1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: I am just going to put on this blanding site 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: and I'm just going to be proud of my body, 3 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: and I'm proud of what I've done, and there's nothing 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: I would change. I have this baby or all, and 5 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: that's what I wanted, and I look the way that 6 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: I look, and if people need to judge, they will 7 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: just have to get to judge for it. And I'm 8 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: proud of doing that, but I also admit it was 9 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: really really hard for me. 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, Emily a body here bring you another installment 11 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: of this week's special in focus series on motherhood. Leading 12 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 2: up to Mother's Day, I am chatting with six extraordinary women, 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: some moms, some not, but each of them with a 14 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: story to tell forever, shaped by the women that came 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: before them. Today for the show, I am chatting with 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: Annie Thora's daughter. She is Crossfits two times fittest woman 17 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: on Earth. The Rebox sponsored athlete is a new mom 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,559 Speaker 2: of a pandemic born baby. In today's episode, we talk 19 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,279 Speaker 2: about all of it, from how she got into sport 20 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: to what it was like when she found out that 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 2: she was pregnant. We also chat about how Annie navigated 22 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: critical feedback on her workouts during pregnancy as well as 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 2: her timeline to getting back into the swing of things 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: after having her baby, Freya. She also shares the one 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 2: thing that could make her pull back leading up to 26 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 2: the CrossFit Games and give some seriously helpful advice to 27 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: any other new mom struggling just to handle the day. 28 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: Today. 29 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: I want to thank her sponsor, Rebox so much for 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: connecting us and they're doing something awesome. 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I feel so much love 40 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: from this community lately, and I hope that you are 41 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: feeling it from my end as well. If you aren't 42 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: a member yet, I would love for you to join 43 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: the Secret Hurdler's Facebook group. 44 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: There there is so. 45 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: Much love to go around, some really great conversations happening, 46 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: people connecting from all over, not just the country, but 47 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: the world. I'm telling you it's a good time. Make 48 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: sure you're following Hurdle over on social media. It's at 49 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 2: Hurdle Podcast. 50 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 3: I am over. 51 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: At Emily a Body And with that, let's get to hurdling. 52 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 3: Today. 53 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: I'm sitting down with Annie thora daughter. She is the 54 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 2: two time fittest woman on Earth, an avid CrossFit athlete. 55 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 3: How you doing, Annie, I'm doing great. 56 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 4: Thank you. 57 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 3: I'm so excited. You may be. So you're in Iceland 58 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 3: right now? 59 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 4: Yes, I'm a nice one. Right now. 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: This is the farthest distance between like the person that 61 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: I am recording with that I have been to date. 62 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 3: Really, how has it been an Iceland? What's going on 63 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 3: over there for you? 64 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 4: It's good. We're starting to see a glimpse of summer, 65 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 4: which is amazing. 66 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 3: It's amazing. 67 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 4: It's like, it was so nice in town. 68 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: Some at the summerhouse right now, my parents' summerhouse, and 69 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: it was so nice weather in town. And then we're 70 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: driving us two days ago and we're driving in the 71 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: sun and my parents are like, oh, yeah. 72 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 4: We just arrived to the summerhouse and it's snowing here. 73 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 4: I'm like, oh. 74 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: Man, and then we came and it was sunny, so 75 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: like we're working around it like freezing still, but once 76 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: we get the sun out and it's not wind, it's amazing. 77 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: We actually change outside today, just like Frederick was shirtless 78 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: and I was on the tank. I'm like, this does 79 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: not happen very often, so we take in everything we can. 80 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 3: We would love to hear it. 81 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: The pandemic has been quite eventful for you, as it 82 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 2: has been for many, but for you specifically because over 83 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: the pandemic you had a baby girl. 84 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 3: Congratulations, thank you. 85 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 4: Yes, so I actually got something done during this pandemic. 86 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 4: A lot of people are like. 87 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: Oh, you don't count the time when kohit was going 88 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: on and nobody was doing anything. I'm like, well, I 89 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: was explained, I was doing something. I got something accomplished. 90 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 3: Well, before we break into what life has been like 91 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 3: with you with your baby, what life was like while 92 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 3: you were pregnant, I'd love it if you could give 93 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 3: the Hurdle listeners a little bit of insight into how 94 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 3: you got into sport. 95 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, so I did gymnastics growing up. I was always 96 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 4: active as a can and every time there was a 97 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 4: challenge to do something, I would be the first one like, no, 98 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 4: I can do it. I can do it. Let me. 99 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 4: Having two older brothers. 100 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: I got really really competitive and it was never a 101 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: thing like their boys and I'm a girl, so I 102 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: can't do it. Because I'm a girl. That wasn't a thing. 