The Path to the Podium

Athletes with the winning spirit

BySyedaInasInayath

“My day starts at around 5:45 am. I begin by stretching, lung stretches speci cally to make my lungs more exible, so I can last longer under deeper depths.

Then I head to the blue hole, and start stretching every single bit of muscle in my body to relax it completely. I like to take a corner and do something called imagery meditation and I just imagine every single little, small detail of my dive because when you imagine it, it feels like you’ve already done it.

It’s like playing with your subconscious almost. Then I head to my instructor who has everything set up, walk up to the bowie, and start taking my free diving breaths, then I do my dive, and feel happy that I did dive. And then almost the rest of the day is just very chill.”

HADEEL ASHOUR, BOXER

Hadeel Says

WHAT DOES A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BOXER LOOK LIKE?

“I work from 9 to 5. If I have a competition, I train twice a day. I wake up at 6 am, hit the gym, and then I go to work, and after that, I go to the gym again.

But on a regular basis, I train every day after work, and I’m watching my food as much as I can, and my sleep also because it plays an important role in recovery.”