How They Train: Speed Skating | TIME

TIME's Sean Gregory learns how Apolo Ohno is preparing for Vancouver, but catching Apolo on-camera as he whizzes by at 40 mph is a challenge.
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How They Train: Speed Skating | TIME
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[@manitsmatt]

love this guys mentality, you come in to practice and you cant be scared of pushing yourself 110%, you cant be scared of how much its gonna sucks. Its gonna hurt so bad but it doesnt matter

[@puffdragon]

I love watching Apolo train, he is down right amazing. The discipline to get to that level is hardcore.

[@stillbashingmetal]

That training on the stairs looks so difficult. Didn't realise they trained that hard!

[@hanj31]

short track is crazy. i've been inline skating for over 15 years now and I still can't believe what these guys do out there! I would only do regular speed skating!

[@hanj31]

I know but its just the fact that you have to be tight to the line!

[@realalbertan]

The blades on short track aren't centered under the boot, biased to the inside. I've ran tons on the oval track (Calgary) since the 90s and been able to observe short and long track. They work super hard.

[@netsLiBero09]

Short Track speed skaters are Amazing!!! I am seriously in awe!

[@mirabellafunk6315]

I just started speed skating and we do 2 hours on the ice and 2 hours doing strength on dry land. Speed skating is a very intense sport

[@futbolchris714]

I have been doing these dry land stair workouts thanks to this video for about 2 months and I can definitely feel a difference. Not only has it helped me drop weight, but it has increased my speed as well.

[@417lkh]

Haha I was sitting at my computer being like WHAT?! Tha-that ain't no warm down lol

[@DiglahProductions]

"boom. if i can fit in that hole, i will." i think most guys share this motto.

[@baritonebynight]

I've always wondered how many times you have to crash into the wall taking those turns until you get it right!

[@imluvinyourmum]

+baritonebynight Try it without the pads, dislocated my knee cap when I worked at an ice rink slipping out on a corner, it's like a really slow know ur fk'd feeling while ur sliding towards it.

[@Mahadonation1]

What The were u training or what, u must have been going fast

[@lukasullivan9140]

once

[@sebastiaanherle5093]

@@Mahadonation1 you don't have to go fast to break ur bones with shorttrack

[@albertoaguilar9773]

You gotta learn the technique first, then get it done on the ice slowly mastering it.

[@TIME]

It's called Hard Style by Laurent Lombard, (Kosinus, French record label)

[@chrisyoung5434]

great work ethic, inspiring, optimism, thankyou ohno

[@QuirkyGirl10]

I am absolutely amazed by the intensity of their workouts!

[@halfpintdynamite]

This is my absolute favorite video of the man Apolo! Great job.

[@factoryfear]

40mph - that is insane! I had no clue they were going that fast

[@mikkae3260]

They aren’t, he misspoke. It’s actually closer to 45 Km/h :)

[@robbert-janvanhardeveld3089]

@@mikkae3260 no 60kmh sometimes

[@vectron12]

and im just sitting here watching videos on the internet

[@Cruz474]

I love that water trick, I've noticed it myself skating on water.

[@Shinobug]

I love the music during the stair workout... I really do >.>

[@reala1276]

one of best hollywood action salt lake olympics gold medalist

[@ashjitsu]

I did short track for 15 years...loved every second of it 😊

[@selmas2u]

love him. I usally don't watch this. but that year when apolo was skating it was so exciting

[@12thLeveIWizardKing]

Really cool to see how much training goes into their sport.

[@slickjilly]

He is so intense, yet he seems so down to earth. WOW he is really fun to watch.

[@freeBOOTshine]

Can't wait to see what he acheives in Vancouver!!

[@serama13]

love this video! Inspires me to work out hard!

[@pegcage]

I am absolutely smitten with Apolo Ohno after watching him in Vancouver. He is so cute and charming (and he can skate, too!)

