Michael Johnson | Bringing an Olympic Mindset to Everything You Do

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🗓️ 7 March 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Few athletes have had a career as successful as sprinter Michael Johnson. As a four-time Olympic gold medalist and the only male athlete to win both the 200 and 400 meter dash at the same Olympic games, his unique running style changed the running world forever. Even in retirement, Michael continues to trail blaze. In this episode, Michael shares how listening to his body has helped him forge his own path to success, how his mental resilience allowed him to fully recover from a stroke, and how his training company, Michael Johnson Performance, has helped athletes of all ages and levels focus on fundamental skills to take their training to the next level.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Trained.
0:03.0	At Nike we believe that greatness isn't born, it's trained.
0:06.4	And that means more than just a workout.
0:08.5	Each episode, we'll bring you conversations with leading experts in what we call the
0:12.1	Five Fasits of Fitness.
0:14.3	Training, recovery, nutrition, mindset, and sleep.
0:18.4	I'm Ryan Flaherty, Senior Director of Performance at Nike.
0:22.2	I train some of the world's best athletes, like Sequan Barkley, Russell Wilson, and Marcus
0:27.0	Marioda.
0:28.2	Today we're focusing on longevity and how we can keep our minds and bodies strong
0:32.4	in order to reach our long-term goals.
0:34.8	You're listening to Trained, presented by Nike.
0:44.8	Well, that was younger as an athlete.
0:47.3	I wake up every day, invincible.
0:49.5	We're going to push, push, push, push, push to the limit because I know that that's going
0:53.7	to make me faster.
0:55.1	As I got older as an athlete, I have to dial it down a bit.
0:59.1	And then also the priority becomes just staying together.
1:03.9	Because every day you're going to feel something that's a different mindset.
1:07.9	And you're going to make the right decisions based on your mindset.
1:12.0	That's Michael Johnson, Sprinter, four-time Olympic gold medalist, and the only male athlete
1:17.0	to win both the 200 and 400-meter dash at the same Olympic Games.
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