What was your training philosophy in 1996?

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Kenny Harrison · Answer

What's happening? Isaac? What is my training philosophy in 1996? That's a tough question. The reason I'm going to answer this this way is because in 1990 1990. I was a Goodwill games gold medalist and ranked number one in the world 1991. I was ranked number one in the world and I was world champion going into 1992. I ended up having knee surgery due to a tauren. ACL in my left knee, which took me out of competing at the 1992 Olympics, which I was a large favorite to win the gold medal that year. So my 1996 philosophy was to make sure that I was completely healthy. I was making sure that I took care of every detail and made sure to protect my body, whether it was not jumping in a lot of track meets weather. It was not, you know, doing too much stuff in training sessions, just just dialing things back, and being more meticulous. And, and understanding that I've already put in Foundation over the last 20 years, to be able to accomplish my goals in 1996. So it made it very easy for me to to just sit back, protect my body and Get ready to rock and roll on the day that the Olympics were going to take place. I hope that answered your question.

Dan O’Brien · Answer

Hey guys, what was my training philosophy in 1996, the year I won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon? And those Olympics went in Atlanta, Georgia that year. So a couple different philosophies for me that year. In a big Olympic year like that, as in most big competitive seasons with a world championship or an Olympic trials, number one, be healthy. I wanted to be healthy going to the Olympic games, going into the Olympic trials, and I was willing to sit out a day to save a week, sit out a week to save a month, sit out two weeks to save a season. I would even give up fitness, strength, conditioning to go to the line healthy. Track and field athlete absolutely cannot be worth anything if they're not healthy. You cannot be in the best shape and still get into these races and compete at a high level. Number two, let my averages win out. In the decathlon, you've got personal bests, everybody's shooting for those personal bests, but you can't always expect them. So I wanted my averages to win out. And when I got through the Olympic games and I looked back at my performance, it wasn't my best performance ever, but my averages were outstanding. And that's how I trained. It was a repetition every day to seek out those averages. So two big philosophies for me, stay healthy, let your averages win out.

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