103 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 1: If they could do something, I wanted to show that 104 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: I could do it too, And that was just how 105 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: I was raised. And then going into sports. I started 106 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: gymnastics and did that for ten years, and then when 107 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: I started high school, I was like, okay, now I'm 108 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: going to be serious about just my studies and knew 109 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: that I was not going to the Olympics or anything 110 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: in gymnastics. I was getting quite tall and starting to 111 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: realize the dangers of gymnastics, so I stopped, like daring 112 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: to do a lot of things and then your career 113 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: in gymnastics is done. So I stopped and started doing 114 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: dance and ballet and competing. I got into the dance 115 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: academy here in Iceland and ballet, and then I started 116 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: competing in just like these random fitness competitions. In Iceland, 117 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: we have like these weird sporting events where you like 118 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: do a bunch of sit ups and push ups and 119 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: jump over a box and then you run into bench 120 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: press and it's like all for time and you compete 121 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: in this. And I started competing in these and started 122 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: winning and thought it was really really fun. It wasn't 123 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: like fitting with ballet. And then I started doing pole 124 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: vaulting and that was also amazing, Like became the Icelandic 125 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: champion indoors and outdoors in pole vaulting. A few years 126 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: and my plan was to go to Olympics in pole vaulting, 127 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: but I was always competing in these random competitions at 128 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: the same time. And then one of the random competitions 129 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: I signed up for was crossfin That was two thousand 130 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: and nine, and I won that competition and by winning it, 131 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: it was like Issen had a wild card at the 132 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 1: Cross Day Games that year. 133 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 4: By winning it, I. 134 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: Got an invitation to compete at the Crossjay Games, and 135 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: I was like, why not, let's do that. I get 136 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: to go to the USA and compete, and it just 137 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: sounded intriguing to me. So I went with a very 138 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: good friend of mine, a training partner, and my parents 139 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: came with us, and I was nineteen. 140 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 4: Years old and. 141 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: It was one of the coolest experiences I've I've gone 142 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: through because it was nothing what I imagined it was 143 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: going to be. 144 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 4: I didn't really know what I was going into. 145 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: But it was so difficult and yet so much fun because, yeah, 146 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: I guess because I didn't know what I was going into. 147 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: I was getting challenged in so many different different ways. 148 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: Like I said, I did ballet, I did pole, all thing. 149 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: But I never felt like any of this stuff was enough. 150 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: I always wanted something, I felt like it was too 151 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: much the same. And then getting to compete and CrossFit, 152 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: it was all of a sudden everything I wanted. I 153 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: was getting to run, I was getting to lift heavy weights, 154 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: I was getting to gymnastics and skill and it was 155 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: I felt like I found my sport and I certainly did. 156 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 1: And after competing there, I actually I was in second 157 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: place going into the final event, and then we had 158 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: this skill that I'd never done before, and I failed 159 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: my muscle up. So I got my first one, but 160 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: I didn't manage to finish, so that meant that I 161 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: dropped on the lead aboard. But it was also something 162 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: that just lit this fire in me. I found something 163 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: that I couldn't just muscle my way through. I actually 164 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: had to practice more and get better at it, and 165 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: I decided to give cross it one more year. 166 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 4: And here I am. 167 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: But then ten years later and I'm still giving cross 168 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: It one more year. 169 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: Oh my goodness. 170 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: It's so crazy to hear that story and going into 171 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 2: that competition with such a level of blind faith in yourself. 172 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 2: Because my first question to you was going to be 173 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 2: if coming over from Iceland, when you got to that competition, 174 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 2: if there were movements or things that were more popular 175 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 2: over here that you hadn't been doing back at home. 176 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 4: Yeah. 177 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: So I only had two months to prepare for the 178 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: Crossway Games and went to across the gyms to get 179 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: some help and saw some coaches learned some Olympic weightlifting, 180 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: but I decided, like the highest skills, I wasn't really 181 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: going to get them, and I didn't expect them to 182 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: have rings like I was in gymnastics, but rings are 183 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 1: a male movement, so I somehow just didn't expect them 184 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: to have that. So I didn't practice anything on that. 185 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: So there was definitely and there were more things that 186 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: came up. Dave he would like Dave Castro, he would 187 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: say the workout and then almost every single time me 188 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: or my training partners same there and we'd be like, sorry, wait, 189 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,599 Speaker 1: what is that movement? And then it had like demonstrated 190 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: and like talk us through it. So that was that 191 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: was kind of my experience. But it was also so 192 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: cool because every single time it's like, yeah, no problem, 193 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: I'll show you and I'll teach you. And my competitors 194 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: and people in the audience and everyone were so helpful 195 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: and fun and it was it was definitely different to 196 00:09:58,880 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: other competitions I've been. 197 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 3: I'm so sure of it. 198 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: Wow. 199 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 2: So what a cool story, because, as you said, you 200 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 2: went back for your second time and then the rest 201 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: is history. Something that goes hand in hand with your 202 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 2: rise in CrossFit is also I'm sure more and more 203 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 2: people following along with you on social media, and so 204 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 2: as you start to excel as an athlete, there are 205 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: more eyes on you. I've heard you speak about this before. 206 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 2: More eyes means more critical feedback. So as you are 207 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 2: a woman excelling in your sport, you're super muscular, talk 208 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 2: to me about how you first started to navigate people 209 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 2: having an opinion on the way that you looked. 