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Speaker 1: This is the almost famous podcast with IUR Radio. Hey everybody,

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Speaker 1: this is Trista and you're listening to the almost famous

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Speaker 1: OG podcast where Bob and I, who unfortunately can't be

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Speaker 1: here today. And if he can, it'll be a surprise

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Speaker 1: and a very welcome one. Anyway, I wanted to intro

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Speaker 1: our guest today without Bob in the hopes that he

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Speaker 1: can come, that he can join us. But I'm so

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Speaker 1: excited to welcome Jordan Weaver to the podcast. She is

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Speaker 1: one of my fellow recruits on season three of Special

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Speaker 1: Forces World's Toughest Test, and she of course is one

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Speaker 1: of the Fierce Five from the twenty twelve Summer Olympic

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Speaker 1: Games in London. She is a champion, really truly by

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Speaker 1: all meanings of the word, like she was an individual

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Speaker 1: champion in gymnastics prior to winning the gold medal in

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Speaker 1: London with her Fears five, and she retired from competitive

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Speaker 1: gymnastics in twenty fifteen transitioned to coaching where she coaches

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Speaker 1: the University of Arkansas. And I know that is such

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Speaker 1: a sense of pride for her in talking to her

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Speaker 1: remember her being so proud that this is what she's doing.

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Speaker 1: And you can tell that she now has this family

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Speaker 1: with the University of Arkansas girls and probably boys in

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Speaker 1: their world of gymnastics, and I just love her. She

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Speaker 1: is amazing. She's so down to earth, so sweet, so kind,

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Speaker 1: and we definitely bonded. We were connected linked up on

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Speaker 1: the beach during surf torture, and I don't even know

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Speaker 1: if that's what's what it technically is called, but to me,

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Speaker 1: it's surf torture. It with the buds training on the beach,

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Speaker 1: we were linked together and I just, along with all

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Speaker 1: of my other recruits, just love Jordan so much. So

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Speaker 1: I'm so excited to welcome her to the podcast today. Okay, everybody,

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Speaker 1: I'm so excited Jordan's here with me today and I'm

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Speaker 1: just so excited to chat about our time together on

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Speaker 1: Special Forces and then time, you know, outside of the

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Speaker 1: show and normal life. So welcome to the podcast, Jordan.

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Speaker 2: For having me. It's so good to see you again.

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Speaker 2: You too.

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Speaker 1: I love that we get to see each other live. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so first things first, you you shocked all of us

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Speaker 1: you were pregnant how is it going.

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Speaker 2: Good?

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Speaker 3: It's so funny because I was pretty like early on still,

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Speaker 3: but I'm like, for some reason, I just feel inclined

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Speaker 3: because you know, it was one of those things like

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Speaker 3: So I just felt like telling everyone, and I'm glad

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Speaker 3: I'm nineteen weeks now, so everything has been smooth sailing

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Speaker 1: Amazing. I mean, I couldn't could not start with that

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Speaker 1: because I'm just so happy, so happy for you. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so Special Forces, how were you asked? And what was

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so they reached out to my agent, and my

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Speaker 2: Oh, holy crap. I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I kind of went back and forth a few times,

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Speaker 2: So that's really why I said yes, And it was

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Speaker 1: I'm sure.

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Speaker 1: Interesting. Yes. I just actually got to chat with Rudy

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Speaker 3: And it wasn't really like I don't I'm not actually

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Speaker 3: Well I can tell you, like after the fact that

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Speaker 2: But like in the moment, I don't even know if

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Speaker 3: Like I just like the only thing I could think

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Speaker 1: keep telling them, please have Ryan on the show next season,

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Speaker 1: Please have Ryan. So I think they should do because

439
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 1: Christy has said the same thing. I know so many

440
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,639
Speaker 1: people have said the same thing. They should have a

441
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Speaker 1: show with all of the you know, partners of the

442
00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:35,560
Speaker 1: people who have been on it, right, or like a

443
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,080
Speaker 1: couple's version. Although I don't know, I don't know if

444
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Speaker 1: I could have. I feel like if my husband was there,

445
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 1: I probably would have just like, you know, curled into

446
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: a little ball with him being there and just you know,

447
00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 1: left earlier, you know for sure. Yeah, okay, So pivot

448
00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:00,639
Speaker 1: to gymnastics and now you are the coach of the

449
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:06,400
Speaker 1: University of Arkansas right gymnastics team. How has that been

450
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:12,760
Speaker 1: in comparing your Olympic career to being a coach, Yeah.

