24-year-old Jamie Anderson has the kind of Zen approach to life you would expect more from a Venice Beach hippie than an Olympic athlete; she brought her essential oils and crystals with her to the top of the mountain at the 2014 Winter Olympics (where she won the gold medal in the Women's Slopestyle event), extols the virtues of yoga and talks about the moon cycle. But that's not to say she isn't dedicated to her sport: in fact, she's one of the few professional snowboarders out there who doesn't have a coach.
She told ESPN, "I'm not your typical rock-hard ripped girl. [Editor's note: we'll take her abs any day of the week.] But that's what I love and embrace about myself. I feel good, but I always feel like I can be better."
She told ESPN, "I'm not your typical rock-hard ripped girl. [Editor's note: we'll take her abs any day of the week.] But that's what I love and embrace about myself. I feel good, but I always feel like I can be better."
Aja Evans alternates between being lean and mean on the field and strong and muscular come bobsled season. That's because the athlete trains for not one, but two Olympic sports: track and field and bobsledding. (She took the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.)
While we won't exactly be winning any Olympic medals anytime soon, we're still inspired by the variances in Evans' training and diet depending on her specific goals (she's said that track and field requires you to be leaner than the muscle-y powerhouse of a body that would excel at bobsledding).
While we won't exactly be winning any Olympic medals anytime soon, we're still inspired by the variances in Evans' training and diet depending on her specific goals (she's said that track and field requires you to be leaner than the muscle-y powerhouse of a body that would excel at bobsledding).