "You have to build your (backside) up," says the 26-year-old from Seattle, but a little more colorfully.
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