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TRAINED

Mat Fraser | How to Eat, Train, and Think Like a Champion

TRAINED

Nike

Sleep, Mental Health, Training, Diet, Nike Podcast, Movement, Workout, Nutrition, Exercise, Recovery, By Nike, Running, Health & Fitness, Trained, Health, Fitness, Eating, Nike

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Three years running, Mat Fraser has lifted, squatted, and snatched his way to the title of “The Fittest Man on Earth.” But some of his proudest accomplishments have come away from the bright lights of competition, during training, recovery days, and even in the Nike footwear Lab. Mat tells us what it took to go from an Olympic weightlifting hopeful to a world champion athlete, and how his failures are inextricably linked to his success.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Trained.

0:01.6

I'm Ryan Flaherty, Senior Director of Performance at Nike.

0:04.8

I've trained some of the world's best athletes,

0:06.8

like Russell Wilson, Marcus Mariotta, and Serena Williams.

0:10.2

At Nike, we believe that greatness isn't born, it's trained.

0:13.5

And training is more than just a workout.

0:15.5

Each episode will bring you conversations with leading experts

0:18.7

in what we call the five facets of training,

0:21.0

movement, recovery, sleep, nutrition, and mindset.

0:25.2

This week, we bring you the final episode

0:27.7

of season one of Trained.

0:29.7

We'll be back at the end of December,

0:31.4

so make sure to subscribe so you'll hear from us

0:33.6

when we return with season two.

0:35.7

Until then, we've got something pretty special

0:38.0

for this last episode.

0:39.6

One of the crazy things about working at Nike

0:41.8

is that the place you show up to work

0:43.6

is also the same place where some of the world's best athletes

0:45.9

go to improve their game.

0:47.6

And it's a privilege, because sometimes you

0:49.7

get to sit down with one of those athletes.

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