Welcome Team USANA Athlete, Brooke Neal!

This week, we caught up with NEW Team USANA Athlete and Hockey super star Brooke Neal.

Brooke is a member of the New Zealand hockey team and has recently joined Team USANA after many years of enjoying the benefits of the products. Here’s what she had to say…

How did you hear about USANA?

My mum opened a USANA business when I was 12, and I started taking body rox before moving onto the essentials. 11 years later I’m absolutely loving them!

What’s your favourite USANA product and why?

There are too many favourites to choose! I really like Procosamine for my joint health, especially the amount of loading I put through my bones. I also enjoy Proflavonol, and Biomega for my skin.

What’s your tip to staying fit and healthy?

Build a routine. Aim to do something active every day, even if it’s just a walk and stretch. Combine that with a healthy and balanced diet and USANA supplements, and you’re on your way to a healthy lifestyle! 

Who’s your sporting idol, and why?

Novak Djokovic because he is such an all rounded athlete. His diet is impeccable, the skill he has and commitment to being number 1 is very impressive.

How did you get involved in Hockey?

It runs in the family! My older brother is in the Blacksticks Mens team, my dad played and he also coached many of my teams growing up. At the age of 4 I began playing, and haven’t looked back! It was great following my brother’s lead.

Tell us about your training schedule:

It depends what we have coming up. Leading up to a major tournament, we would have 5 hockey training sessions, 3 gym sessions, 2 fitness sessions along with our own personal muscle rehabilitation and stretching, with Sundays being our rest day.

What are some of your career highlights to date?

My debut vs Australia in 2013 was unforgettable, along with our big tournament this year (the olympic qualifier) in Belgium where we came 4th.

What’s coming up for you?

We have a tournament in Taranaki where we take on Australia, Samoa and Papua New Guinea. In November we head off to Argentina to play in the World League round 4 finals, taking on the top 8 teams in the world. All of these tournaments we are looking at building our team for our major goal of a medal at the olympics next August.

Welcome to the Team Brooke!!