WEBVTT - Ironman Ali Day will inspire your next workout

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Healthyish. Thank you for joining us listeners on

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<v Speaker 1>this daily podcast from Body and Soul. I am Felicity

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<v Speaker 1>Harley and joining us on the pod today is Alis Today,

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<v Speaker 1>otherwise known as Ali Day. He's a five time Iron

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<v Speaker 1>Series champion and whoop athlete, and we're picking apart well

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<v Speaker 1>what his race series is all about, and also his training,

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<v Speaker 1>nutrition and covery in preparation for these grueling events that

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<v Speaker 1>he participates in throughout summer. Make sure you're listening to

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<v Speaker 1>extra Healthy Ish, where we take a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>deep dive into his mindset and how he keeps going

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<v Speaker 1>when things are getting pretty mentally tough. Ali, thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>joining us on Healthy Today. How are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for having me?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm doing well well all the way from your

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<v Speaker 1>kid's bedroom, although I probably wouldn't so, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Brannie's chair, it's extremely it's actually not too bad. It's

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<v Speaker 2>pretty comfortable, Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I do love that we can do podcasting from wherever

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<v Speaker 1>these days, even if it is our kids bedroom.

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<v Speaker 2>That's exactly right.

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<v Speaker 3>So mean obviously not being living here on the Gold Coast.

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<v Speaker 3>You down in Sydney, Yeah, I mean COVID and all

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<v Speaker 3>those sorts of things. Although it was like a bit

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<v Speaker 3>of a huge negative, but this has been a big

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<v Speaker 3>positive out of it, the easy being.

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<v Speaker 2>Able to do this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, tell us about what you do. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>what's actually involved in an iron man iron woman race.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's like a really good question.

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<v Speaker 3>So the sport of ironman or iron woman racing was

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<v Speaker 3>born out of basically, you know, trying to save someone's

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<v Speaker 3>life as quick as you can in the ocean. So

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<v Speaker 3>there's obviously the similarity between iron man like you riding

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<v Speaker 3>a bike, running and swimming. And when I was at

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<v Speaker 3>school or my teachers to ask, how is it, You're right,

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<v Speaker 3>you're running and you're bike riding going, and so this

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<v Speaker 3>that people get confused. Our iron man, as I said,

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<v Speaker 3>and women sorry, is born out of saving people's lives.

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<v Speaker 3>Is born from surf life saving. It involves four disciplinancy.

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<v Speaker 3>Go a swim leg in the ocean, a board leg

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<v Speaker 3>where you're sort of on achron board, either kneeling up

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<v Speaker 3>or laying down. And then you're on a surf ski

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<v Speaker 3>which is basically a kayak, and you use a rum

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<v Speaker 3>transition to transition.

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<v Speaker 2>All of those legs up.

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<v Speaker 3>So, you know, because we race in mother nature, you

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<v Speaker 3>can you can have races, or you can racing conditions

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<v Speaker 3>like Musa where it's dead flat, or you can go

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<v Speaker 3>down to Victoria and borts you like I have in

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<v Speaker 3>my early days, and you're racing you six to ten

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<v Speaker 3>foot surf sort of thing. So mother nature is I

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<v Speaker 3>guess like has a huge part in our sport. And

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<v Speaker 3>as I said, it was born out of being able

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<v Speaker 3>to be the fastest person to get out in the

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<v Speaker 3>water and save someone's life. And that's kind of how.

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<v Speaker 2>The sport was born.

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<v Speaker 1>And what are the lengths, just so we can determine

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<v Speaker 1>the difference, because I think that was a really good

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<v Speaker 1>point to make because often it can be very confusing.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's two really good points there that you just ask.

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<v Speaker 3>So in our like our formats are always different, so

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<v Speaker 3>our austrain and iron. Then at the end of the

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<v Speaker 3>year or i'm women, race is our national title. It's

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<v Speaker 3>always roughly between.

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<v Speaker 2>Twelve and fifteen minutes long.

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<v Speaker 3>And you could turn up and they draw basically a

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<v Speaker 3>paddle pop stick out of a hat and it could

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<v Speaker 3>be ski, swim board or board swim ski. So like

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<v Speaker 3>again it's there's no there's never any set order and

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<v Speaker 3>then you look at a race that I'm about to

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<v Speaker 3>do for the tenth time in October, the Cool and

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<v Speaker 3>Get a Gold again.

