#236 Reignite your competitiveness with Cindy Ong, 5x Masters Swimming Champion
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Cindy Ong is a 5x World Masters Swimming Champion from Malaysia. After giving birth to 3 children and being away from the pool for several years, she had to relearn the sport and reignite her competitiveness.
Cindy talks about maximizing the little time she does have, doing less yardage in the pool, and focusing on explosive out-of-the-water exercises.
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00:00 Bratter, PA Immigration Law
00:04 Hello Cindy Ong!
01:15 Drury University
04:30 Language
09:00 Relearning the sport
10:00 Lose weight swimming
12:02 Beine Genetic Sports Performance
14:00 Reignite competitiveness
15:00 Training in condo pool
17:00 Less and less yardage
19:00 Competitiveness
20:15 Sibling rivalry
20:30 Allen Ong
21:00 Training outside of the pool
23:00 Instability training
24:10 Tempo trainer
25:54 Vasa Trainer
26:18 Destro Machines
23:37 Aerobic work
27:30 Coaching
29:45 Challenging the status quo
31:30 Training butterfly
33:30 No bad days
34:45 Set a schedule
36:00 Determination
37:40 Competitors
39:00 Defending world title
39:23 Swim Angelfish
40:00 Genius?
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