MainAthlet International – The Track & Field Podcast is the show for everyone who loves athletics and wants to understand what it really takes to perform at the highest level. Hosts Benjamin Brömme and Linn Kleine talk to world-class athletes, legends of the sport, coaches, and performance experts about training, recovery, nutrition, mindset, biomechanics, strength, diagnostics, and competition preparation.
Past guests include global sprint icons Ato Boldon and Justin Gatlin, Olympic medalist Alexis Holmes, and European distance star Maruša Mišmaš Zrimšek. From Germany, some of the sport’s biggest names have joined the show as well – among them Malaika Mihambo, Leo Neugebauer, Gina Lückenkemper, Niklas Kaul, Gesa Krause and many more.
Whether your passion is sprinting, distance running, jumps, throws, or combined events – here you’ll find insights you can use in both training and everyday life: from VO₂max and lactate thresholds to nutrition strategies and mental toughness. We also cover the world of major competitions – from the Olympics and World Championships to the Diamond League and national highlights.
MainAthlet International – more performance, more understanding, more track & field.
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MainAthlet International – The Track & Field Podcast is the show for everyone who loves athletics and wants to understand what it really takes to perform at the highest level. Hosts Benjamin Brömme and Linn Kleine talk to world-class athletes, legends of the sport, coaches, and performance experts about training, recovery, nutrition, mindset, biomechanics, strength, diagnostics, and competition preparation.
Past guests include global sprint icons Ato Boldon and Justin Gatlin, Olympic medalist Alexis Holmes, and European distance star Maruša Mišmaš Zrimšek. From Germany, some of the sport’s biggest names have joined the show as well – among them Malaika Mihambo, Leo Neugebauer, Gina Lückenkemper, Niklas Kaul, Gesa Krause and many more.
Whether your passion is sprinting, distance running, jumps, throws, or combined events – here you’ll find insights you can use in both training and everyday life: from VO₂max and lactate thresholds to nutrition strategies and mental toughness. We also cover the world of major competitions – from the Olympics and World Championships to the Diamond League and national highlights.
MainAthlet International – more performance, more understanding, more track & field.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
From HSI’s legendary sprint group to the Netflix docuseries Sprint, Ato Boldon has seen—and shaped—the sport’s evolution from every angle: Olympic medalist, world champion, and one of track & field’s most influential voices. In this episode, Ato opens up about the training culture that forged champions under coach John Smith, the “iron sharpens iron” reality of daily practice at UCLA, and why starting “late” at 16 may have saved his body and extended his prime.
We go deep on the workouts that built his 100/200m speed: high-quality 150s (5×150m with walk-back recovery, chasing 15-low) and the love-hate 300s (and why he still runs them). Ato breaks down the mental game, too—how to stay focused under Olympic-final pressure, why he wishes he’d “enjoyed the journey” more, and the exact conversation that pulled him through his toughest championship (Sydney 2000).
Ato also takes us behind the scenes of Sprint (Season 2), where he’s become “almost the voice of the series,” and explains why Paris 2024 felt like a historic high point for the sport. We unpack the sprint landscape ahead: why he’s betting on Julien Alfred to dominate the women’s 100m over the next cycle, what Sha’Carri Richardson must fix in her start, why Noah Lyles remains the man to beat in championship 100s, and how Letsile Tebogo and Kishane Thompson change the equation in the 200m and 100m respectively.
Technology matters, but context matters more. Boldon gives a measured take on super-shoes, records, and progress (“every era has its edge”), and shares what truly builds sustainable success: talent ID, the right coach, a real training group, and support systems that let athletes focus on work—not survival. You’ll hear the story that first pulled Ato from soccer to the track (“do you want a sport where you control the outcome?”), plus a Porsche-on-the-Autobahn anecdote from his 19.77 PB in Stuttgart that will make any sprint nerd smile.
Whether you’re a sprinter, coach, or fan, you’ll come away with practical takeaways: how to structure quality speed endurance, how to think about training age vs. biological age, how to use group competition without burning out, and how to balance ambition with joy. This is sprint wisdom from someone who’s lived all sides of it—athlete, analyst, and mentor.
The podcast cover was produced by Tim Peters in collaboration with Cortexfilm.
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