451
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,119
Speaker 3: It's very different, Like being a competitor yourself for versus

452
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,120
Speaker 3: you know, leading a group of people to do what

453
00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 3: you did.

454
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,280
Speaker 2: It's it's completely different.

455
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,720
Speaker 3: And I joke all the time that like the things

456
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,200
Speaker 3: that worked for me as an athlete might work for

457
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 3: one out of the twenty people on my team, you know,

458
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,719
Speaker 3: And so I've really like that's been my coaching journey,

459
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,240
Speaker 3: is just understanding people and human behaviors and why people

460
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 3: think and react and behave the way they do, and

461
00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,760
Speaker 3: then after that, motivating them to reach a common goal

462
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 3: and getting a group of people to come together. It's

463
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Speaker 3: what I'm passionate about now, and I love it like

464
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,560
Speaker 3: I love the sport of gymnastics, but even more than that,

465
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,640
Speaker 3: I just really love impacting the lives of my student athletes.

466
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,840
Speaker 3: Like they're in that age range eighteen to twenty two,

467
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 3: and college is one of the most transformative times in

468
00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 3: anyone's life.

469
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 2: You just thought about yourself.

470
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,080
Speaker 3: You're away from your parents for the first time, so

471
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,640
Speaker 3: getting to be a mentor and a leader for them

472
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,400
Speaker 3: during those years is such a big passion of mine.

473
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Speaker 3: So I love what I get to do every day.

474
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Speaker 1: I love that. I love that, And now you'll get

475
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Speaker 1: to be that for your own baby soon. Okay, So

476
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,879
Speaker 1: you faced a lot of highs and lows as a gymnast.

477
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Speaker 1: What kept you motivated to keep going and push your

478
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,960
Speaker 1: body to these limits that I'm sure you had to

479
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 1: push your body too, and your mind.

480
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Speaker 3: Actually yeah, yeah, I mean for me, like I did

481
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,119
Speaker 3: gymnastics from age four, made us the Olympics when I

482
00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 3: was seventeen, So you know, I was pretty young during

483
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 3: those years, and I very much in my mind, like

484
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,399
Speaker 3: felt like an adult during that time because I was

485
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,719
Speaker 3: doing I was basically working a full time if not

486
00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:01,960
Speaker 3: more job. Yeah, train in gymnastics to a day practices

487
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 3: on top of school, on everything.

488
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,400
Speaker 2: And what kept me motivated.

489
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 3: Was just having this big goal, like I wanted to

490
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 3: be an Olympian. I wanted to compete for Team USA,

491
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 3: and that was always in the back of my mind,

492
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 3: and I knew I had what it took to get there.

493
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 3: It was just a matter of taking it one day

494
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,119
Speaker 3: at a time and taking the right steps to get there.

495
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 3: So having that goal was what motivated me. Because there

496
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,640
Speaker 3: were a lot of hard days. There was a lot

497
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,639
Speaker 3: of injuries, and you know a lot of things that

498
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,120
Speaker 3: were happening sort of behind the scenes, you know in

499
00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,800
Speaker 3: my life that you know a lot of people just

500
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:35,720
Speaker 3: didn't know about.

501
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 2: At the time.

502
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 3: And what motivated me was like I had that goal

503
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,679
Speaker 3: and I wanted it so bad and I was going

504
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 3: to make it happen, and it's a lot of work

505
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,120
Speaker 3: to just you know, quit easily. So that's what kept

506
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 3: me going on those hard days and talk to us

507
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:53,119
Speaker 3: about the Fierce Five. Obviously, you came out with a

508
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 3: gold medal and you all had to come together to

509
00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,680
Speaker 3: get that done right, But there had to be moments

510
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,439
Speaker 3: like I mean, please, uh, you know, it's hard to

511
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 3: get a group of people together without having like competition

512
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 3: amongst yourselves and you know, different personalities.