[@ivanakatarina]

exactly what i needed, thanks

[@myrx2]

Did short track speed skating as a kid until i was 19. Both ice and roller. If i wasn't at school or at home i was training. Luckily i lived across the road from a rink. In my 40s now and my back, knees and ankles are done 😂

[@ttlly13]

Wow that's intense!

[@kylewattscookingandgrillin6898]

Awesome video!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@mrapexunicornhunter661]

3:16 he starting to sound like my wrestling coach

[@TheNitelite10]

Apolo Anton Ohno is a sun god, everything about him just shines, his personality, his training regiment oh and his medals too

[@A.nconner]

I remember watching this video on repeat as a kid 😂🥺

[@TIME]

@whitewave489 Yes!

[@adnamamedia]

They just make it look so easy

[@SC-ht4fw]

It's definitely not. I've been training for 6 years and my technique still isn't perfect. Something to know is that speed skating (especially short track) consists of 70% technique. You may have speed, but technique is what will hold you up.

[@alienfromspace7654]

My bigest dream. I need to skate. Its made me cry😭😭😭😭

[@illestgyal]

LMAO the music for the stair exercise just makes me lauuuugh. haha

[@khairriboy4966]

they look like ninjas.....xD

[@bremenfan29]

My friend took couple classes with him at UCCS! They were same classmates as well.

[@lifeisgood070]

omg that stairs training... my college team does that. it's painful. The worst is the next day or two when you can't even walk down stairs. Walking down hurts so much more than up (when sore for some reason).

[@andrec8572]

Very motivational. And very cool dude

[@CallMeMetus]

In some of the meets I am in he still holds records. And the guy who made his boots lives across the street fro me.

[@sammyhammy23]

i think that too (what he was talking about at 2:20) im a hockey player. and i weave through people and think of routes in less that half a second.

[@markc5413]

720p makes a cool effect watching the speed skaters.

[@cynthiasn6435]

Impressive!

[@s.f.694]

I met him at an autograph signing and he is the nicest guy! :)

[@picnic4]

omg they do that 3 times a day sometimes?!?! that is insane, so inspirational.

[@MsMasterofmydomain]

I give that reporter credit! LOL He looked like he was completely hobbled just trying to get into proper position. Looks super tough!

[@kyougurlie57]

those stair exercises are insane

[@corriedf]

You rock Apolo!

[@nickcarter997]

Aww sport! I should do it!

[@JG_Card_Breaks]

look up J.R. celski injury

[@ps.6023]

+Infinity Minx that is why you wear a cut proof suit underneath your skin suit.

[@DireWolfy]

+Infinity Minx then he should try inline speed skating that's what I do

[@WorkB24]

The stair workout. 😳 i envisioned many of my deaths just now on those. 🤣😂🤣

[@TheModernTiger]

He's so cool

[@CiannaitTrozel]

Amazing.

[@lida4365]

Apolo Ohno is Amazing!

[@karinjensen100]

Damn - those stairs are making my knees hurt - just looking at 'em!

[@CJAEY]

Those are some crazy drills

[@aoloriginals]

Eight-time Olympic medalist Apolo Ohno sits down to talk fashion with Susan Kellogg in this episode of #winwin goo.gl/PkSvTL

[@ryaneastwoodbmx1776]

Ryan

[@renthead33]

~2:41 that's what he said!! Loves apolo thanks!

[@Baseshocks]

Ya, I love it, Summer Olympics popularity is much higher but the Winter Olympics are hardcore = feeling the need for speed, downhill skiing, speed skating, bobsledding etc... and all the different forms of it ex... Freestyle skiing, Luge etc...

[@Thepapercut63]

i know stair work out is so good. it makes your foot really good

[@fireballrox]

i just heard today he hops up the incline in colorado on one leg once than the other than both... thats hard as hell

[@Iloveorliandwicked]

I love to watch these people try for the first time! Heck, I'd be worse than the man they just showed

[@thesk8erboiwoody]

SpeedSkating FTW!

