Namita Nayyar:
Five athletic leisure brands you love to wear.
Anastasija Samoilova:
Nike, Oysho, Marella, Zara and Aldo.
Namita Nayyar:
Five travel destinations on your wish list.
Anastasija Samoilova:
Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, South Korea, New Zealand and India
Namita Nayyar:
Quote you live by.
Anastasija Samoilova:
I just want to be happy.
Namita Nayyar:
Tell us about a day in the life of ‘Anastasija Samoilova’.
Anastasija Samoilova:
I am not a long sleeper; wake up at 7:30-8, breakfast, getting ready for practice. 9 -11 practice, after rest, lunch, social media work. 14-16 second practice. After meeting family, friends, some work. Dinner, book or TV series, at going to sleep 22-22:30. I actually do a lot day in the life with me to get insights to the people of athlete’s life, because every day can be different. My life is not only about training and competition, I do a lot of photo-shoots, motivation speeches, social media work.
Namita Nayyar:
During the Covid pandemic. Tell us more about your routine to remain fit in those challenging times?
Anastasija Samoilova:
It wasn’t easy. With no competitions there is less motivation to practice but I had a goal in my mind to prepare for Olympic Games and still. During pandemic I was thinking to finish my career after Tokyo, because everything seemed so hard, especially training so much. Workouts at home get boring very quickly, first months of Covid no ball training at all.
Only later we could practice. I have a lot of equipment now, elastic bands, and small weights. Also it helped a lot that my husband is a pro athlete as well, so we could go outside and play ball. At home I still was doing my physical training program, discovered dancing workouts and evening yoga.
Namita Nayyar:
In sports like beach volleyball how were you able to overcome any physical or sports injury setbacks and what advice can you give to those in a similar situation
Anastasija Samoilova:
Small exercises to prevent injury are so essential and underestimated… also listening to your body, we are strong but sometimes better to think that you have only one body and stop. Also rest is as much important too.
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