MYB 037: The Benefits of Swim Training for Elite Athletes ~ with Sam Ajisafe
Apr 11, 2021
Sam Ajisafe has a lot of years of elite sports experience. He was a professional athlete (triple jumper for the Al Rayyan Sports Club, Qatar) and also as a coach with the Aspire Academy for sports and excellence Doha Qatar for 12 years. He has a master’s degree from the Southern Cross University NSW Australia. He presently has a career in Education with the Department of Education NT where he works as a teacher. He is still very active in sports. He volunteers for a number of sports clubs’ coaching positions across Darwin.
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In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What Aspire Academy is and why it’s one of the world’s leading sports academies
- How the swim program started at Aspire
- The benefits of swimming to develop fitness and aerobic endurance
- Why ALL athletes should incorporate aquatic programs
- How to incorporate swimming into your program
- How long to give it before you start seeing results
- What’s going on at a cellular level in the cardiovascular system in response to swim training
- What hypoxic training is and its benefits
- Aspire’s greatest success stories
- Plus, some of the biggest names in sport Sam met at Aspire, including who he considers BIGGER than Ronaldo, Messi, Beckham, and Rooney!
Connect with Sam:
https://www.instagram.com/sanmi10aji
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