MARK: I'm a former SEAL, former long-distance runner. And I think
when we talk about achieving limits, one of the assumptions when you say
you can't break a limit is that the training itself isn't going to
change. And I've seen that dramatically change over my lifetime in SEAL
teams and in running. And when you incorporated things like CrossFit
programs, things like where you're doing high-intensity interval
training, which didn't exist when I went through, and so the athletes
that are going up in SEAL training now are in much better condition than
really anybody who went through it that time. And you see the times
going down.
I think the same thing is true of
the Olympic athletes. When you look at the types of training they're
doing, they're dramatically different than they were back then.
-from "Olympians and Faster and Stronger, But How," a discussion on NPR's Talk of the Nation, August 21, 2012.
The first thing you need to know about Navy Lt. Brad Snyder is that he's a bit intense.
If
you go to the U.S. Naval Academy, swim competitively, and make the cut
for the Navy's elite bomb-disposal squad, you're probably going to be
the competitive type.
"Crossfit, surfing, biking, running, swimming, you name it I'm into it. Rock climbing," says Snyder.
The second thing you should know is that Snyder plans to continue doing all these things — even though he's now blind.
-from "A Year after War Wound, Vet Wins Paralympic Gold," at NPR's All Things Considered, September 7, 2012.
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