210 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: Well, that actually started. I didn't really have when I 211 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: won the first time. I didn't have social media like 212 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: I obviously I had Facebook and I started my fan 213 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: page on Facebook, but that was kind of the biggest 214 00:10:53,240 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: platform that I had. But even twenty ten, yeah, the eleven, 215 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: every time the camera came on me and they were 216 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 1: doing interviews p English definitely was not perfect. But I 217 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: always got the question like, so, and how is it 218 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: having so much muscle being a girl at this age 219 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: and having so much. 220 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 4: Muscle, Like how is it at home? 221 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 1: And the funny thing was I had never really thought 222 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: about it. I had never gotten the question here at 223 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: home in Iceland, how is it to have that much 224 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: muscle being a girl? But I got that question multiple 225 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: occasions in the US, and that question continued to rise up, 226 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: and that got me thinking, how is it to be 227 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: a girl having so much muscle? Like it had never 228 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: been an issue for me or anything. Obviously. Sometimes when 229 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: I put an address and I was in high school 230 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: and I had a six pack shown throw, I was like, oh, 231 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: that's different, like maybe I wish I wouldn't have that, 232 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: But then a few minutes later, it's like, I don't care. 233 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 4: It's my body and I worked really hard for it, 234 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 4: and it. 235 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: Is what it is like I can't really I was 236 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: almost born with us expac I guess, so I can 237 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: really change it. It was something obviously obviously I've had 238 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: some there's some things that I've wanted to change on 239 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: my body, and I think every single woman has had 240 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,719 Speaker 1: that probably meant as well. But I think we criticize 241 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: our bodies and ourselves more than men do. 242 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 2: So interesting to hear you say like, yeah, there was 243 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 2: a point that I wish I didn't have that because 244 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 2: you always kind of want, you know, the shoe from 245 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: the other foot, right, like you want the thing that 246 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 2: you don't have. So so many women would be like, wow, 247 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: I would like slay for Annie's abs, and then there 248 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 2: are times where you're like, oh, I would slay, like 249 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 2: just for a minute, not for this to be so obvious. 250 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 2: And then also, I mean, you brought up a really 251 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 2: good point about American culture, which I would say hopefully 252 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: with the body positivity movement is becoming more and more 253 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 2: accepting of women of all shapes, of all sizes, of 254 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 2: all backgrounds to come here and this is the place 255 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 2: that you get asked about that. That's such an interesting 256 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 2: and interesting point. 257 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,239 Speaker 4: No, absolutely, and I do feel like it's changed. 258 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: A little bit over the years, and I guess also 259 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: as you grow as a person, the more you start 260 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: just being confident in your own skin. And that's something 261 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: that i've especially with the years. That's something that I 262 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: want to try to be a role model to other 263 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: women and young girls, just to be happy in their 264 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: own skin, because it's we have this one body and 265 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: we're not gonna obviously we can mold it into what 266 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 1: we want it to be, but the most important thing 267 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: is having energy to do the things that we want 268 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: to do. It doesn't matter what we look like. And 269 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: I think it's really important also to be open then 270 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 1: about some of those things that you might have an 271 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: issue with on yourself and kind of accepting it and 272 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: being okay with telling other people about it, Like there 273 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: are like I said, while it was a teenager, the 274 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: Six Pact was bothering me, and I've had like I said, 275 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: there's obviously other things. It's like scars that you might 276 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: get on your shins and scars that might get on 277 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: my arms from things that I've done and my training 278 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: and stuff. But now I feel like it's more a 279 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: part of my journey. It's just a part of who 280 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: I am. It shows some of the hard work that 281 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: I've put in, and I'm proud of these things. And 282 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: I think even more so after having Freya. It's gotten 283 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: even more important to me to try to be showing 284 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: that I am okay with the way that I look, 285 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: even though I might sometimes not feel at my very 286 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: very best. And looking back at some of the videos 287 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: where I see myself training, I'm like, oh my god, 288 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: and I felt like I was soft at this time. 289 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: I'm so fit, and it kind of makes you realize 290 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: this distorted body imas that we tend to have of ourselves. 291 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: And I definitely caught myself, especially after giving birth. I 292 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: obviously have not gained my body the same way as 293 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: it was before, but I had a belly for a 294 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: while and I still have some like I have extra skin. 295 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 4: I got a really really big belly. 296 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: I had very often heard women say that, and my 297 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: girlfriends say that they still hadn't gone to the swimming 298 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: pool after they give after they had their baby because 299 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: they didn't feel like they liked their body enough for that, 300 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: And I'm like, that's so stupid, Like it's so silly, 301 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: because you did something incredible and honestly nobody's going to 302 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: be looking at you, judging you for the way that 303 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: you look. Yeah, it's only you that's going to be 304 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 1: thinking those things. 