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Speaker 3: Everybody, Emily A body here. You are listening to episode

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Speaker 3: two hundred and eighteen of Hurdle, a wellness focused podcast

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Speaker 3: where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to

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Speaker 3: top experts and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments,

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Speaker 3: and everything in between. We all go through hurdles in life,

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Speaker 3: and my goal through these discussions is to empower you

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Speaker 3: you can stride towards your own big potential and of

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Speaker 3: course have some fun along the way. For today's episode

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Speaker 2: With the one, the only Brook Wells.

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Speaker 3: When I say that I've been looking forward to this

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Speaker 3: three years ago, and I'm so happy that it coincides.

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Speaker 3: Which such a landmark comeback year for Brook. For those

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Speaker 3: of you that are out of the loop, Brook is

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Speaker 2: She recently came in fifth place.

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Speaker 3: She is the fifth fittest woman on Earth according to

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Speaker 3: CrossFit Now, Brook is not the first.

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Speaker 3: You've heard from the likes of Rich Frohning, Tia Claire Toomey,

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Speaker 3: you're familiar with the sport, But if you're out of

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Speaker 3: today's conversation is Brooke talking to us about her big comeback.

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Speaker 3: She had a massive elbow injury last year at the

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Speaker 3: she has never seen before. If you two have ever

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Speaker 3: been down and out, if you've ever struggled with injury,

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Speaker 3: or you're dealing with a hurdle moment in your life,

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Speaker 3: trust me this episode is for you. Brooks attitude Brooks

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Speaker 3: optimism is absolutely beautiful. Make sure you're following along with

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Speaker 3: Hurdle over on social it's at Hurdle Podcast. I of

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Speaker 3: course am over at Emily a Body. And while you're

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Speaker 3: The link to do that is in the show notes.

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Speaker 3: With that, let's get to hurdling.

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Speaker 2: Today.

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Speaker 3: I am sitting down with eight time at CrossFit Games

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Speaker 2: How you doing today? Brook?

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Speaker 4: I'm doing good? How are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm good? I'm amped to snag some of your time.

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Speaker 3: You have been a crazy busy human recently coming in

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Speaker 3: just fifth at the CrossFit Games.

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Speaker 2: How do you feel?

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Speaker 1: It's been like a really long year in journey this time,

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Speaker 3: I would say the point like, what is the goal

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Speaker 1: As like competitors, you kind of just want to be

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Speaker 3: So I feel like CrossFit gets a bad rap as

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Speaker 1: My favorite part is just like always like it's always different,

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Speaker 1: So I think that's that's like a big myth that

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Speaker 3: So you really got into the competition circuit rather quickly.

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Speaker 3: So I loved that, right, Like it can be whatever

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Speaker 1: I mean like I didn't even know what a snatch

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Speaker 1: I mean like I was very intimidated by a lot

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. I think people a lot of the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I kind of realized that my priorities were to

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Speaker 3: Oh my god, I can't even I cannot even imagine.

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Speaker 3: So for you, you graduate from college eventually two years

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Speaker 3: I'm enamored by the idea that for so many years

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Speaker 3: And I would imagine that it's easier to be diligent

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Speaker 1: There's like so many benefits, Like I can't even really

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Speaker 1: I like crave it, like I'm ready to start again

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Speaker 2: I can totally co sign that.

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Speaker 1: was literally nothing else to do, but just not having

444
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,960
Speaker 1: a goal inside that was really weird because I've never

445
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,919
Speaker 1: had something like that. But then towards the end, the

446
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,119
Speaker 1: gym owner would let me go in there by myself,

447
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,359
Speaker 1: so it was still just like very boring, like didn't

448
00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,199
Speaker 1: really want to be there by myself and a completely

449
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,200
Speaker 1: empty gym every day. Thankfully, there was like nothing else

450
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,760
Speaker 1: to really do, so I kept training really hard, but

451
00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:57,760
Speaker 1: it was it was difficult with nothing insight.

452
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Speaker 3: I'm like a single woman in my mid thirty so

453
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:04,560
Speaker 3: I felt like I also completely poured myself into my work.

454
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,679
Speaker 3: I was like, oh, well, it's another day with my

455
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,440
Speaker 3: computer here in the corner of like at the time,

456
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,480
Speaker 3: my fourth floor walk up on the upper east side,

457
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Speaker 3: like this is just where we are today.

458
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's when I was born in there

459
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,199
Speaker 1: by myself. I'm like, well, what else could I do?

460
00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 1: There's literally nothing going on?

461
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, literally nothing going on.

462
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,760
Speaker 3: So you are training and when is the first like

463
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 3: glimmer of hope that you guys are going to be

464
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,119
Speaker 3: getting back together to compete again.

