Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up. My name is Brock Armstrong,

and I'm the Get Fit Guy. As you watch the world's finest winter athletes freeze their giblets off

from your warm and cozy couches, you may ask yourself, what type of workouts do these gladiators do in preparation for the Winter

Olympics? And while I could easily fill a book with the exact training protocols involved

in each of the Winter Olympic sports, there are some basics that you can incorporate into

your own personal Olympic training push. And as you will find out, despite the uniqueness of these sports,

I mean, bobslaying anyone, the preparation and the training often seems all too familiar.

The individual sports that are included at the 2018 Winter Olympics are basically the same as

previous years, at least in my lifetime.

In fact, the list of sports has not changed at all since the skeleton event was added back in 2002.

There are 15 sports in the Winter Olympics organized into three main categories,

and those categories are ice sports, alpine skiing and

snowboarding events, and Nordic events. And in each of those categories, there are the following

specific events. Olympic ice sports include bobsleigh, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating,

speed skating, short track speed skating, and curling.

In the Olympic alpine skiing and snowboarding events, there are alpine skiing, freestyle skiing,

and snowboarding. And in the Olympic Nordic events, there's biathlon, cross-country skiing,

ski jumping, and Nordic combined.

Now, although the Winter Olympics only come around once every four years, and obviously

only take place in the winter, Olympic athletes train all year round for this moment in the world's spotlight.

And, as you can guess from the list I just gave you, the sports in the Winter

Olympics are as varied as you can get. But still, many Olympic athletes use common training

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