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Three-time Olympian Michael Gostigan and Olympic hopeful Julie Culley tell Foxnews.com what motivates them, how they train, and what they are looking ...
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-- that this Summer Olympics aren't comments.
Mallon the end giggles Sherlund motivates and tough training teams and -- 2012.
In this thing like that got in there meantime.
-- -- and in the pentathlon.
Yes it's whenever I'm like had -- And -- on consist of five sports equestrian.
Swimming shooting running in fencing what's your motivation.
The Olympics it was usually eating and thank you need then and there is as we heard from them but I just love the the feeling of competing and then trading in is just a great life being an athlete and then.
Just the endorphins you -- from you know exercising every day it's it's it's it's a healthy thing.
1 Olympic hopeful Julie Collie is set to go to the US Olympic track and field trials in June.
Running the five K every one in 2011 for the national championship title.
I just watching TV since -- little kid and you never think that that's something that can actually ever happened to you so I -- prayed that it is something that does happen to me.
-- -- -- Lots of intense training.
We are racing season and so it's then so there's been some traveling and stuff but it's.
It's been really really good so -- so.
Lots of strength training -- lots of running.
Some elected -- as well.
Colleagues in the Arctic to cross trained for -- of it helps -- cover a lot more than just kind of -- and threw it secondary were honored.
Especially when I'm building mileage again it's definitely something that's helped me.
Bridge the gap -- like.
Another level.
-- to keep knocking seconds off it's going to be a dog fight you know everyone is out there putting years and years and years of ups and downs instead that one race so.
It will be a very very intense moment but.
Hopefully if successful it.
After sixteen year career training ten hours today.
You know not be competing in this year's games but continues to work out.
I used to live to go exclusively that's all I do except for some strength training but come to build my cardiovascular and conditioning.
I can ride this multiple times a week into interval training and recover very quickly on this saying go.
Higher intensity more frequently and then get in better shape and shorter period of time.
I think wide.
Athletes have gravitated towards it is they were already cross training but.
They were either stuck in a jam or in a pool running in a pool.
And this is a way to to keep the psychological benefits of exercise and running and why they love running.
But do it in a way that doesn't create the pounding doesn't beat him up.
Does -- -- mileage to their body but still gets in the cardiovascular work out like Iran.
Costing as motivational training for the Olympics remains the same today.
Very simple but not easy just got to do it in and you know.
Whether it's weight loss -- training for the Olympics that's you know everything's relative and it just thinks that passion to keep doing it day in and day out and -- -- -- present and you know eat that excitement there's nothing like it you know I've competed at world championships where the US senate.
I think being with all the other athletes and all the other sports it's just like the greatest events in the world you know and it is every four years.
-- so it makes it that much more significant them.
I'm featuring Mario -- every name and a well behind him.
Best of luck thank you so much.
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