The New lean look Chirs Jones with Duncan Goodhew and Mayor of Swindon 

Chirs Jones works out at 24HRGYM with his coach Andi Manley who saw the benifits of calorie control as a swimming aid when it was highlighted by 24HRGYM team Vern Montgomery that if they were lighter there would be les “fat to drag” though the water. Not exactly rocket science, but the science of calorie control to achieve this was implemented, also a very different approach was offered by 24HRGYM in training in respect of rather than lift weights to achieve a new weight lift number as a bench mark, to adopt using the muscle to contract and stretch throught resistance, working the muscle and not the technique. pointing out that once you detract from the concentraction of the contraction (using the breath) into simply moving a weight A to B the body would not develop system to make the weights lifted easier. As far as fat control to calorie it was far easier for the swimmers to grasp at this stage.

Chris Jones said.

“My main focus approaching these trials is to be stronger and lighter than I have ever been before.  I have been using a weight loss programme based on calorie counting for about 4 months and am currently 4 kilograms lighter than my racing weight last year.  Combined with the fact that I’m stronger and have been training harder in the pool than ever, I’m hoping this will be the key to me dropping down to the 100m breaststroke Olympic Qualifying time.  I have to knock 0.96 of a second off in the heats to achieve this.”

Up against established British international breaststrokers such as Kris Gilchrist, Darren Mew, Chris Cook and James Gibson,