465
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Speaker 1: Well, I mean, there was still talk that the Games

466
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,879
Speaker 1: were going to happen, and then like ended up. They

467
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,400
Speaker 1: just kept getting pushed back and pushed back. And then

468
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,520
Speaker 1: once they said that it was going to be like

469
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,919
Speaker 1: an online thing, it seemed more realistic because an in

470
00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,160
Speaker 1: person thing just like that wasn't going to happen at

471
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 1: the time.

472
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Speaker 3: Right right now, today, you're a Noble athlete, and obviously

473
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474
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475
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,080
Speaker 3: did you have concerns as well?

476
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: No, Honestly, I was so excited for Noble to take

477
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478
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479
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480
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481
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482
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531
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 3: twenty twenty one games. A huge moment for you, finally

532
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 3: back to doing what you love, surrounded by so many people.

533
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,399
Speaker 2: Talk to us about those.

534
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean once again, it was kind of weird

535
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:34,239
Speaker 1: going back because it was still like like people were

536
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,159
Speaker 1: still wearing masks, and like we had to get a

537
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,120
Speaker 1: COVID test right before, which like you don't feel sick

538
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 1: at all until you're in line and you're like, oh

539
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,879
Speaker 1: my gosh, am I like breathing heavy, Like it was

540
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,640
Speaker 1: just like it was scary. It was also like two

541
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,919
Speaker 1: years since we had been out there on the floor

542
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 1: in front of a big crowd. So as awesome as

543
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,800
Speaker 1: the crowd is, it was very like nerve wracking, Like

544
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,920
Speaker 1: I just had major butterflies, and it was a cool

545
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 1: feeling because it'd been a little bit since that happened.

546
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,439
Speaker 3: I feel like, even like walking on the street or

547
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 3: like going to my first bar, I was overwhelmed.

548
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, Like going back to normal was kind

549
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 1: of crazy.

550
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, So being like back on the field surrounded by

551
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 3: so many people and then also performing, it's like, okay,

552
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 3: I have to overcome like my normal amount of human

553
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 3: anxiety and then like also the anxiety I have to

554
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 3: take on what I'm about to take on.

555
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, like people are cheering for you, and

556
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,679
Speaker 1: they like want to high five you, and I'm like,

557
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,920
Speaker 1: oh my god, is it okay to like high five

558
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:26,400
Speaker 1: right now?

559
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:32,360
Speaker 2: I don't know is this okay? Yeah? Oh my gosh.

560
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 3: So you go in to the competition feeling really strong.

561
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 3: But for those that may not be familiar with your story,

562
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 3: when you were at the twenty twenty one Crossbit Games,

563
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 3: you suffered a dislocated elbow, a torn flexer tendon, and

564
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 3: a torn UCL while snatching one hundred and ninety pounds,

565
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 3: talk us through that moment and what happened for you.

566
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 4: Yeah.

567
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: So it was the twelfth event of the Crosset Games,

568
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: and it was honestly like the best I had ever

569
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,680
Speaker 1: done by like I was feeling so good. So yeah,

570
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,119
Speaker 1: I mean I went under a one ninety pound snatch

571
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,399
Speaker 1: and my elbow just gave out dislocated, and so I

572
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 1: mean they had to like bring medical on to carry

573
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,639
Speaker 1: me off, and it was it was very traumatic. It

574
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: took like twenty minutes for them to pop it back

575
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 1: in place. They had to like X ray it because

576
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 1: it was just like it was so out they couldn't

577
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,199
Speaker 1: get it back in. So after that it was just

578
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 1: like very It was heartbreaking. Like I was so excited

579
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 1: for that year because I had a new coach and

580
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: like I was feeling my best. I was in I

581
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 1: think sixth place going into that event, but like all

582
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: of the things that I consider myself bad at were

583
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: over with, so I was like, it's only up from here.

584
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 1: This is a good event for me, and then for

585
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 1: like that to just get ruined was like heartbreaking from

586
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: one event.

587
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 2: Did you ever watch it back?

588
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 4: No? I cannot watch it.

589
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: I was like afterwards people were like tagging me on

590
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: Instagram like in videos of it, but I had to

591
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: like just skip right through them because I could not

592
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: see that. I still do this day, will not watch it.

593
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 3: I can't even imagine how that's kind of feel, being

594
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 3: tagged and tagged and tagged and tagged and you're like

595
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 3: I'm all set with this.

596
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like I didn't want to see it, But it

597
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: was like very close calls when I would like just

598
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 1: have to like shut my eyes really quick when something

599
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:15,239
Speaker 1: would come up.

600
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,880
Speaker 3: Talk to us about what immediately went through your head

601
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 3: when they're not able to pop your elbow back in.

