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The Food For Fitness Podcast | Nutrition | Training | Lifestyle | Healthy Living

FFF 074: 71 Year Old Intensive Care Patient To World Champion Cyclist In 9 Weeks - with Geoff Cooke

The Food For Fitness Podcast | Nutrition | Training | Lifestyle | Healthy Living

Scott Baptie

Nutrition, Musclegain, Loseweight, Cycling, Fitness, Running, Weighttraining, Health, Gym, Fatloss, Sportsnutrition, Motivation, Health & Fitness

4.6634 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Been there, competed, got the t-shirt! Commonwealth games, the Olympics, 61 UK National Championships, 9 European Masters Champs, 31 World Masters Championships, 2 World Masters Games Championships….it’s safe to say that Geoff Cooke is one of the most decorated athletes in British Cycling.

Geoff has spent the last 50 years competing and coaching at the highest level in world cycling.

In this fantastic interview you’ll hear how Geoff went from intensive care to winning a World Masters Championship in 9 weeks, how he maintains his fitness at 71, how he balances old-school methods with emerging research in sports science, how his diet and training has changed over the years and the key character traits he’s seen in those who became “great” compared to those who couldn’t quite make it.

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0:21.5

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0:27.4

podcast. You're listening to episode 74 of the Food for Fitness podcast brought to you by

0:40.1

Food for Fitness.co.uk. I'm your host, Scott Bapty, and I've got a fantastic guest lined

0:46.0

up for you this week. Listen to this. Commonwealth Games, the Olympics, 61 UK national

0:52.3

championships, nine European Masters champs, 31 World Masters Championships and two World Masters Games Championships.

0:59.8

It's safe to say that Jeff Cook is, without a doubt, one of the most decorated athletes in British cycling.

1:05.8

Now, Jeff has spent the last 50 years competing and coaching at the absolute highest level.

1:10.2

In this interview, you'll hear

1:11.3

how he went from intensive care to winning a master's championship in nine weeks, how he

1:17.1

maintains his fitness at the age of 71, how he balances old school training methods with

1:21.8

emerging research and sports science, how his diet has changed over the years, some of the top

1:26.8

things he does to recover,

1:28.4

and some of the key character traits he's seen in those who he's coached.

1:32.2

The differences between those who became great compared to those who didn't just quite make it.

1:37.5

It's just a fantastic episode.

1:39.1

I really think you'll love it.

1:40.3

It's very lighthearted and Jeff just has some fantastic stories to share with you. So here

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