{"id":22005,"date":"2013-05-24T07:23:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T12:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=22005"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:38:23","slug":"sean-saley-this-is-why-i-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/sean-saley-this-is-why-i-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Saley: This Is Why I Dive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sean.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sean.jpg\" alt=\"sean\" width=\"505\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sean Saley, 23 years old, Palm Harbor,FL, UF graduate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you dive?<\/strong> I love flipping into a pool!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long have you been doing it?<\/strong> I have been diving for 17 Years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you compete in diving?<\/strong> Retired NCAA athlete. Three Years at the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you lost any weight doing it?<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019ve gained 10 lbs of muscle!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most challenging aspect of your activity:<\/strong> If you lose focus, you get hurt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most fun aspect of it:<\/strong> Pulling off a difficult dive that others can&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most rewarding aspect of diving:<\/strong>\u00a0 After grinding through all the training and work outs, beating out the competition is the best part.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who\/what inspires you when you\u2019re feeling weak?<\/strong> Staying ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice for others who\u2019d like to get started:<\/strong> Although the initial learning curve can be frustrating, if you stick with it you\u2019ll learn to love it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your must-have equipment for this activity:<\/strong> Speedos!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite training song:<\/strong> Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite healthy food:<\/strong> Artichoke<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funniest \/weirdest\/most awkward experience doing your activity:<\/strong> Lost my suit once when I dove off the 10 meter. Had to swim around in circles looking for it butt naked! Haha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Check out his talent here:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZK3987gQYw?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Saley, 23 years old, Palm Harbor,FL, UF graduate Why do you dive? I love flipping into a pool! How long have you been doing it? 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