602
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 2: Are you thinking forward or are you thinking in the moment?

603
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: Oh?

604
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,240
Speaker 4: No, I was thinking in the moment percent.

605
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,880
Speaker 1: I mean, once they finally got it popped back in,

606
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: my first question was all right, I'm good.

607
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,360
Speaker 4: Can I finish competing?

608
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 1: And they're like, we'll talk to you about that later,

609
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: because I was already so upset, you know, but I mean.

610
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 4: Obviously I couldn't continue.

611
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 1: I kind of was just hoping that it popped out,

612
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: and once it was back in, like I could just

613
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: can finish competing because I didn't even care about my

614
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: elbow at the moment.

615
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 4: I just wanted to finish the competition so bad.

616
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 2: Yeah.

617
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, So how do you get to a place where

618
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 3: you accept the thing that you can't control.

619
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: It didn't really like hit me until the next day,

620
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 1: as I was like watching the girls compete and I

621
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: was sitting in my hotel room watching on my computer

622
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: because I like was just in so much pain. That's

623
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: when it like really hit me, and I mean I

624
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: just had to accept it. There was nothing I could do,

625
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: but it was very brutal.

626
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would imagine that that would be really difficult.

627
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 2: It's totally understandable that you would.

628
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: Feel that way and in that moment because of all

629
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 3: the COVID restrictions, were you alone?

630
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 1: So yeah, well so I think we planned Sunday to

631
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 1: like go get an MRI on Monday.

632
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 4: So I went and got an MRI on.

633
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:45,280
Speaker 1: Monday, and I was completely alone, and it was just

634
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: like so painful to even like try to put my

635
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: arm in that position. It was like I just remember

636
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: being in the MRI for like thirty to forty minutes

637
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: just like crying one just like realizing what's going on,

638
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 1: and then also just being in so much pain.

639
00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 4: I couldn't believe that.

640
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 1: I was like like the Monday after the Cross of

641
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: Games is like one of the most fun days because

642
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 1: it's just like you're relieved it's over. You're kind of

643
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: with your family celebrating like all your hard work. And

644
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: then I was just like getting an MRI for my

645
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 1: broken elbow.

646
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 2: Pretty much, how do you pick yourself up from that?

647
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: It was really hard, but just kind of like telling yourself,

648
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: like this is going to be the best thing that

649
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 1: happens for me, and like this all happens for a reason.

650
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,959
Speaker 1: Kind of just like from the moment it happened, I

651
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: was already thinking forward to the next year planning like

652
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 1: a comeback, and I mean from that moment, I was

653
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: determined to have the best comeback in year I've ever had.

654
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's hard to like not go into this dark place,

655
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 3: like when we are incapable of doing the thing that

656
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 3: we love, a part of our identity gets tossed to

657
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 3: the side, right, Yeah.

658
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: I mean it was like, what am I supposed to

659
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 1: do now that I can't exercise at all? Like I

660
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: can't even move my arm. It was like a really

661
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: weird time for sure.

662
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 3: Do you remember anyone giving you any advice that still

663
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 3: comes to mind about navigating that time?

664
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: I feel like I had a lot of people throwing

665
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: advice at me. A lot of it was just kind

666
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: of like like to enjoy this time off and kind

667
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: of use it for like a mental break as you're

668
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: like physically healing. I think that was the biggest thing

669
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: that I had to do, was just kind of accept

670
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: that I couldn't work out for a little bit and

671
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: kind of use, like take advantage of it. There's not

672
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: very many months of the year that I'm not training,

673
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: so to kind of like give myself a little mental

674
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: break was It ended up being very helpful.

675
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 3: So in that mental break, in that not training, you

676
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 3: also get a complete reconstruction surgery. So after that, what's

677
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 3: the prognosis of how long that period of time is

678
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 3: supposed to be until you're back in the gym.

679
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, So they told me that I wasn't going to

680
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: be like one hundred percent until like nine or ten months,

681
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 1: but I wasn't able to like really do anything until

682
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: like six months. So I mean, I think like a

683
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: lot of people were kind of like trying to be

684
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: like positive and they're like, you might be able to

685
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: do it, but no one truly thought that, like making

686
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: it back to the games was even in the question.

687
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 2: How did that make you feel?

688
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 4: And any more determined?

689
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 1: Honestly, I was like, I mean, from that the moment

690
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: it happened, like I knew that I was going to

691
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: be back out there no matter what anyone had said.

692
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: So when anyone would tell me that, I just wanted

693
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 1: to prove them wrong.

694
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 3: When anyone gets injured, I feel like the first thing

695
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 3: that they'll say to me in my DMS is like,

696
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 3: I don't know how to navigate this. I don't feel

697
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 3: like myself, I feel soft, I feel et cetera.

