Muscle & Fitness Hers South Africa – July-August 2019

BALANCE

“Ifeelbalanceisso

important.Ichosethe

lifeofaprofessional

swimmersoobviously

Iamnotabletodo

whateveryoneelse

can.Oneofthe

greatestthingsabout

swimmingisthatIget

totravelaroundthe

world.Seeingnew

places,meetingnew

friendsandmaking

memoriesisalifewell

lived,soIthinkI’ve

gotagoodbalance

rightnow.”

AGEISJUSTA

NUMBER

“I am 25 years

young, and I don’t

take my age into

account. I feel greater

than I have ever felt,

and I am nowhere

near retiring. The

truth is that everyone

peaks at diΠerent

times, as soon as I

think I have reached

my peak, I surprise

myself once again.”

AYRTON

SWEENEY

We get to know CPT-born, now

living in KZN, gold medallist

swimmer and part-time model

Ayrton Sweeney a little better

as we chat about how he fi nds

balance in his busy training and

travel schedule as a competitive

swimmer. We fi nd out which

Biogen supplements keep him

in top form, and how he stays

motivated right through the

year.

BY LOUISE VAN DER NAT

SUPPLEMENTS

IDON’TGO

WITHOUT

“Biogen Amino Power for

gym sessions and Biogen

Carbogenformyintensive

s.”

PULSE HERS GUY

NOTJUSTINTHE

POOL

“Swimming defi nitely

takes up most of my

training schedule but

gym has an important

role as well. I like to fi t in

three gym sessions a

week focusing on power

and strength, no cardio

at all! I do enough of that

in the pool.”

YOUTUBE

“I have a swimming YouTube channel called All About

Swimming. I am trying to show how great the sport of

swimming is in a fun and interesting way. The videos are not

just for swimmers, it could be for anyone, who knows, you

might want to start swimming like me!”

PIZZAISLIFE

“I am a die-hard pizza fan and I think all my friends

know this by now. But in season I keep my diet very

clean. Classic chicken, veg and rice or couscous. But

defi nitely a cheat meal of pizza on the weekend.”

FUN AND

“SCHWING

SCHWING”

“I love swimming and I’m

here to have fun. The

more fun I have the

better I do. Schwing

Schwing (my catch-

phrase), means spread

that positivity and be the

you, you want to be.”

WORDSILIVEBY

“Everything happens for

areason”

INSTAGRAM:

@AYRTONSWEENEY

CAREER

HIGHLIGHTS

“The greatest highlight of

my career would be when I

won the gold medal at the

FINA Swimming Work Cup

in Hong Kong. It was my

fi rst ever gold medal on a

world stage.”

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