305 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 2: I also feel and wonder if, right at first, did 306 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 2: you feel as strong in this mentality, because I'm sure 307 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 2: that there were certainly, you know, weeks months on end, 308 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 2: especially when you couldn't train, that you were really going 309 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 2: through the motions of navigating this new feeling and this 310 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 2: new body and maybe feeling some kind of way about it. 311 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: Absolutely, it was so much harder than I expected it 312 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: to be. Somehow, while I was pregnant, your body was 313 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: doing something. I had this belly for a reason, and 314 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: I had this baby in there, and I didn't care 315 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: that it was a huge belly, and I didn't care 316 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 1: about the comments. But after giving birth, I still had 317 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: this bellion. It was just like empty. And I've always 318 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: had a very firm stomach, and even when I was pregnant, 319 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: the stomach is really really firm. But now I just 320 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: had this like empty, sagging belly that was there for 321 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: no reason, and it was really difficult for me mentally, 322 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: and like you said, also just not being able to train. 323 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 4: I got I went real. 324 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: I went through a really really rough berth and I 325 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: wasn't able to start doing anything until at least six 326 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: weeks past. Then I was able to start sitting on 327 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: a bike and doing a little something. But it's still 328 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: I am still recovering. I'm not fully recovered, and we're 329 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: closing it on nine months now and I'm still recovering. 330 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: It's my baby steps and I'm treating this as an injury. 331 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: But about three months after giving birth, two and a 332 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: half three months after giving birth, I had a photo 333 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: shoot that I was doing with Katrine, OK, And I 334 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: was like, that was rough for me. And we had 335 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: to go to the swimming pool and do swimming together 336 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: and I'm like, and we're shooting this on video and 337 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: I didn't want to and I caught myself being so 338 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: embarrassed about the way that I looked. And then I 339 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 1: was like, well, now it's time to step up and 340 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: actually do what I tell other people to do. Like 341 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: how can I preach over my girlfriends and say those 342 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: things to them and then I can't live by them myself. 343 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: Like I am just going to put on this planning 344 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: suite and I'm just going to be proud of my 345 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: body and I'm proud of what I've done, and there's 346 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: nothing I would change. 347 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 4: I had this baby roll and that's what I wanted, 348 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 4: and I look the way that I look, and if 349 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 4: people need to judge, they will just have to get 350 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 4: to judge for it. And I'm proud of doing that. 351 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 4: And I also admit it was really really hard for me. 352 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: I love something you said in that, which was, I'm 353 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 2: treating this as an injury. I think that for so 354 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 2: many women, just the comparison trap, the highlight reel. You 355 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 2: feel like you're supposed to be somewhere at some kind 356 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 2: of time because you've seen someone do it this way 357 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 2: or that way. And it really is the same recovering 358 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 2: from giving birth as it is from recovering from some 359 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 2: major injuries. If not, perhaps the birth recovery could be 360 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 2: an even longer period of time. 361 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 3: I mean everyone heals differently, you know exactly. 362 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 4: Yeah. 363 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: No, that actually helped me a lot when I started 364 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 1: thinking about it like that, because I know that I 365 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 1: can recover from injuries. 366 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 4: I've had two very injuries. 367 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 1: Before and I have recovered from them, but this was 368 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: so new to me, and I was like, I don't 369 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: know how to treat this. And then I started thinking 370 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: about it that way, like some people go through birth 371 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: and they don't get a bad injury, and just because 372 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: you don't see it doesn't mean that it's not there. 373 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: And thinking about it and treating it that way, I 374 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: felt like I was more in control again because I 375 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: know that I can recover from an injury. 376 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 2: So interesting, and it was also, I mean, completely different 377 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,520 Speaker 2: subject matter. But I had a runner named Alexi Pappus 378 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: on the show, and she went through a really difficult 379 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 2: time with depression, and she talks about depression as though 380 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 2: it is a brain injury. And when she, as an athlete, 381 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 2: thought of it in that way and understood that there 382 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: were steps that she could take to work on that 383 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 2: to get better from that quote unquote injury, then she 384 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 2: was in a much better place to deal with it 385 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 2: going forward. 386 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 4: That's really smart. Yeah, I like that. I really like that. 387 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 2: For you as an athlete, I would love to rewind 388 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: a little bit to when you found out you were pregnant. 389 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 2: Did you have any anxiety that went hand in hand 390 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 2: with out you're pregnant? Were you like ready to be pregnant? 391 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: Like where were you with that? 392 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: I was really excited when I found out I was pregnant. 393 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: It obviously I knew that it was going to change 394 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: my life a lot. I've always known that I wanted 395 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 1: to have a family, and it's been something that just 396 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: gets postponed and postpone and postponed because my body is 397 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: my work tool, and who knows if I'm going to 398 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 1: be able to compete again and after being pregnant and 399 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: giving birth and all of that. So it was something 400 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: that I didn't feel like I was ready for. But 401 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: as soon as I found out I was pregnant, it 402 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 1: just felt right. Yeah, it wasn't obviously it was mixed feelings. 