Misty May-Treanor is competing at Hydrox Dallas – in her workout gear. In a new social media post the volleyball icon shows off her amazing figure in fitness gear as she competes. “Survived…finished in 1:36,” she wrote across the Instagram video. “Thank you @adrienne.kazemi for pushing me to do this…what an experience, very enlightening. I survived….was hoping to get 1:30 but it is ok I was not a casualty and finished. My titanium is still moving. See you in Anaheim @hyroxamerica,” she added in the caption. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
Weight Lifting
“I have tended to go back to Olympic-style lifting. Cleans and squats for me are important. Machines aren’t tailored for everybody’s body. You are able to move in only one plane. Olympic lifts are explosive, closed-chain movements. We take off of the ground,” she told the New York Times. “I head from the beach to the weight room. I used to spend a couple of hours in the weight room, but really an hour is long enough. I lift twice a week, and on other days incorporate more core yoga and different exercises. It’s important to listen to your body. I will shut it down if I’m tired. Before there were times I would push through.”
Yoga and Pilates
Photo by kike vega on UnsplashMisty does a lot of different workouts. “I take Pilates. Yoga is important,” she told the New York Times. There is a laundry list of reasons to do yoga, explains Harvard Health. “Researchers found that people who practiced yoga for at least 30 minutes once a week for at least four years, gained less weight during middle adulthood,” they said. “People who were overweight actually lost weight. Overall, those who practiced yoga had lower body mass indexes (BMIs) compared with those who did not practice yoga. Researchers attributed this to mindfulness. Mindful eating can lead to a more positive relationship with food and eating.”
Working on Little Muscle Groups
“It’s just as important to work on the little muscle groups as well as the big muscle groups,” says Misty.”People, when they train, go to gyms. I call them nightclub bodies — ginormous up top, and legs are little sticks. You see a lot of people and they forget you can’t leave the little muscles behind. When the bigger muscle groups fatigue and you’re not strong in the smaller muscle groups, that’s when injuries occur.”
Protein
Photo by engin akyurt on UnsplashMisty focuses on eating a lot of protein. She is a big egg eater, and her trainer "doesn't think bacon is a bad thing,” she told ESPN. After a workout, she makes sure to fuel up on protein. She might eat a turkey patty or a protein bar. According to clinical trials, consuming more protein than the recommended dietary allowance not only reduces body weight (BW), but also enhances body composition by decreasing fat mass while preserving fat-free mass (FFM) in both low-calorie and standard-calorie diets.
Morning Workouts
May-Treanor likes to sweat in the morning. “It’s a great start to my day, it gets the blood flowing, and I feel my energy picks up after”—all great things for busting you out of a chilly morning stupor. Plus, since the sun sets super early this time of year, rising and grinding—even if it’s just taking your dog for a walk, says May-Treanor—means you get to better enjoy those cozy nighttime cold weather activities, like hot chocolate or a glass of wine and a movie in. “When it does start to get dark, that’s when you want to kind of settle down,” she told Women’s Health.
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