698
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 2: Did you go through all of those feelings as well.

699
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, honestly, Like I mean, I remember seeing other people

700
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: injured before this, and I never really thought much of it,

701
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 1: Like I don't know, I kind of just like wrote

702
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: it off. But then going through myself, I like could

703
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,720
Speaker 1: really relate to like other people that had been injured before,

704
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 1: and it's like completely out of your control and you

705
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 1: just you feel really lost. You don't really know what

706
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: to do, except like all you want to do is

707
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 1: just get better.

708
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 2: Did you think about what else you could do during

709
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 2: that time? Do you mean like exercise or I mean,

710
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 2: like when prospit is a thing that you don't do

711
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 2: anymore eventually. I'm not saying right now, but I'm saying

712
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 2: during that time, you must have definitely had like a

713
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,319
Speaker 2: little bit of like self inquiry of like what will

714
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 2: be next for me?

715
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think like I just tried to make myself

716
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: busy with like other things like I would consider like

717
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: work related with my sponsors. I took, like I think

718
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: that was my main focus during that time. I like

719
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: decided that I wanted a puppy, So I got a

720
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: puppy during that time to kind of just like distract

721
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: me and not think about CrossFit all the time, but

722
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: like to be honest, I didn't really like move on

723
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 1: ever or ever consider like what can I do instead

724
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: of this? It was more like what can I do

725
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 1: to get back out there?

726
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 3: So the comeback starts mentally talk to us about what

727
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 3: starts to happen when it begins physically, Like a.

728
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: Week after surgery, they wanted me to go ahead and

729
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 1: start moving it and just so that I could start

730
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: getting my range of motion because for crossed athletes, we

731
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 1: have to have flexibility in our elbows for like snatches

732
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: and handsand walks like anything. Really, So I was in

733
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,439
Speaker 1: there one week after surgery, and then I was there

734
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: every single day for six days a week for like

735
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: three hours. So it was like it was a big commitment.

736
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: But I mean I wanted to be there as long

737
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 1: as possible to just speed up their recovery.

738
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 3: I don't want to say it was meant to happen

739
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 3: this way, but think about what would have what this

740
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 3: could have been like if this type of injury happened

741
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 3: to you eight ten years ago. Now you have worked

742
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 3: so hard and that hard work has a forwarded you

743
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:04,479
Speaker 3: really great relationships with brands and sponsors, which in turn

744
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 3: pay you, which enable you to get even more care

745
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 3: and use that money to fuel yourself, you know, whereas

746
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 3: eight ten years ago, starting as a young crosfit athlete

747
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 3: like you may have not had the means to navigate

748
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 3: this as you were so fortunately able to this time around.

749
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, honestly, I've never even pictured it that way because

750
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: I mean, like, even thinking back, this would have happened

751
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: like my first or second year, like I might have

752
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 1: been like, well, this just doesn't meant for me, Like

753
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: I'm moving on, you know, And I was very thankful

754
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: to have like my agent, my manager, they like, from

755
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,320
Speaker 1: the moment it happened, were already looking at doctors talking

756
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: to people about who like I should go see. So

757
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it just puts things into perspective of

758
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: how thankful I am that it happened, Like when it.

759
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 2: Did, getting back in the gym, what's that look like

760
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 2: for you?

761
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,760
Speaker 1: So I wanted to start moving like as soon as possible,

762
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 1: just because I like, I just like to move. I

763
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: didn't want to like kill myself or anything, just kind

764
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: of like feel better about myself not sitting around. So

765
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 1: I probably started moving about like two weeks after surgery.

766
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: But it was literally just like sitting on a bike

767
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: pedaling because I and that was actually one thing I

768
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 1: was so like mind blown about. It was really hard

769
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: to bike because like my arm was in a cast.

770
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 1: I couldn't even like use my arms. So I mean

771
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: I just like slowly eased into things, started with biking

772
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 1: a little bit, and then it wasn't until I think

773
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: like three months after surgery that I started using my

774
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,399
Speaker 1: elbow a little bit, and it was like not much

775
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 1: at all. I was very, very scared and timid. Like

776
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: It's funny because the pets are always like, now, don't

777
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,399
Speaker 1: do any more than this, and I'm like, no, I'm

778
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 1: the opposite. Like you guys need to be like pushy

779
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: towards me because I like have the fear of re

780
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: injuring it.

781
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 4: I don't want to do anything.

782
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 2: I feel like a lot of people can relate to that.

783
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, I mean, well I guess they have like

784
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: professional athlete, I just want to get back into it,

785
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: and so they like kind of do more than they're

786
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: supposed to and reinjure. But like that's the last thing

787
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: that I wanted to do. I was like, I mean

788
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: I wanted to be ready in ten months, but like

789
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: I didn't want to like push that process at all.

