May 13, 2021
Today’s guest is: Viola Brand
Who are they: More commonly known as violalovescycling.
Viola is 26 years old, a former competitive athlete in artistic cycling from 2000-2020, and was a member of the German national team from 2010 on. She won the silver medal at the UCI indoor cycling world championships in 2019, 2017, 2016 as well as winning the European championship in 2018, 2012. In February 2020 she retired from competitive artistic cycling to focus more on showcasing the sport of artistic cycling and building her brand, where she presents artistic cycling in a casual way in combination with fitness, health, and lifestyle. as well as completing her University course - a Master of Science in clinical nutrition at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.
In this interview, we discuss her story, training regime, learning tricks, mindset training, dealing with fear and fame and so much more.
*Please ignore my quarantine weight gain and terrible haircut!
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