UPDATE: Maly has sent us a much nicer translation and it is posted in the comments section! Thank you Maly!
He also reveals a lot of personal details from his religion, what his tattoos represent, Laure Manadou, and he is well aware that he will need a career post swimming.
When asked if he has suffered a lot to be so "beautiful" - He answers yes, and blames it all on swimming. Nice!
1. He trains 6-hours-a-day and he loves it and has been doing it since 14-years old.
2. In the water from 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM working on technique
4. 10:00 AM he is either running with 30-pounds worth of weight in his hands or biking
5. 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM lifting weights
6. 5:00 PM - 6:15 more swimming
7. Works on his abs for one hour
Link to Gala.fr: [Link]
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i translatd the interview for a friend
FREDERICK BOUSQUET THE BODY
World record holder , 3 time medalist in rome , the gladiator of the pool is the sex bomb of french sport. his girlfriend laure manaudou is so lucky.
gala: Well what are your body stat ?
Fred : well i don't really know them. i am 1.88 meter tall and i wear a size 45 (french size ) i have about 2 meter wing span . well that is all i can say
gala: Have you suffered a lot to be beautiful?
FB: (laughs) Yes it is true that swimming gives the best bodies because you work the uper and lower part of the body. but the essential goal is being performant . My 6 daily hours of training are done with plesure well most of the time....
gala: what is your daily routine?
FB: well tomorrow ,from 8 to 9.15 am i am in the water working the technic , than some fun exercices like running in the water with some weigth in the hand .
Gala : it looks like training like rambo
FB: than at 10 , we jog on the high of marseille , we can also use the training bike . from 1 to 3 pm gym than at 5 pm water again . we finish at 18 .15 with one hour of abs exercice . it is dificult to explain so it would better to came and see.
Gala: a lot of our readers would like to see you very closy...
FB: but they can , the swim club at marseille is open to the public.
Gala : since when have you been torturing your body ?
FB: 14 years old wich is old for a swimmer. at the beginning i wanted to a soccer player but for health reason i had to stop . i wasn't eating anything , i was a wimp, i had broken a lot of bones on the pitch . the doctors told my parents i had to stop and chose between swimming or ballet.
Gala: so you went through the stage where you were a skinny and plenty of acne teen ?
FB: Skinny yes but i was lukky not to have acne.
Gala: when you watch yourself in the mirror , do you find some imperfections?
FB: a lot , i have too long arms . in swimming it is good but in real life is can be hard , i have a lot of difficulty of find shirt my size : i have to roll the sleaves . i don't like my nose.
Gala : tell us about your many tatoos .... what are their stories ?
FB: i started at sixteen when swimming became a passion for me . now i have 6 of them , i have the same tatoo artist , we design the tatoo toogether . some of the tribal sign represent the aquatic elements , other are the names of my family . i also have a colombe and a olive branch on my hand in reference of my catholic faith.
Gala: well a sane spirit in a sane body : do you same hidden sins?
FB: i have some : i love sweets , i have to be careful about eat ting them. when i am on holiday , i am lazy , i don't do a thing . at home , i don't have the courage to put the curtain up
Gala: what do you look first at in a woman.
FB: i look at her allure than at details . her head and sholder position , we says a lot with the body langage , we can't cheat with that.
Gala: that it bother you when some ladies says that they are crazy about your body?
FB: i am a bit shy about it , i laugh and i become red . i tend to redden when i get compliments.
Gala: is laure jelous about that
FB: no i don't give her reasons to be.
Gala: what will you do when your swimming career is finish.
FB: my studies wil give the posibility to do another job. i am finishing a master in sport management . at 28 years old i have about 4 years of swimming left . it is not like with my carear money that i will be able to live on them.
GALA: the first photo is a wink to the new fina rule.
FB: yes we will able to see again the swimmers body . i want to continue having result even without the shiny suit.
Gala: when you are in the adam suit : what is your time before eating the apple.
FB: (laugh ) i am patient .
all I'm saying is that from here on out I'd like to be referred to only as either Torse de colosse or le gladiateur des bassins... don't forget it
I posted an update. Thank you so much for doing this. Stuff like this makes the world a smaller and more accessible place for us monolingual - (one language), Ameicans.
here are the 2 photos from the gala intervieuw:
http://yfrog.com/0l00026zfcj
http://yfrog.com/7h00028z75j
Technique everyday for 75 minutes, that's great patience and something that needs to be done more often
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I'm a little surprised that only 2.5 of the six hours is swimming. Perhaps I shouldn't be, this is probably the smart way to do it.
It explains why the french are so ripped. Cullen Jones should go train in France!
I've always been struck by the strong resemblance between Bousquet and George St. Pierre, the French-Canadian MMA fighter. google St. Pierre, you'll see what I'm talking about.
I don't see that resemblance. Bernard is a foot-or-two taller as well
Some pictures, some angles, they look quite similar, even in build. St. Pierre is (I think) around 5' 11", Bousquet is listed at 6' 2".
all white guys look alike! ;-)
Did any of you see Craig Lord's "Op Ed" or advertisement for Speedo today?
The guy is on crack! He thinks a $200 jammer is a better deal than a $350 tech suit with 15-times more material.
Then i think he made a snide remark abut Britta Steffen and Cesar Cielo though I am not sure since the paragraph was incomprehensible.
I should "beat him to death" with a wet noodle
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