790
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,800
Speaker 3: When would you say you were back to like full

791
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,959
Speaker 3: on training in relation to the timeline for the Games.

792
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: So actually, like the week of the Open, I still

793
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,399
Speaker 1: there were a lot of movements that I hadn't done yet.

794
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: I was really nervous about having like a max lift

795
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: because that's something that I was not going to do.

796
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: I would obviously like do what I could and see

797
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 1: if because the Open it's like the top ten percent,

798
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: so I knew that if I put up a seventy

799
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: percent lift for me, that that might like be enough

800
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,919
Speaker 1: to qualify me. But the week of the Open, I

801
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: hadn't done a muscle up yet, hadn't done like pull

802
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:57,280
Speaker 1: ups or anything like that. So I just remember wanting

803
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 1: to like do one muscle up just so that if

804
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: they were to come up that I had done one

805
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 1: and I knew that I could do it. So I

806
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,760
Speaker 1: was ready like the day before the Open.

807
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:11,959
Speaker 3: Probably Wow, yeah, did that make you anxious going into

808
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 3: the competition?

809
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:13,919
Speaker 4: Yes?

810
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: Very And it's actually crazy because I had my best

811
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: Open finish, which was like not something that I ever

812
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: would have dreamed of. I just wanted to make it

813
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: through the open. Thankfully, there wasn't very many movements that

814
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:28,760
Speaker 1: bothered me at all. There wasn't a max lift or anything,

815
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 1: so it worked out in my favor. But I was

816
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,359
Speaker 1: very intimidated and scared, scared going in.

817
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 2: You shared with us the slogan that you used for

818
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 2: the Noble campaign. But when you do feel those nerves,

819
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 2: what else comes to mind? How else do you kind

820
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: of top yourself a little bit off the ledge so

821
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 2: that you can perform and show up your best.

822
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: I think, like when I was like going into the opening, man,

823
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: I just remembered how hard that PT was, and like

824
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: how hard I just like worked to be where I was,

825
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 1: and I didn't want to do that for nothing. So

826
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: I just want to remember how hard I worked and

827
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that that counted.

828
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 3: Just like you were saying earlier that you kind of

829
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 3: had to like swipe away from the videos posting your injury.

830
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 3: I'm sure a lot of people come into your dms

831
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,319
Speaker 3: or your messages and say things like, well, maybe you

832
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 3: shouldn't be lifting this much weight.

833
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 2: What's your response to people like that?

834
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: I just don't even give that at the time of day,

835
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: because they can do them if they want you know.

836
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 4: I mean I definitely.

837
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: Think that you need to be like, like, you can't

838
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 1: go from zero to one hundred. And I took it

839
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: really really slow after my injury. I mean I started

840
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: with a trainer bar, which is fifteen pounds, and then

841
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 1: I would add five pounds a week. So like it

842
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,440
Speaker 1: was a very very slow process getting back to where

843
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: I felt strong enough again. So if you kind of

844
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: like ease yourself into stuff like that, it's not an issue.

845
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, not an issue at all, especially as we see

846
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 3: it paid off in the open and then you show

847
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 3: up to the twenty twenty two CrossFit Games and have

848
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 3: such an unbelievable performance mindset going into the games.

849
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 2: Where were you at?

850
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: So just like going back to semifinals, I just kind

851
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: of like wanted to make it through that and in

852
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 1: order to make it to the games. But then once

853
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:14,919
Speaker 1: I got to the games, I was like, I don't

854
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: want to just be here to kind of like go

855
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,240
Speaker 1: through the motions like I want to make a statement

856
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 1: I want to have my best year ever.

857
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,359
Speaker 3: Saying something like I want to have my best year ever.

858
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 3: It's kind of it's powerful, but it's also potentially frustrating,

859
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 3: maybe because all you can do is give it all

860
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 3: you've got. So were you just focused on that and

861
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 3: did you have anything like in place so that you

862
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,360
Speaker 3: wouldn't get down on yourself if one of the earlier

863
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:48,800
Speaker 3: events didn't go as you'd hoped.

864
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:50,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure.

865
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: I mean I always have events that like aren't going

866
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: to go as planned or I don't execute as well

867
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 1: as I thought I did. But I'm not gonna like

868
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,879
Speaker 1: dwell on that. You have to move on or you're

869
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: going to ruin your whole weekend. I mean I had

870
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 1: a few events that I didn't think I did very

871
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: well on in the beginning, but I was just like,

872
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: don't let those workouts like define this whole weekend. So

873
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,760
Speaker 1: I think that's something that I just have to tell myself.