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<v Speaker 2>It was born out of the movie. It's its fortieth.

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<v Speaker 3>Anniversary this year, and that race goes for four hours,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's again it's similar to I guess, like you know,

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<v Speaker 3>like swimming races, like you know, fifteen hundred meter or

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<v Speaker 3>you go fifty meter freestyle, where our Cool and Get

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<v Speaker 3>a goal is four hours, our national title is fifteen minutes,

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<v Speaker 3>and then our professional series, which we'll talk about today.

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<v Speaker 3>Those races can go from anywhere from fifteen minutes to

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<v Speaker 3>fifty minutes. And as I said, we're in mother Nature

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<v Speaker 3>and all the formats can be different, the orders can

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<v Speaker 3>be different. So there's a bit there sort of digest

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<v Speaker 3>and hopefully that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it does. I mean, it's a sport that really

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<v Speaker 1>would challenge you on you know, whatever race you're turning

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<v Speaker 1>up to and whatever you're doing on that day, in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of not just your physical strength but also your

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<v Speaker 1>emotional strength. What I mean, what drives you to do

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<v Speaker 1>something like this?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, for starters, I think you know, I was. I

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<v Speaker 3>was brought up by parents that loved the ocean and

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<v Speaker 3>loved sports and would fit and healthy and still are

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<v Speaker 3>to this day.

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<v Speaker 2>And they sort of.

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<v Speaker 3>Took me and my brother and my sister so many

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<v Speaker 3>sporting events, and ironmn was sort of the thing that.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the most.

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<v Speaker 3>I love the fact that I was watching these guys

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<v Speaker 3>on the weekend race at places like ports in eight

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<v Speaker 3>to ten foot surf and we're able to sort of

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<v Speaker 3>handle mother nature, but were so fit and running around

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<v Speaker 3>in speedos and the Ironman top and on the back

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<v Speaker 3>of the new train box.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's sort of that's what sort of kickstarted it

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<v Speaker 2>for me.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought, wow, what a you know, I never thought

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<v Speaker 3>I'd get to do it as a job or call

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<v Speaker 3>myself an iron Man, but I thought, what a cool

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<v Speaker 3>sport to get involved in them.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I think, yeah, the motivation has changed.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been very successful. I know that sounds really braggy.

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<v Speaker 1>But you have been You're allowed to own it.

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<v Speaker 3>And also at the same time, like it's think us

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<v Speaker 3>about motivation, I think, yeah, I mean I'm still trying

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<v Speaker 3>to perfect that perfect time in race, that have that

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<v Speaker 3>perfect season, and I've got a young family now and

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<v Speaker 3>as I mentioned off air to you, like I don't

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<v Speaker 3>have that long left. So I just want to try

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<v Speaker 3>and enjoy every every last minute of every last training session,

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<v Speaker 3>every last race trip away and things like that. So

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<v Speaker 3>very honor to have the career.

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<v Speaker 2>That I've had so far.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes, I mean, it takes obviously a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of training and management of nutrition and recovery. What are

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<v Speaker 1>some of your just in a nutshell, non negotiable habits

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the weeks when you're leading into the I mean

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<v Speaker 1>you're starting a summer's coming, leading into summer.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's like I'm four weeks out at the moment

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<v Speaker 3>of five weeks out from that cool and goet of gold,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's a big one for me. As I said before,

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<v Speaker 3>it's the fortieth anniversary. I'm going for my tenth title,

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<v Speaker 3>which is crazy to actually think about. So I actually

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<v Speaker 3>just had a conversation with my wife then, and she

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<v Speaker 3>does basically all about cooking a hand on hard.

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<v Speaker 2>I can just basically the fair minimum in our.

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<v Speaker 1>House, the bar, she's your share for nutrition coach.

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<v Speaker 2>The psychologist's everything.

