Anna Maree Meares OAM is an Australian track cyclist. She was born on September 21, 1983 in Blackwater. She currently resides in Adelaide, South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport’s Track Cycling program has its headquarters at the Adelaide Super-Drome. It was in the year 2001 when she earned the Australian Junior Women’s Track Cyclist of the Year. Throughout her sports career, she was able to participate in different events including the 2002 Commonwealth Games which was held in Manchester, 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and several others.
According to Anna when she was asked by Calibre Fitness Australia about her typical daily routine, “I don’t have a typical daily routine. It’s a hard one to describe because, Sprint Cycling, most people would think I’d do a lot of kilometres on the road, but that’s just not the case. I try to explain to people that I’m like the Usain Bolt version of the cycling world. So I spend a lot of time in the gym, a lot of time on the track, ergo bike and because its strength/power focussed, there’s no real repetition on a day-to-day basis. So, on a week basis, I might do 2-3 gym sessions, 2-3 track sessions, 1 ergo session, 6 road rides and I’d have the 7th day off.”
For her diet, she said, “At the top of my bad food list is anything chocolate or cinnamon donuts. Yeh, diet and nutrition is important because obviously that’s the energy we use for our body, so for us it’s important to keep the body composition between fat-free mass and fat mass. It’s all well and good to be really lean and have lots of muscle, but if it’s not actually producing speed and power on the bike, then it’s not beneficial. So we spend a lot of time working out what the best body composition is for us as individuals. So, it’s important not to overeat, I’d probably have a higher protein component to my diet because of having to feed and repair the muscles from that explosive work that we do in the gym and on the bike and keep a balance of lots of healthy salads and vegetables.”
Body Measurement (2014 – Age 31)
Height: 165 cm | 5 feet, 5 Inches
Weight: 72 kg | 158 lbs
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