Simone Bilesis putting in the work as she prepares for the upcomingTokyo Summer Olympics.
“I train seven hours a day,” she said, noting that Sunday is her only off day.
“Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, [and] Friday I train twice a day,” she explained. “And then Thursday and Saturday I train once a day.”
The five-time Olympic medalist also spoke about her upcoming Facebook Watch docuseries —Simone vs Herself— which follows her Olympics preparations. As for what fans can hope to see, Biles says the series will show her “taking myself to new heights in the gym, trying new skills.”
“It’s not all glitz and glam,” she added. “Sometimes we have to get down and dirty in the gym.”
Simone Biles.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
In a new clip from the series that aired on the late night talk show, Biles talks about how difficult putting your body through intense training can be.
“I’m like walking in two minutes before practice starts. I’m like, ‘Who am I? This is so unlike me.’ But I seriously just can’t get up anymore,” she says in the clip. “But I still go in there and get my work down.”
In a previous statement about the series, Biles said, “My gymnastics career has been filled with a lot of ups and downs despite what a lot of people may think, and, in a lot of ways, my career has felt like I’ve been trying to prove myself to others.”
“My mom has always encouraged me to be the ‘best Simone I can be’ and I now have a true appreciation for what that really means, which is one of the big reasons I wanted to come back for Tokyo,” she continued.
Simone Biles.Lars Baron/Getty
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Earlier this month, Biles also spoke about how returning to the mat carries adeeper significancefor her after having gone public with the abuse she experienced at the hands of convicted sexual predator and former Team USA Gymnastics doctorLarry Nassar.
“I just feel like [with] everything that happened, I had tocome back to the sport to be a voice, to have change happen,” she told Today’sHoda Kotb. “Because I feel like if there weren’t a remaining survivor in the sport, they would’ve just brushed it to the side.”
To learn more about all the Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, visitTeamUSA.org. Watch the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer on NBC.
source: people.com
