“To me, strength is synonymous with confidence.”
To throw a 2.2-pound discus around 200 feet, you need to have some serious total-body strength—a fact that Olympic discus thrower Whitney Ashley knows well.
The 31-year-old was a standout at San Diego State University, where she set records in the discus, hammer throw, and indoor shot put, and eventually went on to win the 2012 NCAA discus title—the first athlete to do so at the school since 1985. In addition to representing the U.S. at three Global Championships in 2013, 2015, and 2016, she came in first in the discus throw at the 2016 Track & Field Olympic Trials and qualified for the Rio Games.
Ashley’s most recent performance was a fifth place finish at the 2019 Pan American Games, with a distance of 60.27 meters , but her personal best is a distance of 64.8 meters in 2015.“To me, strength is synonymous with confidence. I can only perform at my best when my body and my mind are connected [and] working together,” Ashley toldMy approach to my fitness directly influences how I perform in practice and competitions.
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