Namita Nayyar:
What is your fitness routine in such pandemic times?
Natascha Badmann:
Luckily my training has different sports and so I always have something that I can do. If I can’t swim I can do strength work (or as you know I can swim in my mind ). I can bike on my trainer and I can run on a treadmill or if I don’t have one I can even jump on place or with a rope. If I use my phantasy there are so many possibilities. But I guess there my accidents helped cause we were experienced to alternate training. And most important is my motto: give your best every day (and we can add: with what you have).
Namita Nayyar:
How do you train your abs? One secret to your toned body.
Natascha Badmann:
Thank you for this. Honestly, I always thought I haven’t enough or at least that some others have more. I guess also something we all know. When you train Ironman there is such an amount of training with swimming, biking and running, that sometimes there’s no more power to do special core training. But we also believe that it’s not a major point depending on the phase of training. So I do abs 2 x weeks during the winter period mostly with planks. But I never train abs without the back or the core. It’s very important to be in balance and don’t get the body out of the function line. What I want to say: I don’t win the Ironman with just my abs. So again: smart
Namita Nayyar:
Do you take a special diet or have a strict menu that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit?
Natascha Badmann:
Oh yes, it’s very important in this sport to have the right food. Toni used to cook for me and he exactly knew what my body needed. I think this is one of the secrets of my long-lasting career. Also I the nutrition we were pioneers in some way and Toni did much research. I was vegan later vegetarian for some years, which was not easy back then. We strictly ate no fried things of trans fats. It was important to get enough protein every day. And I needed my carbs every 15 minutes. We ate about 20 kilos of fruit and veggies per week. We used plants and spices to reduce inflammatory like Curcuma already 20 years ago. Also to answer this could go on and on.
Namita Nayyar:
Five foods you absolutely love and five you keep to a minimum.
Natascha Badmann:
I don’t want to live without carbs (any kind of it and these are already more than 5 ?). I don’t on purpose keep something at a minimum. Knowing what is good for me and what is not helps me a lot with this. As an example, I know French fries are not good for me. So I don’t take them at all. I don’t keep them to a minimum.
But I love certain Swiss chocolate. I know that too much is not healthy. So it is easier to eat one piece than to tell me I have to keep it to a minimum.
Namita Nayyar:
You have glowing skin and gorgeous hair. Share with us your haircare and skincare routine. What special care do you take for both during extreme winter and summer weather?
Natascha Badmann:
For my skin, I do it like for my body. As much nature as possible. I love the Swiss products of Jaqueline Piotaz, cause there all-natural and she’s an expert in skin research and developing the highest standard as long as I am in the sport and with as much heart and deduction as I am.
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