513
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:17,080
Speaker 1: Was there were there difficulties in dealing with the with

514
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,720
Speaker 1: the Fierce Five or did you all just you bonded

515
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: instantaneously and you just made it work and came together

516
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,119
Speaker 1: and you were instantaneous friends. Yeah, Like what was the

517
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:29,280
Speaker 1: behind the scenes? Like?

518
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's interesting because we all lived in

519
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 3: different parts of the country and I was from Michigan,

520
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,160
Speaker 3: Alley was from Boston. McHale's from California, So we all

521
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 3: lived in different places, we had our different coaches, and

522
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 3: then once a month, for years and years and years,

523
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 3: we've come together for these training camps, and so we

524
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 3: would spend these five days together at these training camps

525
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 3: where you know, similar to what I was talking about

526
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 3: in Special Forces, like you're you're doing really hard things

527
00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 3: together and going experiences like that just connects and bond

528
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 3: you in a different way than a lot of people

529
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 3: ever experience in their life.

530
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 2: And so then when the Olympics.

531
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Speaker 3: Came around, we went to a training camp. After we

532
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 3: made the team, we went to a training camp for

533
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 3: about ten days and then we went to London. So

534
00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 3: we weren't used to being with each other every single

535
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 3: day in training. We all trained separately and then came

536
00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 3: together for these competitions.

537
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,160
Speaker 2: And then when we were in.

538
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:30,199
Speaker 3: London, you know, I mean, we were all just It's

539
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,119
Speaker 3: interesting in gymnastics because in the team competition, you have

540
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 3: to be teammates, and then it could be the very

541
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 3: next day where you're competing in say the all around

542
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 3: or an event final, where like your teammate is your

543
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 3: competitor and fors Like I mean, the US is the

544
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 3: most dominant when it comes to gymnastics typically, so your

545
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,880
Speaker 3: biggest competitors are the other American girls. But we never

546
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:56,159
Speaker 3: had any of any drama. We never had any competitiveness

547
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,200
Speaker 3: to the point where we were caddy with each other

548
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,760
Speaker 3: like we were sixteen, seeventeen years old. We just we

549
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 3: were just girls, you know, and we were we were

550
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 3: competitive and tough, but at the end of the day,

551
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 3: like we were, we were friends and teammates and we

552
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 3: just wanted each other to succeed. And I think that's

553
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 3: what helped us go out and win that gold medal

554
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,160
Speaker 3: as a group, because it really it took every single

555
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:19,320
Speaker 3: one of us to make that happen.

556
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Speaker 1: I love that. I love it. Are you in touch

557
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 1: with them still?

558
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 2: Yeah?

559
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 3: So actually, one of my teammates, Kyla, she is my

560
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 3: assistant coach here at Arkansas, so she's too honest and

561
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:38,640
Speaker 3: we work together every day, which is amazing. And then Alie.

562
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 2: Raised been We see her quite frequently.

563
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 3: I mean now she's she's doing some commentating for NC

564
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 3: double A Gymnastics, So like a couple of weeks ago

565
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 3: she was commentating one of the meets we were competing in,

566
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 3: which is fun because it feels like, you know, our

567
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 3: worlds are colliding again. And then you know Mikayla, Like,

568
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 3: I don't see her often, but I got to see

569
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 3: her last year when Kyla got married, she came to

570
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:03,280
Speaker 3: her weddings. We had a little mini reunion and so

571
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 3: every now and then we get to see each other.

572
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 2: We still haven't gotten like all five of us together

573
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 2: in the same.

574
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,160
Speaker 3: Room, I think, since the Olympics, So we need to

575
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 3: make that happen at some point for sure.

576
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: How is it watching the Olympics now, Like, what did

577
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: you do this year when they are I guess this

578
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 1: past summer? It was on this past summer? Yeah? Right,

579
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: am I making that up right?

580
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 2: You're right?

581
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 1: Oh, so what did you do when you watched? Did

582
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: you have like a big watch party or do you

583
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: get together with your gymnast at Arkansas? Or how do

584
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: you watch? I think it'd probably be so fun to

585
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 1: like cheer on the next the next generation.

