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Stroking ahead to the Future: Ed Moses
"Platinum lets me push the envelope on my performance, day in and day out. It allows me to work harder, and get stronger without bulking up. It helps me stay lean and light, and healthy."
Name: Ed Moses
City/State: Burke, Virginia
Age: 22
Hobbies: golf, public speaking, hanging with family.
Platinum Fueled Since: 2000
Background: Ed Moses began swimming competitively when he was six years old, but left the sport after four years. After spending many of his earlier years playing golf, Ed missed swimming. In high school, he began a disciplined training schedule that earned him a spot on a collegiate team and the chance to compete. Today, he is one of the most well respected and known swimmers in the World. No one has ever seen an athlete reach such high levels in such a short period of time. Ed capped his meteoric rise by breaking numerous World and American Records and winning a Gold and Silver Medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Despite all this, Ed sufferers from exercise induced asthma. He believes he lost out on his chance to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics due to an over-chlorinated Olympics trial's pool, which obstructed his breathing.
Platinum Performance Supplements: Platinum Performance Granular, Hemo-Flo, Myo-Aid, and Ortho-Chon.
Follow-Up: Ed owns the fastest breaststroke relay split in history - under one minute. His current World Rankings include 100m Breaststroke; No. 1 World and American Record Holder for the 50m & 100m Breaststroke; Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist in the 4 x 100m Medley Relay (Gold) and the 100m Breaststroke (Silver).
Career Highlights:
Olympic Trials
Broke American Record in 100m Breastroke (1:00:44).
Olympic Games
2000: Gold medal, 400m Medley Relay; Silver medal, 100m Breaststroke.
U. S. Open
2001: Gold medal, 100m and 200m Breaststroke. Broke World Record in both the 50m and 100m Breastroke.
World Cup 2
2000: Gold medal, 50m, 100m, and 200m Breaststrokes
World Cup 3
2000 Gold medal, 50m and 100m Breaststrokes
Pan American Games
1999: Gold and silver medal, 100m Breaststroke
U.S. National Titles
World Record Holder and 7-Time National Champion in the 100 & 200m Breastroke (SCM & LCM), and 4 x 100m Medley Relay; NCAA Champion in 100m & 200m Breastroke; both in World Record Times.
USATODAY.com
U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week.
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