Namita Nayyar:
The diet that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit? Two supplements that are key essential for immunity and enhanced performance.
Nicola Spirig:
I always eat a very conscious and balanced diet. However, I do not follow a special dietary plan. For me it is important that I can eat normal with my family. And between healthy main meals, chocolate or a nut croissant are also parts of my diet. This is energy which I burn up again afterwards during training and which is good for my mind. In addition, however, I trust Lian Chinaherb, who specializes in the production of individual granulate recipes inspired by Chinese medicine.
Namita Nayyar:
Training in extreme weather conditions can show its toll on hair & skin, five tips you follow for skin, and hair care?
Nicola Spirig:
I am quite lucky in this area as I don’t have major problems with my hair or skin. As in training, eating and other areas of my life I try to keep it simple and find a shampoo and a skin product that seems to give my hair and skin the moisture back it needs after the chlorine of the pool and the sun during the training sessions. Except sun screen I don’t use any further products.
Namita Nayyar:
Who has been your greatest influence and motivator in your success in the field of your career? Quote, you live by.
Nicola Spirig:
My father supported me for a very long time and was my coach. We still have an incredibly good relationship today. I then switched to Brett Sutton, who really shaped me into an Olympic champion. But this moment was also incredibly wonderful for my father and my whole family.
My quote: “Keep your goals out of reach, but not out of sight.”
Namita Nayyar:
In the current pandemic situation, how do you keep yourself busy while staying at home?
Nicola Spirig:
In the beginning I trained very focused and intense because I was still training for Tokyo. Since the postponement we took our time to recover from an injury. Now I train three times a day again, but with less intensity and most of it still from home. No training camps, closed swimming pools, no international squad, we had to find alternative possibilities. However I was never bored as my life has much more in it than just the training.
We actually really enjoyed the weeks of the “lockdown” as a family, to have more time at home without any events, without anywhere to go, let us realize how lucky we are already with what we have at home and made us appreciate the time together. Besides I spent more time organizing projects for my foundation and we discussed how to move forward with our kids’ triathlon series.
Namita Nayyar:
Being a mother of three. Share your post-delivery workout routine after every childbirth?
Nicola Spirig:
I have always had good pregnancies in which I could still be active, and fast, complication-free natural births. Therefore, after a few days I started again with light weight training for the arms and with walks with the baby. No training for me, but I was glad to be able to move again and I also had the feeling that this was good for my body. I also incorporated training for my pelvic floor several times a day very soon after birth which was important for me and which the advice of my midwife was. For moving forward I trusted in my body and listened to its signs and how I felt.
Every pregnancy and every birth is different, accordingly its best to listen to your body and move forward at the pace which is best for it. In every case spending time with your baby and letting the body have time to adapt to the new situation, breast feeding and different hormones is priority. But I found that, like in pregnancy, being active and moving can support all this and help the body recover and adapt faster and better.
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