403 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, I'm going to have 404 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: to tell my sponsors. I'm going to tell I have 405 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: to tell the whole world, like everyone this is following me, 406 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: are going to see me go go through this, and 407 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: who knows how my pregnancy is going to be. And 408 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: I know that I'm going to get judged throughout this 409 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 1: whole thing and knowing how to train through the whole thing, 410 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: but I don't know. I have an incredible team around me, 411 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: and every time there's a new challenge, I read everything 412 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: there is about it and I gather the knowledge that 413 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: I can and I make a plan. 414 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 4: I'm a person that likes having plans and goals, and 415 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 4: that's just what I did. And it made it. 416 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,719 Speaker 1: It made it fun actually, and I luckily, I felt 417 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: really good throughout my pregnancy. It was only like a 418 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: handful of times where I was like worried about my 419 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: body changing so much and not knowing my body. But 420 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 1: it was only like a handful of times where I 421 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: looked in the mirror and I got like a little 422 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: bit clastrophied. 423 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 4: But oh my god, I don't know my body, like 424 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 4: whose boobs are these? What is up with this belly? 425 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: But as soon as I started thinking about it. 426 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 4: It was really really weird. 427 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 3: You're like, these are back, these are my boobs? That's 428 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 3: yes all but oh my gosh. 429 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 2: So I mean, for you, you mentioned you had a 430 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 2: very healthy pregnancy. You were training throughout your pregnancy. Talk 431 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 2: to us a little bit about what that was like 432 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 2: for you and how you started to learn how to 433 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 2: modify what you had been doing previously, because although of 434 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 2: course lifting can be very great during a pregnancy, it's 435 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 2: very different than it was beforehand. 436 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: Absolutely, you had to I guess I've gotten pretty good 437 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,360 Speaker 1: at listening to my body, but I had to listen 438 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: to my body a little bit differently, and some of 439 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: the doctors were like, yeah, just we tell everyone just 440 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 1: to continue doing what you used to do, when I'm 441 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: like no, no, no, no, I know that. 442 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 4: I cannot do what I used to do. 443 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: Yes, what I used to do is every time you 444 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: feel pain or you need to quit or give up, 445 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: it's like, don't listen to your head, just push a 446 00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: little bit harder because this is where you get better. 447 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: But now it's like, no, no, listen to your body. 448 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: If you feel like you're pushing too hard, then just 449 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 1: slow it down a little bit. And I actually I 450 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: felt really good. There was like a certain period where 451 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: I didn't feel like squatting with too much loan because 452 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: I felt the ligaments. And then I just listened to 453 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: that and I squatted to a box. And then a 454 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,479 Speaker 1: month later or so, I felt good again squatting Like 455 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: I just I warmed up and actually like the ligaments 456 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: and everything felt really good because you get this hormone 457 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: release that makes everything like a little bit softer. But 458 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 1: then I also listened to that and made sure that 459 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: I was strong throughout the whole moment so I wouldn't 460 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: sprain anything, and then I just I turned a lot 461 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 1: with the hardware matter and I did a lot of 462 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: SO two someone three work, just trying to focus on 463 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: trying to increase my video to max. So that was 464 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: something that I was like, Oh, this I can actually 465 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: improve on while I'm pregnant. So that's kind of exciting. 466 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: I can get better at something while I'm pregnant. It 467 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: was higher because there's a lot of women that reached 468 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: out and ask about my training that like a lot 469 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: of women that are pregnant and want to know what 470 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: I did so that they can know what they did. 471 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: But I actually think I had to take out more 472 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: movements than a lot of women had to because I 473 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: started getting coning quite early on, so that's like the 474 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: abdominal separation, so I had to take out gymnastics really early. 475 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: I was like, I am going to continue doing pull 476 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: off strict pull ups throughout the whole thing, whole pregnancy, 477 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: so that when the baby pops out, it's going to 478 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 1: be so easy to do pull ups because I'm going 479 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: to be so much lighter. 480 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 4: But that plan went out the window. 481 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 2: Taking a quick break from today's episode to give some 482 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: love to my sponsor at Picky Bars. 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So for you then, as 510 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 2: you were training, were you sharing a lot of that 511 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 2: journey with your followers on social media or did you 512 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 2: feel at times a little hesitant to do that because 513 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 2: of the unsolicited feedback? 514 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 3: How did that go for you? 515 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 4: At time? 516 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: Stuff A little bit has said it about it, But 517 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: I decided to share. 518 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 4: Most of the things that I did. 519 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: I continued sharing because of the feedback that I got 520 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: that it helped a lot of women. And I always 521 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: said that you need to listen to what you can do. 522 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: And obviously, if you've never trained before, don't start training 523 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: once you get pregnant or start lifting weights once you 524 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: get pregnant. But if you've been doing crossbit, I everything 525 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: that I've read, all doctors that I talked to, everyone 526 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: that I work with. They said, it's going to be 527 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: better for you and the baby to continue moving. And 528 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: I like fully, honestly believe that Freya my daughter, she 529 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: was so strong when she was born, over four kilos 530 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 1: and she could hold her own head already, and like 531 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: she's the energy that she had and we went through 532 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: a really really rough berth and just watching her hardway 533 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: throughout the whole thing, like she was a rock star. 534 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 3: Oh so good to hear. 535 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 2: So, I mean, you have your baby, and you mentioned 536 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 2: when you found out you were pregnant, like so many 537 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 2: different emotions, one of them wondering like what will my 538 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 2: life be like after I have this baby? 539 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 3: What will my athletic career look like? After I have 540 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 3: this baby? 541 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,719 Speaker 2: So for you now, I mean we're not all that 542 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 2: far removed, but how are you feeling about that and 543 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 2: where are your hopes in moving forward? 