I know everyone thinks Dad is a little bit crazy with his training, because we train a lot harder and do more kilometres and stuff than most pentathletes. Training is full-on. It's seven or eight hours a day.
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I train six days a week.
I train for around 3-4 hours everyday. It can go up to 6-7 hours when a competition is approaching.
Ever since I knew Dad did pentathlon, I wanted to do it as well. I have seen all his old photos, and he still has his Olympic riding jacket, and that makes this even more special.
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
I spent 12 years of my life, the last six years training six to eight hours a day, every day of my life. At the time, when I was 20 to 26, I could do things like that, and you're not going to notice it.
I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year.
We usually use that mostly on the weekends because we have access to the range during the week. But I can tell you a number of times they have had a training holiday at Fort Benning, so nobody trains, and to drag him in is like pulling teeth.
It's easy to get four days a week of training in and I don't spend more than 55-60 minutes in the gym.
I train every day for 3 to 4 and a half hours.