[@TessicaWillistick]

I saw him at Barnes and Noble!! :D

[@guuuuiiiinnnnssss56]

OMG AWESOME!! I SO want apolo ( 7 ) as a skating trainer! that would be the most awesomeist thing EVER!! CONGRATS APOLO!

[@Trogidy49]

Im a speed skater too. Its probably one of the hardest sports in the world. It also takes the most conditioning and training.

[@PoynterFinger]

@lifeisgood070: it's because when you walk down the stairs, your weight is balanced on your whole foot, mostly your heel, so you feel the burn all over your thighs, calves, and butt. but when you walk up the stairs, people tend to just step with the ball of their foot, the front half, so the pressure is on the feet and not the legs.

[@jenny2u09]

Dam i never realized how intense there training is

[@23andrelopes]

That's amazing

[@renegadeking4]

saw him at the ATL airport yesterday

[@benharrismon]

Good ole apolo!

[@anotherbutt4chair454]

Skating is a killer on the back takes time for sure

[@HotTuberKANNAVCHAWLA]

Very knowledgeable

[@enrico1888]

nice idea that stairstraining;) thanx i'll give it a try:D

[@imluvinyourmum]

Every rink rat know's all about the stairs to the bar/viewing room haha. We do lines for transitions at the end of practice for hockey, slow skate 50 laps while the figure skaters finish on the stairs and getting a good view, but doing it really slow knowing the fking stairs are coming lol. It does feel good afterwards though with a big bowl of pasta and calves so tight and jelly-like u can't walk properly.

[@jackrabbit2573]

Ohno is half-Japanese, half-caucasian??? I thought he was Spanish this entire time. I play soccer (and almost every other sport out there) and I've started getting into speed skating ever since I watched the 2010 winter olympics in Vancouver. And man it's exhausting skating laps. Probably the most favourite activity for me of all sports now is speed skating since I love speed. I'm a speed junkie...speed demon.

[@ReaderOfHearts]

Tough workout but looks fun. I miss the winter olympics already

[@avaerasmus2755]

Hello I am 12 years old I have been training for short track speed skating for 7 years. You are a big inspiration I have been made fun of for not being able to do things with my friends because I train 6 days a week. I just want to let you know that you stopped me from quitting thank you

[@noonehere4332]

Dont let others decide what you want from life, only you can decide

[@junkevin]

wow speed skating training looks like it rivals swimming training if not harder

[@loser2755]

As a speed skater (I don’t skate on ice like roller speed skate) I train like this too and it’s rly hard

[@TheChillyCucumber]

I really want to learn how to speed skate :)!

[@athleat101]

You should read zero regrets its his autobiography

[@jamesmanriquez3493]

Time magazine with the hardcore lol sickk

[@PHCHICKEN]

I'm In LOOOVE With Apolo (:

[@CrisisGwalkeR]

He got The "ZONE" ability OMG!!!!

[@hannahray4332]

I do inline speed skating and I can vouch this is 100% true.

[@happajalapeno]

apolo, is the man! :P

[@nick027nd]

same here man!

[@mbw12194]

@CANONifyYourLife "equipment is like one of the most important parts of short-track" so true!

[@headphonic8]

What a nice guy. Some of the others are so douchey when the reporter tries it but he's so encouraging

[@aliangel21392]

Uggh!!! Apolo should have won gold..but as he has no regrets then I'm good with silver :)

[@joelover4life]

I dont know but i love those pants.lol

[@user-ts5tx1om6g]

Oh no!

[@Snicki1946]

Apolo is a beautiful thing.

[@darind1nonly]

That gold was well deserved.

[@amazin303]

@STICKERS392 its called "Hardstyle" by french DJ Laurent Lombard. :)

[@kidchinaa]

2:40 for endless laughs. I love u apolo still.

[@Drunkenpirate06]

2:42 "that's what she said."

[@oopziesx3]

Ohno