544 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: Well, I am hoping that I am going to compete 545 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 1: at a cross AAY games, and it's been going significantly 546 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: slower than what I wanted to go. And it goes 547 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: like you said, it's hard when you look at social 548 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: media and you see other people just like bouncing back 549 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: so quickly, and like we also said, you need to 550 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: treat it as an injury, and my injury was pretty severe, 551 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: so still taking a long time to recover, and there 552 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: are still things that I'm not doing. I still have 553 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: coning and abdominal separation during a lot of movements, and 554 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: my public floor is still healing up. But I've gotten 555 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: better and stronger at a lot of other things. 556 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,959 Speaker 4: My conditioning is better than it's ever been before. 557 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: And then the Open went pretty good, Quarterfinals went pretty good, 558 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: and I'm just getting ready for the next stage. I 559 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: truly believe that I'm going to qualify for the Crossway Games. However, 560 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: I'm also not interested in competing at the Crossway Games 561 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: if I don't feel like I am competing for a 562 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: top spot. I want to be ready to push myself 563 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: and be allowed to go as hard as I want 564 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: to go. It's not fun to compete and be like, okay, 565 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: but you need to listen to this and watch over that. 566 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: I want to make sure that I'm fully recovered. I'm 567 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: being really smart with everything that I'm doing now, and 568 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to continue. 569 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 4: To do so. 570 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: And that's also one of the things that I make 571 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: sure that I'm clear on when it comes to my 572 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:49,400 Speaker 1: social media, because it's important for us to recover properly 573 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: from giving birth, not pushing it and then have it 574 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: something that's over your head for the rest of your life. 575 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 1: And I want to make sure that I heal and 576 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: recover properly. And obviously I got some negative comments of 577 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: the things that I was doing when I was training, 578 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,719 Speaker 1: But the funny thing is most of those negative comments 579 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: were from male They were saying that I shouldn't be 580 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: doing what I was doing, that I was gonna hurt 581 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: my baby, and honestly, that's probably the artist thing to hear, 582 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: because you would never do anything that would potentially hurt 583 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: the baby that you're growing. But women were super happy, 584 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,719 Speaker 1: and the feedback I was getting from other women just 585 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: like yes, that they had gone through their pregnancy done 586 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: the same thing and felt so much better. My body 587 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: and my mind felt so much better being able to 588 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: do all of that. And then it was really interesting 589 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: after giving birth and when I started training again, even 590 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: though it was it took me a long ass time, 591 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: and I was doing things really smart with my training, getting. 592 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:51,840 Speaker 4: All the right help. 593 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 1: The only negative feedback I got was from women that 594 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: felt like I was starting to early and that I 595 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: was maybe saying that you have to get into shape 596 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: so quickly after giving birth. I never said that, And honestly, 597 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 1: it's never been about losing the belly that I have. 598 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: I know that it's a lot of skin and my 599 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: tissues are just recovering, and it's never been about losing weight. 600 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,959 Speaker 1: It's been about becoming me again and the feeling I 601 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: get when I get to exercise, the endorphins and the 602 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: strength that I get when I get to lift weights 603 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: and train. 604 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 4: It's such a big. 605 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: Part of who I am, and that was what was 606 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: so important to me to get back to training. 607 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 2: It's interesting for me to hear you talk about the 608 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 2: struggles that you are going through, many of them happening 609 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 2: offline when it comes to your healing journey. The things 610 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 2: that maybe aren't the things that people are quick to 611 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: have an opinion on that they're like, oh, well, this 612 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 2: is the low hanging fruit. So I see that she's 613 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 2: doing this kettlebell swing and it's been not enough time 614 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 2: by my standards, even though the doctors say it's fine. 615 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 3: So I'm going to chime in here. 616 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 2: I mean, I think so often what we hear from 617 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 2: people is that if someone's going to come into your 618 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 2: space and say something negative oftentime, then that reflects on 619 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 2: what they may be going through in their life and 620 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 2: not necessarily what you are putting out into the world. 621 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, exactly, And I've I've learned to push those 622 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 1: things away and hoping that it's going to have a positive, 623 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: positive influence on other people instead. 