Tyson Gay's Trag and Diet - MotleyHealth®

Contents:

• TYSON GAY NNG WH HEAVY HEART AFTER DGHTER'S ATH SHOOTG
• TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK
• AFTER HIP SURGERY, TYSON GAY LOOKS TO RETURN TO FULL STRENGTH
• TYSON GAY’S TRAG AND DIET
• JT GATL AND TYSON GAY MAY BE NNG FAST BUT THEY ARE STILL MAKG DOP OF ALL
• TYSON GAY MAY BE NNG 'TOO FAST FOR HIS BODY' CHASG USA BOLT
• TYSON GAY WARNS RIVALS HE N STILL N FASTER
• TYSON GAY + DGS SPORT
• TYSON GAY

TYSON GAY NNG WH HEAVY HEART AFTER DGHTER'S ATH SHOOTG

That's why Tyson Gay nearly walked away om racg. But you try to live wh , " said Gay, who peted the first round of the 100 on Thursday night at the U.

"I thk about my dghter every day, " Gay said. "You're upset you uldn't be there to stop , " Gay said.

TYSON GAY: RUNNG BACK

"The funeral, the wake, the burial, everythg was unreal, " Gay said. She never thought of herself as the dghter of Tyson Gay.

AFTER HIP SURGERY, TYSON GAY LOOKS TO RETURN TO FULL STRENGTH

She was Try Gay. "I was so proud of her wh that, " Gay said. Gay is the Amerin rerd holr the 100 (9.

He was part of a team that won a silver medal the 4x100 relay at the 2012 London Gam, though that medal was ultimately stripped after Gay tted posive for steroids 2013. "I've been through every major upset and every major strser that life n give you, " Gay said.

It's somethg I loved, " Gay said. Tyson Gay, one of the most rated U.

TYSON GAY’S TRAG AND DIET

Throughout Gay’s early reer, wng rac meant phg himself to extrem durg trag. Like that of many young athlet, Gay’s workout strategy was to go as hard as he uld, for as long as he uld, the gym and on the track.

JT GATL AND TYSON GAY MAY BE NNG FAST BUT THEY ARE STILL MAKG DOP OF ALL

“I’ve always done that sce I was young, ” says the soft-spoken Gay. Gay’s new outlook is part of his natural growth as a world-class athlete. Gay knows what’s on the le this summer.

Before Jamain world-rerd holr Usa Bolt took track and field by storm, Gay was the domant force the sport’s marquee events: the 100m and 200m. At the 2007 World Champnships Osaka, Japan, Gay beme only the send man history to w tl the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay.

Gay seemed sted to reach his peak at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beijg. “I felt a ltle twge my hamstrg, ” Gay says. The jury forced Gay to whdraw om the 200m race at the 2008 Olympics.

TYSON GAY MAY BE NNG 'TOO FAST FOR HIS BODY' CHASG USA BOLT

That loss opened the door for Bolt, who upstaged Gay’s tle sweep Osaka by claimg Olympic gold the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m events Beijg.

Gay never fully revered om the hamstrg jury, but he ocsnally showed flash of brilliance, most notably 2010 at the DN Galan Stockholm Diamond League event.

Racg the lane next to Bolt, Gay shocked the track world wh a mandg performance and upset victory, handg Bolt his send loss ever a 100m event.

TYSON GAY WARNS RIVALS HE N STILL N FASTER

Ls than a year after that fg victory, Gay experienced yet another setback. The operatn put Gay on ctch for the first time his life, and kept him off the track until mid April of this year, a few months before the start of the Olympics.

To get himself om the hospal bed to the track, Gay had to rebuild his body om the ground up.

“I have to stay mentally strong through the revery procs to know that I n acplish my goals, bee ’s not a team sport, ” Gay says. After four months away om the weight room, Gay was chg to get back. After pletg this ted but necsary first phase, Gay was able to get back to liftg like an ele Olympic sprter.

TYSON GAY + DGS SPORT

Gay knows how eatg right and fuelg properly n be the difference between wng and losg. By week five of the power-buildg phase of his program, Gay was maxg out wh 350 pounds on his Deadlift—not the rapid progrs the 5’11”, 165-pound powerhoe had grown acctomed to over his reer, but a posive sign nsirg what his body had been through.

TYSON GAY

“It’s not a lot, but ’s a lot for me only dog Deadlifts for power for five weeks, ” Gay says, addg, “It’s hard not to overdo wh the trag, but I’m learng how to be patient. The Deadlift, Squat and RDL were Gay’s primary lower-body lifts durg his six-week power phase.

From there, Gay transned to the explosive phase, g the same lifts as he did the power phase.

After nearly two months of long ns on grass and up hills—”The purpose of that is to keep the poundg off my body, ” he says—Gay returned to the track, performg real block starts for distanc of 30 and 60 meters. If everythg works acrdg to plan, Gay will peak this summer when he’s ready to n for the gold. It may be unfair to p the Olympic hop of an entire natn on one man, but if there’s one sprter who is pable of throng Bolt, ’s Gay.