Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Were your eyes always set on becoming a professional athlete? Share two incidents from your childhood that led you to become a winner.
Gina Lückenkemper:
When I was kid, I never thought I’d ever become a professional athlete. I have always been fast, always raced the other kids in kindergarten. But I always wanted to become a teacher one day. What led me to become a winner was probably the fact that I have always (and still do) hated losing and that when I am passionate about something, I want to do it right and I start to be a perfectionist.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
Introduce us to a day in your life, as an athlete and a woman full of aspirations.
Gina Lückenkemper:
A day in my life is always different. It depends on where I am. If I’m back home in Germany or if I’m in Florida with my coach and training group or if I am traveling for competition or other work-related appointments. Nevertheless, my day always starts with my alarm clock at 7:30 am. I am not really a morning person, so I stay in bed for at least 15 more minutes before I get up. I have breakfast and a cup of coffee at around 8am. I do take my time to start my day.
Read news online and check my social media. Then I head off to training and start training at around 10am (in Florida we usually start training at 9:30). I end my workout at around 2pm. When I finish working out first things first, I have lunch. After lunch I usually take a nap. I am a huge fan of naps. As soon as I am awake again I read my e-mails and get on calls for interviews or with my national coach for updates.
Ms. Namita Nayyar:
What exercises comprise your fitness regime that you may like to share with our viewers? Five must-do morning rituals.
Gina Lückenkemper:
For me personally my most important and precious morning ritual is having my alarm clock set on a specific time every day. So even on weekends my alarm goes off at 7:30am. This makes getting up in the morning way easier for me, keep in mind that I am not a morning person, but I found a way to handle things. Other than that, I do not really have rituals in the morning.
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