{"id":4966,"date":"2014-05-11T08:49:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T00:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2014-05-11T08:49:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T00:49:26","slug":"ready-set-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=4966","title":{"rendered":"Ready, set, go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This flag bearer of Malaysia is one of the finest track cyclists in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at 26, Terengganu-born Azizulhasni Awang is married and a father to the one-year old Amma Maryam. He also has a lucrative endorsement deal with Herbalife and because of his stature, he has been dubbed by the fans and criticis alike as the &#8220;Pocket Rocket Man&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Olympian gonna gives us the low down on riding in circles&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How&#8217;s life?<\/strong><br \/>\nLife is&#8230; tiring! I have to say, I&#8217;m exhausted because I just got back from a competition. Plus, I&#8217;m a leader of my family now and I have to juggle my schedule a bit. I&#8217;m always running around between home, classes and training. So yeah, life is tiring, but in a good way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh, you&#8217;re studying as well?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m currently doing a part-time course for a degree in Sports Science in Human Movement at Victoria University, Melbourne. I&#8217;m still in my first year<em> [laughs]<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you mind sharing with us your exercise routine?<\/strong><br \/>\nUsually, I&#8217;ll wake up early in the morning for breakfast, then I&#8217;ll head to the training centre to do some exercises and then it&#8217;s training at the track to sweat it out and give my muscles a good workout. I&#8217;ll spend my time studying or attending classes. To keep my energy up, I&#8217;ll always have Herbalife as part of my dietary plan, it keeps me refreshed and energetic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While we&#8217;re at it, do you have any training tip?<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter a few weeks in the gym, it is important to supplement the training you&#8217;ve done by strenghtening your glutes, gams, quads and core.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any advice for any aspiring athletes?<\/strong><br \/>\nYou need to balance your priorities. You need to map out your training and personal life. And in whatever you&#8217;re doing, you have to be fully committed. Some people want to be a professional athlete but they can&#8217;t do it because they won&#8217;t commit to the rigorous schedule, and they end up giving up. But if you&#8217;re disciplined, you&#8217;ll be successful.<\/p>\n<pre>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This flag bearer of Malaysia is one of the finest track cyclists in the world. Now, at 26, Terengganu-born Azizulhasni Awang is married and a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/AzizulhasniAwang_WikiCommons.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4966"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5043,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966\/revisions\/5043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}