Alica Schmidt shares a glimpse of her intense gym training sessions in South Africa as she gears up for the upcoming track season

Alica Schmidt shared some highlights of her intense training sessions, gearing up for the upcoming track season. The athlete is in her first training camp of the year in South Africa.

After falling short of making it to the podium in any event at the Paris Olympics, Schmidt has been involved in rigorous training, hoping to deliver better performances in the 2025 season. She has been sharing several updates on her training sessions and has recently given a glimpse of her workout from her first training camp of the year in South Africa.

She took to her Instagram story and shared videos of her gym sessions, showcasing her intense workouts. In the first video, she was seen doing weighted hip-thrust and wrote:

"Gym but make it fast🔥 "

Alica Schmidt's Instagram story via @alicasmd

In the next stories, she showcased other exercises from her training session.

Alica Schmidt also recently expressed discontent with her session on her Instagram story, where she shared a video of her running on the 800m track and wrote:

"So thankful for the support. Actually I'm not really happy how the session went but it's a progress🙏 "

Alica Schmidt announced her participation in the 800m dash

In November 2024, Alica Schmidt announced a major change in her track career shifting from the 400m to the 800m dash for the 2025 track season. She took to her Instagram handle and shared a carousel of pictures of her time at the Paris Olympics, announcing the change. She also reflected on the 2024 season, writing:

"Got some news 🤭👀m It’s been quite a year 🤯It was filled with so many highlights and I made some memories that will last forever: From the world relays in the Bahamas, where we qualified the mixed relay for the Olympic to the European championships in Rome, where we qualified the women’s 4x400m for Paris to the German national and of course: THE OLYMPICS🥹 "

"After Paris I tried something new and ran a 800m & 600m and really enjoyed pushing out of my comfort zone. Back in 2022, I decided that I wanted to give the 800m a shot after the Paris Olympics, so now it means… I’m going for it next year 👀 I‘m on my way to my first high altitude training camp where I’ll join an international 800m group to train alongside great athletes where I can learn a lot. I‘m super excited for this new challenge and what it will bring ✨ (I‘m also going to run the 400m but focus more on the endurance part in training for now) Let this journey begin," she added.

Alica Schmidt was on a four-week vacation in her off-season months after falling short of winning any medal at the 2024 Summer Games.