624 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 4: And I do think so. 625 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: And like you said, sometimes it's just people need to 626 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 1: get their opinion or their outlet out every once in 627 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: a while, and then that's fine. 628 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 2: And I love what you said before about parts of 629 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,959 Speaker 2: your training are really succeeding right now, whereas like some 630 00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 2: of the other stuff might not be up to speed 631 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 2: up to where it was. So obviously you've adopted this 632 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 2: growth mindset when it comes to what you're capable of. 633 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 2: For someone who may not be as good as you 634 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 2: are at flipping that script and finding the positives when 635 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 2: things just feel like they're not going their way, what 636 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 2: kind of advice do you have for them? 637 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: Well, I think it's important to realize that everything just 638 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: takes time to heal, and sometimes when you're not able 639 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,480 Speaker 1: to do one thing, it actually gives you an opportunity 640 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: to work on something different and become so much better 641 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: at that part. I just remember when I hurt my back, 642 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: my upper body got so strong, Like when I hurt 643 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: my knee, my upper body continue getting stronger and strong, 644 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: and my strict gymnastics and my gymnastics portion became such 645 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,719 Speaker 1: a big part of what I was good at, and 646 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: I learned, I learned how to adapt with it, and 647 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,600 Speaker 1: then being able to continue doing biking, I realized that 648 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 1: I was still maintaining a lot of the strength that 649 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 1: I had in my life. It was still going to 650 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: be there when I got to start training again. 651 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 4: So I think. 652 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,360 Speaker 1: That's one of the biggest issues I see with people 653 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: when they have an injury. They don't continue training and 654 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: they get almost like a little bit depressed about it. 655 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 4: And I believe. 656 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,240 Speaker 1: Me, I understand getting a little bit depressed over your injuries, 657 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 1: because it can be so hard to stay motivated when 658 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: something's hurting and you want to go train, and it's 659 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 1: irritating watching other people do things that you want to 660 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: be doing. But as long as you then write down 661 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,280 Speaker 1: some of the things that you can do and make 662 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,800 Speaker 1: like a structure of it, you can make a really 663 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,360 Speaker 1: really difficult training session with strict upper body only you 664 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: can make a really difficult training session with pushups, like 665 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: anything that you can work with, you're going to be 666 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: able to develop a different type of strength and then 667 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,759 Speaker 1: that specific muscle group, and then once you're able to 668 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,839 Speaker 1: start training again, the strength is going to be there. 669 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,800 Speaker 4: So I tried to look at it as opportunities. 670 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,359 Speaker 2: What do you do aside from training to take care 671 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 2: of you, because I am sure that taking care of 672 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 2: your little one at times can feel a little bit 673 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 2: taxing on you. 674 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: Absolutely, my me time is training. That's where my mind 675 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: gets like an outlet when I get to go hard 676 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: and a work out. 677 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 4: That's why I said, like. 678 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 1: Even though the only thing I could do in the 679 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: beginning was spiking, you have no idea how good that 680 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: biking felt. And I continue biking and did almost biking 681 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: only for over a month, and it was incredible. 682 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,400 Speaker 4: Every single time. 683 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: I would just put on a good audiobook or good 684 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,880 Speaker 1: playlist or whatever that is, not think about any of 685 00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: the other issues that I might had, and just get 686 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: to follow my program and go hard for that session. 687 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,960 Speaker 1: And I think that's where, even though it's taxing, that's 688 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,120 Speaker 1: where I get my mental break and then my physical break. 689 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:17,880 Speaker 1: I get when I'm playing with Freya or relaxing with Freya. Obviously, 690 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:22,839 Speaker 1: life has changed a lot. It used to be wake 691 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: up around eight o'clock, usley in the morning, and then 692 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: go train, come home, eat, take a nap, train again, 693 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,800 Speaker 1: come home, maybe nap again or watch TV, take it easy, 694 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 1: and then go to. 695 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,240 Speaker 4: Sleep when I wanted to go to sleep. 696 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,320 Speaker 1: Now we wake up at six or six point thirty 697 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 1: if it's a good day, and play with my daughter 698 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,520 Speaker 1: and take care of her, and then we go to 699 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: the gym and I train while she nests, and we 700 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:53,319 Speaker 1: come home and it's the same thing. Feed her, play 701 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,960 Speaker 1: with her, stimulate her, take her somewhere, do something with her. 702 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: Then I go and train again. At least she's a 703 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,839 Speaker 1: great sleeper, so I get to train twice a day still, 704 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day I am exhausted 705 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: and we go to bed between nine and ten o'clock, 706 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,800 Speaker 1: which is crazy to me because I am an evening person. 707 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 4: I'm like, I like my evenings. But you work with 708 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:17,800 Speaker 4: what you got. 709 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 3: You work with what you got. 710 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 2: So now you know, a handful of months in to motherhood, 711 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 2: when you reflect on all of the advice that has 712 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,120 Speaker 2: been extended to you over this time, what would you 713 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,960 Speaker 2: say has been some of the best. 714 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: I don't know some of the best ones is I 715 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 1: guess listening to your instinct because I was worried that 716 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have that, and I was like, I need 717 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: to know what to do. I haven't had any smaller siblings. 718 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,799 Speaker 1: I didn't really know how to hold a baby. I 719 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: had never I had never changed the diaper until I 720 00:37:56,239 --> 00:38:00,120 Speaker 1: changed her diaper. So there were a lot, a lot 721 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 1: a first for me and listening to your instinct and 722 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: relax like the first I'm not gonna lie to you. 723 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 1: The first week was a really, really, really rough week 724 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,520 Speaker 1: for me because I was so worried about her. I 725 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,000 Speaker 1: was so worried if she was breathing when she was asleep. 