874
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 3: Being a CrossFit athlete is similar to being some sort

875
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 3: of like maybe a heptathlete, and that there's just so

876
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,480
Speaker 3: much going on you need to keep showing up and

877
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 3: so if you get caught up in one mistake or

878
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 3: one misstep, then that could ruin everything else that you're

879
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 3: working toward going forward.

880
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:27,360
Speaker 4: Yeah exactly.

881
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 1: I mean, like before the event, you never want to

882
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: tell yourself like, oh, this is only like one event,

883
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 1: because you don't want to like count yourself out. But

884
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: then after the event's over and there's nothing that you

885
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: can do that is something, I'm like, Okay, well it

886
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: was one event, Like one event of fourteen isn't going

887
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: to be that big of a deal unless I keep

888
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 1: focusing on it, then it can like destroy my weekend.

889
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 2: Right right.

890
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 3: So, as you're getting toward that final event and you

891
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 3: see yourself in the standings, how are you feeling?

892
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,399
Speaker 1: It's actually funny because I'm not one to really look

893
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: at the leaderboard at all. I don't bother because I

894
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,839
Speaker 1: don't want to know, like exactly how many points people

895
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 1: are away from me, because then I would just focus

896
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: on others more than myself. So going into the final event,

897
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,720
Speaker 1: they're like lining us up and they're like top five

898
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: over here, and like I didn't even like walk over

899
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 1: there because I didn't know where I was. And they're like,

900
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 1: brook you're over here, and I was like, oh crap,

901
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 1: Like I didn't even know that I was in the

902
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: top five, so they like announced it. Once you go out,

903
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 1: they're like in fifth place, Brooke Wells, and I don't know.

904
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 1: It was just so surreal to finally like be in

905
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: that position. I mean, I had to climb up the

906
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: leaderboard the whole weekend, like I was never like that high,

907
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: So it was really awesome. And honestly, I was kind

908
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 1: of like, okay, I'm in fifth place right out now, like,

909
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,240
Speaker 1: let's not mess this up. This is going really well.

910
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,320
Speaker 1: So it ended up being an awesome weekend.

911
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 3: You mentioned earlier training with Tia, and I would imagine

912
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 3: that in the build up here in the weekend here

913
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 3: you're constantly competing against someone who is just like such

914
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 3: a next level act. Would you say that really worked

915
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,280
Speaker 3: to your advantage?

916
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I think it really does work to my

917
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: advantage because well, first of all, I get to train

918
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: with her in training every single day, and like going

919
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 1: into competition, like, I mean, of course she's like intimidating,

920
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 1: but I'm also just like, at the same time, I'm

921
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,919
Speaker 1: not intimidated because I work out with her every day.

922
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 1: So I'm like, it's just like another training day competing

923
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 1: it's Tia, you know. So if I can be not

924
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,719
Speaker 1: intimidated by Tia, then why would anyone else intimidate me?

925
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: So I kind of just like, I don't focus on

926
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 1: anyone else, and I just am very confident in myself.

927
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,200
Speaker 2: Where do you see yourself going now?

928
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: I mean I was like so close to the podium

929
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 1: this year that it like after it was over, I

930
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: was like, dang, Like I was so close. I wish

931
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: like I loved being fifth place. But then once it

932
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 1: was over, I was like, I was so close, you know. So,

933
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,320
Speaker 1: I mean next year, I'm definitely going for the podium.

934
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 3: For the podium. Did you not go into the Games

935
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 3: hoping to be in the top ten?

936
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 4: Oh?

937
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 1: I mean yes, of course, Like I knew that I was.

938
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 1: I know that I'm capable of that. It's just a

939
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: matter of executing. But I mean with the year that

940
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 1: I had, I didn't really know what was going to

941
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: happen at that point. I was like, anything can happen.

942
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,799
Speaker 1: I mean, I honestly a lot of the things that

943
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: we did at the game movement wise, I wasn't training

944
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: until after semifinals because my elbow wasn't healthy enough, so

945
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 1: I didn't really know how how it was going to

946
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: play out.

947
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 2: You know.

948
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 3: It's it's funny, right because I feel like we always

949
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 3: have like two to three versions of a goal. There's

950
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 3: like the goal that you openly talk about, the goal

951
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 3: you talk about with your close friends and like the

952
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 3: goal you tell absolutely no one.

953
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 4: Yeah for sure.

954
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,680
Speaker 1: And I also think that like my goal will like

955
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: change throughout the weekend, like maybe I'll go into the

956
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 1: games like let's just get top ten, because like you

957
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:53,719
Speaker 1: don't want to disappoint yourself. But then like as you

958
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:56,839
Speaker 1: keep doing better, you're like, Okay, well let's make sure

959
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: that I'm in the top five. And it just I

960
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: feel like my goal shift so a lot.

961
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 2: Yeah.

