Allyson Felix: Daily Routine

With 6 gold medals and a full-time mom schedule, Allyson Felix proves recovery, strength training, and sunlight are just as essential as speed.

For Allyson Felix, the only female track and field athlete to ever win six Olympic gold medals (one at 2008 Beijing, three at 2012 London and two at 2016 Rio), there’s nothing more important to her success than getting a good night’s sleep.

As a mum — she and her husband Kenneth Ferguson welcomed their daughter, Camryn, in 2018 — and multiple Olympic gold medallist, who regularly puts in 5 hours of training for 5-6 days a week, Felix understands the importance of adding good recovery techniques to her routine.

Recovery is a huge piece of my training. I really made that a priority this year.

“I think when I was younger I always felt like I wanted to do as much as I could — quantity was everything — and now that I’m older, and as a mom, it’s really quality over quantity,” Felix told Woman’s Day. “It’s about training smarter. For me, being able to focus on recovery allows me to come back and get quality work the next day as well.”