Welcome to the athlete coach podcast. I’m your host Dan Akenhead. This is the start of the second season and just like the 1st season I’ll be talking to athletes and coaches about how they got into their sport and their subsequent journeys.  I delve into the specifics of their thoughts on Strength & conditioning, nutrition, recovery and mindset and what they do within these foundations to make sure they’re in peak condition. We had some great guests on last season and I’ve got some amazing people lined up for this one so stay tuned.

 

Today I welcome Sophie Hitchon Great Britains hammer record holder who since recording the episode has sadly announced her retirement from the sport but has to be congratulated on an amazing career where she excelled at junior and U23 level with golds at world and European championships in that age group and culminating in a bronze at the Rio olympics in 2016. We talk about her upbringing with her family taking her to athletics nights trying most events until she tried the hammer, her change to training in America, building a coach athlete relationship, general and specific training for hammer, how her success at a young age motivated to get even better, how she deals with disappointment, her advice for people in sport,  her very simple and effective approach to nutrition, getting the basics right with her recovery.

 

 Thanks to Sophie for her time and I hope you enjoyed today’s episode and that it gave you some inspiration or information that you can put into action. See you at the next episode and thanks for listening.