962
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 3: For someone listening to this who hears about the crazy

963
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 3: numbers that you put up and sees you lifting these

964
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,320
Speaker 3: such impressive weights, I know that you know the heavy

965
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 3: lifts have been a strength of yours for a while.

966
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 3: What advice could you offer to them if they are

967
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 3: just getting into strength training and are interested in putting

968
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 3: on some more.

969
00:46:21,080 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: Well, I think it comes down to like the basics

970
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 1: and the fundamentals, like make sure that you mastered that

971
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: before you try to throw on like some heavy weight.

972
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 1: That's the most important part is like the technique in

973
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,760
Speaker 1: order to like I mean, in order to get strong

974
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,800
Speaker 1: and like the lifts, you have to have good technique,

975
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: but also just to make sure that you don't get hurt.

976
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: And then also like it takes time, so like it's

977
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:47,399
Speaker 1: it it feels like you're pring for a long time

978
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:49,359
Speaker 1: in the beginning and then you just get stuck, and

979
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 1: like we all get stuck there. So I think it's

980
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:53,720
Speaker 1: just a matter of being patient.

981
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 3: So applicable to like everything else in life though, right,

982
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:58,840
Speaker 3: Like you had to understand that it was going to

983
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 3: take time for you to come back from this injury,

984
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 3: and you were cautious in the process.

985
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:04,880
Speaker 4: Yeah.

986
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like a lot of people just

987
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 1: don't realize that, like how much work it actually takes

988
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 1: to be a top level athlete. I mean I get

989
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 1: people that are always like, well, if I didn't have

990
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:17,839
Speaker 1: a job, then I'm sure that like I would be,

991
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,919
Speaker 1: you know, and it's just like it takes so much

992
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 1: more work in like discipline and mental work than people

993
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 1: could ever imagine.

994
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:28,480
Speaker 3: It just blows my mind that people don't like recognize

995
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 3: top level athletes as like that is your occupation.

996
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's not a nine to five job,

997
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 1: you know, Like it is literally a twenty four to

998
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: seven job making sure I'm getting enough sleep, that I'm

999
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: eating right, Like I can't just there's just so many

1000
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 1: sacrifices and stuff that I don't think people realize that

1001
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,879
Speaker 1: it is, like it's a full on lifestyle. It's not

1002
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:48,640
Speaker 1: just like a job.

1003
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:51,919
Speaker 3: What would you say the biggest sacrifice is for you

1004
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,320
Speaker 3: in pursuit of your biggest goals.

1005
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: Honestly, I would probably say like balance, Like that's the

1006
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: thing that I have the hardest with, is like balance

1007
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:05,080
Speaker 1: and seeing relationships with like trying not like not like guys,

1008
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 1: but like I mean like my friends and like my family.

1009
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:10,319
Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of the times things like

1010
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,759
Speaker 1: that get neglected because I'm like I can I have

1011
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 1: to train, like even during the holidays, Like I try

1012
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 1: to be as present as I can when I'm like

1013
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: it's spending time with them, but I have to train

1014
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: during like Christmas break, and like it's it's just very

1015
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:25,839
Speaker 1: hard to kind of like have a social life of

1016
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 1: any sort when you're three months out from the game.

1017
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 1: So I try to use my off season to kind

1018
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 1: of give people more attention and work on relationships. But

1019
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:37,799
Speaker 1: the balance side is very difficult, which I don't think

1020
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: people realize.

1021
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:42,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, in this off season, especially at the top

1022
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 3: front end.

1023
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 2: Right now, what are you looking forward to?

1024
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:48,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just relaxing, I would say travel, but

1025
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 1: like I didn't plan any travel before the games because

1026
00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: I was kind of like, I don't want to be

1027
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,319
Speaker 1: distracted right now. I'll plan it afterwards. And now I'm

1028
00:48:57,360 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: like kind of bored. I'm not really itching to get

1029
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,480
Speaker 1: back into the gym super soon, but I'm also like,

1030
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:06,839
Speaker 1: well I'm bored, so.

1031
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:07,680
Speaker 2: So Brooks accepting travel invitations.

1032
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 4: Yeah at the very moment.

1033
00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I spent like a week with my mom,

1034
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,720
Speaker 1: like where she lives, So just kind of like spending

1035
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: time with people.

1036
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 2: Right now, someone goes to your Instagram page, they see

1037
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 2: a CrossFit Games athlete with one point seven million followers.

1038
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 2: When you look in the mirror, what is it that

1039
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 2: you see looking back at you?

1040
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,919
Speaker 4: Just like how hard I've worked to get there.

1041
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:36,959
Speaker 1: And it's like I don't have followers because I'm any

1042
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: sort of like influencer or Instagram model. You know, I've

1043
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 1: worked really hard in my sport to be successful and

1044
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:47,520
Speaker 1: that's where those followers come from.

