Fitness Training With The “Best of the Best!”

Fit­ness Train­ing With The “Best of the Best!”



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How do Astro­nauts stay in shape for long-dura­tion mis­sions in a weight­less envi­ron­ment? Learn this and how elite ath­letes stay­ing fit in a spe­cial Google+ Hang­out Wednes­day, July 17. 

NASA Astro­naut Mike Hop­kins will be joined by 2010 U.S. Olympic Team fig­ure skater Rachael Flatt and bob­sled­der Curt Toma­se­vicz, Cross­Fit Games Cham­pi­on Rich Fron­ing, Jr., and Hous­ton Tex­ans play­er Jared Crick for the dis­cus­sion, which can be seen live on NASA’s Google+ page or on NASA Television. 

Peter Moore of Men’s Health mag­a­zine, Sam Kass, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the White House­’s Let’s Move! cam­paign and Mark Guil­liams, Hop­kin’s lead strength coach, will also participate.

Join the live event at 3 p.m. CT. To par­tic­i­pate and have your ques­tions answered dur­ing the hang­out, use #askNASA.

Both Toma­se­vicz and Flatt will join the Hang­out from the U.S. Olympic Train­ing Cen­ter in Col­orado Springs, Colo., where ath­letes train as hope­fuls for upcom­ing Olympic and Olympic Win­ter Games. Toma­se­vicz and the Night Train bob­sled team won Olympic gold at the Van­cou­ver 2010 Olympic Win­ter Games to become the first U.S. Olympic Cham­pi­ons in the four-man event since 1948. Flatt, the 2010 U.S. fig­ure skat­ing cham­pi­on, also com­pet­ed in the 2010 Games. 

For more infor­ma­tion on Flatt and Toma­se­vicz, visit:
www.TeamUSA.org

Fron­ing is the two-time Cross­Fit Games cham­pi­on, hav­ing won the “Fittest on Earth” title in both 2011 and 2012. Fron­ing is cur­rent­ly com­pet­ing in the 2013 Games. 

Fron­ing’s com­plete bio can be found at: 

Crick is a defen­sive end for the Hous­ton Tex­ans foot­ball team. Pre­vi­ous­ly, he played at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Nebras­ka and ranked eighth on their all-time sacks list. 

For more infor­ma­tion on Crick, visit:
www.HoustonTexans.com

Moore is Vice-Pres­i­dent and Edi­tor of Men’s Health mag­a­zine. He is also the co-author of The Lean Bel­ly Pre­scrip­tion and co-authored The 8‑Hour Diet.

For more infor­ma­tion on Moore, visit:
www.MensHealth.com

Kass is Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Let’s Move! and Senior Pol­i­cy Advi­sor on Nutri­tion. He is a Chica­go native and col­lege ath­lete, hav­ing played base­ball for the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chicago.

For more infor­ma­tion about Kass, visit: 

For more infor­ma­tion on how to Train Like an Astro­naut, visit:

For Hop­kins’ astro­naut biog­ra­phy, visit:

#Fit­ness #Train­ing