Soccer, Fitness, model, core, video, entrepreneur
Today we have Lauren Sesselmann, a Professional Soccer player and entrepreneur. We talk about fitness routines for those traveling or just those who are busy. We talk soccer skills and being an entrepreneur. Lauren was a great guest. Check it out!
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BIO
Wikipedia for Lauren Sesselmann
Lauren is an American-born Canadian-international professional soccer player and model.
Lauren has been a professional soccer player for the last 5 years, playing with the
Canadian National Team and in the Women’s Professional Soccer Leagues in the USA. She has had the opportunity to play all around the world at the highest level of performance and competitiveness.
Fitness is her life, and after being awarded at the London Summer Olympics, she felt incredibly inspired to share her very own training techniques to help others achieve their fitness goals!
Lauren has had an amazing career, besides her phenomenal performance at The London Summer Olympics, she’s a Gold Medal winner at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara , Mexico in 2011.
First check out Lauren dribbling like a boss on instagram ! ( link here)
Fit as a pro DVD’s
* We are actually really big fans of 10 minutes of core in morning, Peter uses with clients so want to start with DVD’s as we can likely do good job promoting and his clients are always looking for options/ideas
Why 10 minutes ?
10-min high intensity workouts for any fitness level that you can do anywhere.
“Fitness has always been my lifestyle, I’m always on the road, and people tell me that they don’t have time to work out.”
Finding things you can use in hotel rooms, or anywhere, that can give you a good workout when weights/gym aren’t accessible (“It’s amazing what you get get done with a hotel room towel!”)
“Seeing people able to make changes in such short time periods is really inspiring”
Newest week-long program mixes cardio, plyometrics, core, yoga, foam rolling
Did your soccer training influence the training (e.g. bounce jumps? Cross jumps?)
Absolutely—especially based on how she trains in the off-season, without much strength training
Has some YouTube workouts using a soccer ball!
“It’s surprising how much of these are used in pro sports.”
Soccer camp:
for young kids, some advanced, some just getting in—help mold them into good players, and help mold them into being good athletes / pro athletes
Tell us about professional soccer – where is it at in North America?
going really well for women overall—growing a lot, adding new teams… still not equal to men’s but moving in the right direction.
Serious athletes wanting to go pro
Find a team, even if it means a lot more travel, that’s trying to compete at a high level
Talk to athletes—it’s easier to get feedback than you think!
Look at colleges/high schools with strong teams
Ask a lot of questions: it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle
Don’t worry about failure—be ready to fail and OK with it
“I’ve been told no and cut so many times, but look where I am now.”
What equipment to play ? ( e.g. could I just get a ball and a friend? what would we do ?)
shin guards
shoes are most important (kangaroo leather is nicest, but cheap options available)
cleats: she likes Nike cleats
What’s the key to a kicking the ball well ? (e.g. common mistake of using your toe)
people kick with their toe, but that will make the ball go all over
kick with instep, right by your big toe
keep head down, body over the ball: leaning back makes ball go high in the air
keep core tight
Common problems people run into in first sessions?
kicking with toes
How can I practice without playing? ( some simple drills or small games ? )
Practice kicking against a wall: will help with control and having ball close to your feet
The more touches you have with the ball at your feet, the more comfortable you’ll be
Pass it around with a friend
Put cones in a goal or set up a smaller than normal goal post and practice kicking into that
What would a normal training week look like for pro soccer?
-> type of strength? hours? cross-training ?
What’s the one cool move I can do to make it look like I know what I’m doing with a soccer ball?
Basic pull-back move: charging at someone, take ball of your foot, put it on top of ball and roll it backwards and go in the opposite direction.
Where can we watch you play ?
Canada has a game coming up in February
League is normally on Fox Sports (working on getting a better
Games are all on NWSL’s YouTube channel (http://nwslsoccer.com/)
Social Links
-> facebook.com/fitasapro
