“Inside Florent Manaudou” – A Day in the Life of an Olympic Champion

In a three-part YouTube series, French Olympic champion Florent Manaudou takes fans on a tour of his club, the Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille (CNM), just a few weeks before heading off for the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

Episode 1 – “Welcome to the Circle”

Sitting on the deck of the outdoor restaurant, with the pool behind him and the Mediterranean Sea over his shoulder, Manaudou recounts a typical day. “Today I got up at 7:00 like every day, well, every day that I swim, anyway.” He then shows us where he lives, a 5-minute walk away in an apartment overlooking the sea. He then had his first training session of the day, which was “pretty easy” because it was just swimming… about 3 kilometers, because at that point in their preparation for Kazan, they were concentrating more on technique and speed, and less on volume. Thus the real hard work was happening in the weight room (where at one point, he explains, he had to take a break to throw up).

Session 2 – Pool and Weight Room

Manaudou takes us past the dorm rooms the club makes available to young boarders who come to train in Marseille, before they find an appartment. Next he walks us past the Olympic pool and into the weight room, which the athletes “share with the members of the club.” Manaudou talks about his dryland routine; “three 90-minute sessions of weights per week, plus two one-hour sessions of core work; that’s six-and-a-half hours of dryland, and they’re not the easiest hours of the week. But that’s part of the sport, and important for sprinters. Everyone’s doing it now and it makes a difference (in the results).”

Episode 3 – The View

Manaudou ends his tour at the very top of CNM overlooking the Mediterranean sea, where he points out the mythic 25m pool that is normally full of sea water. “And there you have it,” he concludes. “Not such a bad place to train,” he says with a smile.

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Sprintswammer1992
8 years ago

I wonder what his lifting numbers are like

CoachC
8 years ago

I was expecting more from those videos. Not much of anything in there, really.

luigi
8 years ago

Rafael, you can find Mr Barnier’s comments in this article: http://swimswam.com/2015-french-sc-nationals-stravius-continues-dominate-field-day2/

The coach was indeed very harsh, but I believe he was right and I agree with Bobo, you can’t race only when you are sure you are going to win. Manaudou looked like an immature child.

Rafael
8 years ago

Bobo is it true that manadou coach got mad and openly criticized him after his last 100 free withdrawal?

bobo gigi
8 years ago

Manaudou is a beast but he’s very frustrating for a simple swimming fan.
How many times this year he has scratched with no good excuse? Too many times.
It looks like he hates so much losing that, even at in-season meets, every time he feels he’s in danger of losing a race, he scratches. Most of the time the final and even the prelims. It has happened a lot this year in the 100 free. And every time it happens, he makes a lot of people in the stands disappointed.
What does he risk at in-season meets? It’s not shameful to lose when you are not prepared and you don’t swim your best event.

Joel Lin
8 years ago

Dude has it figured out pretty good, thank you very much.

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