Apolo Anton Ohno's Killer Workout Routine

With the Olympics here in a few days, I thought I would highlight one of the athletes. Apolo Anton Ohno is a 5 time Olympic medalist and needs one more medal to become the most decorated male Olympian ever at the winter games.

Apolo has 12 hour training days, but as the games approach he is tapering back his workouts, but increasing the intensity. By now, he is probably in the best shape of his life, so what type of "dry land," or weight routine, did Ohno do to get prepared?

His legs have to be strong, but he wants to stay as light as possible so he can turn corners pretty quick. He has been known to leg press up to 1800 pounds in his workouts. 1800 pounds??!! That is almost a ton.

To get better prepared for his races, he will do one-legged chest to knee jumps wearing a 45-pound vest. He will alternate explosive jumps trying to mimic the powerful forces he will be using during his race.

Another simple exercise he will do will be to walk sideways up a stairwell one step at a time. But he is bent real low in a skater position. Doing this will help build his glutes, hamstrings, and calves.

These are some tough exercises, that you and I would probably crumble attempting to perform. But Ohno has put in the work with exercises like these to shoot for the Gold during these Olympics. Watch out for him and we wish him the best.