726 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:24,879 Speaker 1: So I honestly I didn't sleep for five days after 727 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:29,280 Speaker 1: giving birth. I just did not sleep. So just coming 728 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,839 Speaker 1: down and obviously, take care of your baby. But your 729 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:38,279 Speaker 1: baby is gonna be okay, especially if you have if 730 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,879 Speaker 1: you have everything under control, and you have I even 731 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 1: had like a snooze monitor on her, so I could 732 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: see her breathing on my phone, but yet I was like, 733 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,000 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, she's making a sound, She's Okay, if 734 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: the baby starts crying because she's hungry, it's fine. If 735 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: she doesn't get to eat for ten fifteen minutes, like 736 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,520 Speaker 1: she's gonna survive. So I was like being overly stressed 737 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 1: over things over for no reason. 738 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 4: That was I had to learn that the hard way. 739 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 2: I feel like a lot of my girlfriends who are 740 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:14,440 Speaker 2: mothers now that calmness is probably one of the biggest takeaways. 741 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 2: It's that like, things are gonna feel as though they 742 00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 2: are going wrong all the time, and if you get 743 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,839 Speaker 2: wrapped up and worked up in that, then that's going 744 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 2: to serve no one. So especially you know, with the 745 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 2: friends that I've had two three kids, like, just their 746 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 2: demeanor is something that I envy and something that I 747 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 2: take lessons from because I'm like, you need to chill. 748 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,920 Speaker 4: Yes, exactly exactly. It's not gonna be good for anyone. 749 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 4: It's not gonna be good for your husband, and it's 750 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 4: not gonna be good for. 751 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,880 Speaker 1: Your baby if you're constantly stressed out over over stuff 752 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: that's going on. 753 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 2: So, is there any other tip that you would give 754 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,879 Speaker 2: to a new mom that you wish that someone told 755 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,280 Speaker 2: you before you had your baby? 756 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:03,000 Speaker 1: Expected just to be a really big chance, and I 757 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:04,800 Speaker 1: know that you're never going to be one hundred percent 758 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,319 Speaker 1: ready for that. And people say that things are going 759 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,359 Speaker 1: to change, but it's going to change even more than 760 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:15,240 Speaker 1: you expect. So just kind of knowing that, but still 761 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 1: knowing that the world is still out there and the 762 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,880 Speaker 1: world is still the same. I think that's important to 763 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,279 Speaker 1: think about as well, because you get stuck in this 764 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 1: little bubble of yours where all you're doing is trying 765 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:36,920 Speaker 1: to sleep and feed and recover and getting used to 766 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:41,480 Speaker 1: the insane responsibility of a new human being that you 767 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,360 Speaker 1: love more than anything so that you're going to protect 768 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:50,120 Speaker 1: it with all you've got, and you get stuck thinking 769 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: that this is just how your rest of your life 770 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:53,880 Speaker 1: is going to be, or at least that happened to me. 771 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: So going outside as soon as you feel like you 772 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: have the energy to go for walks outside, see friends, 773 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 1: see family, I think is one of the most important 774 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:08,879 Speaker 1: things to do, so that you see that. 775 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,320 Speaker 4: The world is still out there and the normal world 776 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:12,080 Speaker 4: is still out there. 777 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,160 Speaker 3: The normal world is still out there. 778 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 2: When you think about your values and the things that 779 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 2: are really important to you, what is one of them 780 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,520 Speaker 2: that you're looking forward to passing along to your daughter. 781 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,360 Speaker 4: Family, I think is the most important. 782 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: Just just the bond that you create with family. And 783 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: I'm hoping that I'm going to be able to create 784 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: that kind of bond with her, the same as I 785 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:44,880 Speaker 1: have with my parents and my brothers. We're really really close, 786 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,000 Speaker 1: and I think that's the most important thing in the 787 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:48,440 Speaker 1: world to me. 788 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,560 Speaker 2: You have an opportunity to offer a piece of advice 789 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:57,160 Speaker 2: to the Annie that was going through that tough time 790 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:01,200 Speaker 2: right after having her baby. She couldn't she was feeling 791 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,839 Speaker 2: a little unsure, She didn't know what to do with 792 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,880 Speaker 2: this stomach which was no longer firm because the baby 793 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,360 Speaker 2: was in the world. You have an opportunity now to 794 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:10,239 Speaker 2: give her. 795 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:14,320 Speaker 3: A piece of advice. What do you tell her. 796 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: That everything's going to be okay, Just that everything is 797 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: going to be fine. That's all I needed to hear 798 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:22,759 Speaker 1: that time. 799 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,240 Speaker 4: That I was going to become myself again, like time 800 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,200 Speaker 4: heals all wounds. 801 00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:29,759 Speaker 1: And it's so true, just knowing that I would become 802 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,320 Speaker 1: myself again, because I felt like that might never happen. 803 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,120 Speaker 2: Annie, How do the hurdlers follow along with you? How 804 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,279 Speaker 2: do they stay in the loop with you? Give me 805 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,840 Speaker 2: all of the details Instagram that kind of stuff. 806 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,760 Speaker 1: Well, my Instagram Annie Thor's Letter, that's where I share 807 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:52,480 Speaker 1: pretty much everything of my life, or a lot most 808 00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,200 Speaker 1: of the things from my life, and then some more 809 00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,319 Speaker 1: things are mother of a daughter. That's where I share 810 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,680 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more of me and Freya, or 811 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:05,960 Speaker 1: my recovery, maybe some of the things that not everyone 812 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,720 Speaker 1: wants to see that are following on my own social media. 813 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,400 Speaker 1: And then I got Facebook Anni Thorist that are as 814 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:14,960 Speaker 1: well beautiful. 815 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 3: I'm over at Emily's body and at Hurdle Podcast another 816 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,239 Speaker 3: Hurdle conquered. Catch you guys next time.