We talked with a British sprinter that has been complete in the Italian way of life and is adopting a simple approach when it comes to the search for better performance
Amy Hunt paints a healthy image: a training base in the beautiful and historic city of Padua in northern Italy; an elite training group and several that work hard on the track to get the best out of things and among them; A simple but effective gym routine; Good food; And enough rest.
He is now in his second year of training with coach Marco Airale. Recent progress: a better of the 60 m of 7.09 in the European Indoor Championship in Appealoorn in March and a PB of 100 m (11.03) at the Doha Diamond League meeting in May, it is evidence of a plan that works for the 23-year-eatrize junor
“Toy a great leap, but I love it,” says the silver medalist of the Olympic relay that moved to Italy after graduating from the University of Cambridge in 2023. “Everyone in the group are so high. The fire brings the Firey The Firey from the fire.
In addition to the elite environment, the most consistent gym work has been fundamental for its progression; In fact, together with Airale, Hunt identified the strength work as one of the largest areas or potential. “We drew a lot of emphasis on that, since we knew there was a lot to win,” she says.
“We train in a basic gym and our sessions are very rudimental, it is like two different Olympic elevators, one explosive, and one a little more a squat or a dead weight, then we move towards the arms, the nucleus and the heat and complement.
The former European champion of 2000 of 200m is thriving, and with the new brands established around 60m and 100m and this year, it is surely only a matter of time until its 200 MO brand 22.42-A World Sub-18 Best and British Sub-20 records established in 2019, it is also also union, moving to Italy has been ‘a good thing’.
“It is a dual thing,” Hunt reflects, “the fact that training is very, very different from what he was doing in the United Kingdom: it is much more intense, much higher volume, and the expectations that my coach and I have for me are very, very high, but also that I am able to be a professional athlete. Two years finally living as a totally professional athlete and dedicating each second of me.
Typical training week
Under coach Airale, the Hunt group, including former Olympic and Omar McLeod champion, works for a similar schedule during the year.
The sessions are late in the morning, followed by lunch, then gym (three times per week on speed, Monday, Wednesday and Friday).
“Having a lunch, we can go somewhere and have genuine comprehensive food, water and a double espresso before we return to the gym, so I think it is a much healthier approach [compared to fuelling with sugary drinks and snacks]”Hunt says.” We are still having the feeling of raising under fatigue, but the rhythm of the day is much more natural for your body and is really emphasizing its feed itself while keeping it simple. “
Monday: Acceleration day plus gym. For example, sleds or 1080 works (1080 is a resistance training system) in winter and blocks or 1080 in summer. “As we make the transition through the events of 60 Ma 100m and 200m that could be a block work in the curves, so we advance in the stations, but the general theme of the session is the acceleration,” says Hunt.
Tuesday: Tempo day such 6 x 300m axis of 90 seconds of recovery (winter); and representatives ranging from 120m to 250 m (summer).
Wednesday: Max Velocity Day Plus Gym. Grant in the vertical race (turning the fastest part of the race example, 30m-60/70m). For example, through WICKETS or 6 x 60m.
Thursday: General Force: A circuit/prehab session focused on, for example, strengthening of the lower limb and core.
Friday: More gym speed day. “This is the day that changes most frequently depending on what each person needs. There are two or three different sessions that execute the competitor, so the refrigerator is more to what he needs as an individual.”
Saturday: Tempo day. “In the winter, these sessions can be quite bleak,” says Hunt. “As an example, I made one in January that was 2 x (300m – 250m – 200m) with 60 seconds of recovery between repetitions and eight minutes between sets, so our usual winter things tend to be of great volume with a fairly short recovery.”
Sunday: Rest day
Favorite session: “I really like the longest things. One of my favorites is 8 x 200m (rest 45 or 90 seconds). Another [winter] The favorite is 2 x (350m – 300m – 250m) with 45 seconds of recovery and two minutes between series. It is a very punishing session, but I really enjoy it. I think that the feeling you have in your last sorry that you are fainting is crazy. When I do that session well, I think things are going to be exciting. It is only one of those sessions where you have to turn off your brain, lock yourself in the rhythm and simply run, so it is a fun bee funny queen capable of doing so. “
Minimum favorite session: “I don’t always enjoy doing the recovery sessions, so if I have something like 10 x 100m [around 70 per cent effort] Because I just run or the leg very heavy, and I see that other people do more fun things, I am like: “Oh, this is so boring!”