1045
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 4: So yeah, just a lot of dedication.

1046
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 3: You see dedication when whenever someone talks me through a

1047
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:57,759
Speaker 3: big recovery story like this, I always want to make

1048
00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:01,240
Speaker 3: sure that we touch on the mental side of things

1049
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 3: as well. Were there are moments during your struggle that

1050
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,960
Speaker 3: you really felt that you needed others to help pick

1051
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:08,399
Speaker 3: you up.

1052
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:10,920
Speaker 1: I think a lot of this was like very internal,

1053
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,920
Speaker 1: but I am very thankful to have like family members

1054
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,480
Speaker 1: and like my manager, like they were always there for anything,

1055
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 1: like always there to talk and they definitely encouraged me

1056
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: when I was feeling down. But ultimately, like just kind

1057
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,359
Speaker 1: of comes down to you and being like, I mean,

1058
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: you have to have goals, and you have to have discipline,

1059
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,319
Speaker 1: and I think honestly, if you set goals before or

1060
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: like at the beginning of an injury or something like

1061
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,719
Speaker 1: small goals just to kind of like just to kind

1062
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 1: of chip away and get back to where you want

1063
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 1: to be is something that can be very helpful. So

1064
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:45,760
Speaker 1: you're focused on the way.

1065
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:50,960
Speaker 3: It's also understanding that this is a new version of you, right,

1066
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:55,680
Speaker 3: Like you can't start that process comparing yourself to everything

1067
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 3: that happened before, because you have to meet yourself with

1068
00:50:58,719 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 3: where you're at.

1069
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:03,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's actually something that I struggled with for a while,

1070
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,720
Speaker 1: was just kind of like comparing where I was before.

1071
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:08,680
Speaker 1: I mean even in the early stages, like I would

1072
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:11,200
Speaker 1: be like like seven or eight months back into it,

1073
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,680
Speaker 1: or I mean after the surgery, I was probably like

1074
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 1: a couple months back into training, I was constantly like,

1075
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: oh wow, I had like thirty pounds more on the

1076
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 1: bar like last year, you know, and that's something that's

1077
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: really tough. But you just kind of have to like

1078
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,759
Speaker 1: remember what you've gone through and see yourself where you are,

1079
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:32,120
Speaker 1: like you said, and not be too hard on yourself

1080
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:33,759
Speaker 1: because it will come in time.

1081
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:35,160
Speaker 4: It just so you have to be patient.

1082
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 3: You posted the instagram right after the games were done.

1083
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:43,279
Speaker 3: Fifth Fittest on Earth come back complete. How does that

1084
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:44,000
Speaker 3: make you feel?

1085
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:46,799
Speaker 1: I mean, I was just so excited to kind of

1086
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 1: like the comeback year. It's very rewarding, but it's also

1087
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:52,359
Speaker 1: very hard. And even in this off season, I'm kind

1088
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:56,760
Speaker 1: of like I forgot how difficult last year was because

1089
00:51:56,760 --> 00:52:00,680
Speaker 1: my off season was literally spent at the for three

1090
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:04,000
Speaker 1: hours every day. So to kind of like just like

1091
00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 1: have my comeback here over with, like now I can

1092
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,880
Speaker 1: move on and have a full year to train healthy,

1093
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,839
Speaker 1: is just so excited and like it makes me really

1094
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:14,800
Speaker 1: excited for the future.

1095
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,879
Speaker 2: We love it all, right, Brooke, final question here.

1096
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 3: Right now, you have an opportunity to give yourself a

1097
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 3: piece of advice, elbow dislocated, you are unsure of what

1098
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 3: happens next. With all the wisdom that you have now

1099
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:33,000
Speaker 3: looking back on that hurdle moment, what do you tell yourself.

1100
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:36,279
Speaker 1: Just to believe in myself? Like, it doesn't matter what

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Speaker 1: other people say or if other people have doubts. It

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Speaker 1: matters like what you tell yourself, Like what kind of

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Speaker 1: story you're telling yourself. So just to kind of like

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Speaker 1: stay focused on what I need to do in the moment,

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Speaker 1: I think that's most important.

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Speaker 2: I'm so so happy that we were able to finally

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Speaker 2: make this happen.

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Speaker 3: Brook How do the hurdlers follow along with you? How

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Speaker 3: do they keep up with you? Give us your details.

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Speaker 1: You can follow me on instant It's at brook Wells

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Speaker 1: with an extra S.

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Speaker 2: With an extra S.

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Speaker 3: I am over at Emily a Body and at Hurdle

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Speaker 3: Podcast Another Hurdle Conquered.

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Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.