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‘HOW I BUILD MY BODY’ Maddie Hinch

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‘I’ve been training six days a week to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics, doing four hours of intense physical work a day, broken down into a two-hour gym or pitch session in the morning and a two-hour pitch session in the afternoon. I don’t do lots of running around) to see how much power I can put out across an eight-second period, followed by 20 seconds of recovery, repeating this eight times. It might sound short and sweet but, by the sixth rep, you feel disgusting. However, this approach sets me up to save a penalty, quickly rest, then go again.’

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