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<v Speaker 3>But she asked me, what do you want to what

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<v Speaker 3>do you want to do in the next four weeks,

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<v Speaker 3>And it's just really knuckling down on my diet. It's

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<v Speaker 3>something I looked at almost ten years ago, when I

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<v Speaker 3>was twenty four. I had a season out there, and

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<v Speaker 3>I use that sort of season to look at areas

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<v Speaker 3>I could improve. So diet will be a huge thing

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<v Speaker 3>over it, and it always is, sorry in our lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 3>It's something I'm really actually passionate about and will continue

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<v Speaker 3>to be passionate about post iman career. Sleep is another one,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, like making sure that I'm getting just enough

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<v Speaker 3>and so yeah, between sleep, hydration, and food, they're kind

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<v Speaker 3>of like my three pillars. And off the back of that,

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's when you can really start to like

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<v Speaker 3>add in like I've got a sauna at home, I've

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<v Speaker 3>got an ice bath, I've got a Plartes reformer and

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<v Speaker 3>things like that too. So again, very fortunate with the

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<v Speaker 3>other things, but you've got to you've got to do

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<v Speaker 3>the foundations. You've got to get those things right, like

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<v Speaker 3>I said, to sleep, the hydration, the food, and off

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<v Speaker 3>the back of that you can start doing I guess

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<v Speaker 3>like the you could almost call like the sexy stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>you know what I mean, exactly correct?

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<v Speaker 1>Can I just talk about hydration for a minute. That's

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<v Speaker 1>really interesting because I haven't had anyone mention that as

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<v Speaker 1>part of their key pillars before. How do you go

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<v Speaker 1>about making sure you're hydrated enough throughout day?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so I'm pretty you know, I wish we could

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<v Speaker 2>I could sort of show you my our water that

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<v Speaker 2>we have, not our water, but at my routine.

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<v Speaker 3>So I drink like an athletic green supplement and the

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<v Speaker 3>wrning the water that we actually drink is a company

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<v Speaker 3>up here on the Gold Coast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like pure flow water. So the water that we

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<v Speaker 2>buy is delivered to us.

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<v Speaker 3>And I've always, like probably the last six or seven years,

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<v Speaker 3>we've just always had that in our house. I've traveled

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<v Speaker 3>with it, drank with it, and I've also got like

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<v Speaker 3>a benchtop filter from a company called Hydration Health, a

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<v Speaker 3>sponsor of.

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<v Speaker 2>Mine, and we've got shower filters.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got that in our house as well as the

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<v Speaker 3>bench top filter that we drink.

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<v Speaker 2>Our water out of.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's yeah, it's a non negotiable again, Like again,

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<v Speaker 3>it's something I'm really we're really passionate about in our household.

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<v Speaker 2>And I feel like it's a one percenter It makes me.

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<v Speaker 3>Feel I feel like I'm more hydrated throughout the day

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<v Speaker 3>having that do you.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep a track throughout the day of what you're drinking.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you like tick one glass, tick two glass?

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<v Speaker 3>Through just making sure like as I said, I have

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<v Speaker 3>that that athletic Greens drink in the morning and then

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<v Speaker 3>like before I get in the pool, presuming in the

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<v Speaker 3>morning it's like having another thing of water with electro

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<v Speaker 3>lts in it, stuff like that, and then post iting

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<v Speaker 3>like I'm always sort of you know, we trained two

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<v Speaker 3>three time today today, I've got three sessions and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>just making sure that I'm carrying my Yeddie water bottle

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<v Speaker 3>basically everywhere and along with just basically like I said,

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<v Speaker 3>just some hydrolight tablets and stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't overthink it.

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<v Speaker 3>But again it's just if I'm hydrated, it means I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going to sleep better. It means I'm going to feel better.

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<v Speaker 3>And same goes with food, tango goes to sleep. They

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<v Speaker 3>sort of all don't know, they're all sort of combined.

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<v Speaker 1>In one personal support water bottle. That's what we call them.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's what I call it. Ali. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>coming unhealthy.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, my friends. Grab your emotional support water bottle, give

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<v Speaker 1>it a sip, and remember hydration. This keeps coming up

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more and more. Actually, I feel like we're

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<v Speaker 1>valuing hydration more when it comes to exercise, fitness, and

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<v Speaker 1>overall well being. Thanks for listening to this chat with Ali.

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