586
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I know I mentioned this when my

587
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 3: husband was an Olympian as well, in the Reo Olympics.

588
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 3: And then I have Kyla here, she's one of my

589
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 3: best friends, so we all watch it together and.

590
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 2: It's just it's it's fun now to just be a fan.

591
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 2: You know.

592
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 3: Obviously when you're in it, you're in it, and then

593
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 3: the one Olympics, right after you compete, you have this

594
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 3: really weird feeling when you're watching it, like.

595
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 2: Should I retired? Like should I kept going?

596
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 3: Like I really want to be there, and then the

597
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 3: further you get out, the more you're like, this is amazing.

598
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 3: I can't even believe I did this at one point,

599
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 3: and you just get to be a fan.

600
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 2: And that's really like the phase that I'm in now,

601
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 2: which is so fun.

602
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 3: So I love watching Olympics and Team USA is always

603
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 3: so dominant, especially gymnastics, so it makes it really really

604
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 3: fun to watch.

605
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,560
Speaker 1: Really exciting and such a sense of pride right that

606
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: you get to be part of that family. I can

607
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 1: only imagine. Yes, what's the most important lesson that you

608
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: learned during your time on Team USA? And did you

609
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: utilize that when you went to Special Forces?

610
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 2: Yeah?

611
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 3: I mean I feel like everything about who I am

612
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 3: now is somehow related to gymnastics because it just was.

613
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 3: It was my whole life growing up, and I learned

614
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 3: so many life lessons, I mean, hard work and discipline

615
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 3: and confidence, like I gained all of those things through gymnastics.

616
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 3: I think the biggest thing is how to be resilient.

617
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 3: And I always say, like having the ability to flex

618
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 3: my resilience muscle, Like, you know, we have all these

619
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 3: muscles in our body, and you know, the more you

620
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 3: work out a muscle and break it down, it continues

621
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 3: to rebuild and it's stronger than it was before. And

622
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 3: I feel like we all have that resilience muscle inside

623
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 3: of us, and you know, the more things we go

624
00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 3: through we have that opportunity to flex, that muscle gets

625
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 3: stronger and stronger, and so I feel like my resilience

626
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 3: muscle got broken down a lot through gymnastics, and it

627
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,719
Speaker 3: got really strong through gymnastics. So I feel like resilience is,

628
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 3: you know, one of the biggest things I gained from

629
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 3: from the sport in general. Definitely felt like I tried

630
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 3: to take that into Special Forces.

631
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 2: It was very different than gymnastics.

632
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 3: You know, a lot more like condensed physicality some you know,

633
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 3: some different elements like water and things like that. But

634
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 3: I definitely felt like, you know, each day we had

635
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 3: to keep keep going and just it was like endless

636
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 3: how many challenges we'd have to do that day and

637
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,719
Speaker 3: the amount of physical stuff and those backpacks.

638
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 2: So I definitely feel like I had to bring that

639
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 2: into Special Forces.

640
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you have to have some sense of

641
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: resilience to get in there if you, as as the

642
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: DS call it in interviews they've done afterwards, are there

643
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 1: for the right reasons, essentially, you know, if you came

644
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: to actually be a part of it and try to

645
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: get as much out of it as you can. I

646
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 1: feel like I'm very much a perfectionist, and I assume

647
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: you are too. Being an Olympic gymnast, you have to

648
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: try to attain that all those tends. You know, perfect

649
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: scores constantly. What's your most valuable piece of advice for

650
00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: people who are have that little perfectionist bone in them?

651
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: And how to overcome, you know, difficulties like special forces

652
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: or like your panic attacks or even just having didn't

653
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 1: you have a broken leg when you were competing at

654
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: the Olympics. Yeah, I mean, I mean, so how do

655
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 1: what's your most valuable piece of advice for those people

656
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: who who want to be perfect, who have that pressure

657
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: to be perfect and getting through that yeah, or getting

658
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 1: through hard times?

659
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean.

660
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 3: This It resonates a lot because I have a team

661
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 3: of nineteen student athletes that just want to be perfect

662
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:40,560
Speaker 3: all the.

663
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 2: Time, and I tell them constantly.

664
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 3: Like perfection does not exist, Like you might be able

665
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 3: to score ten in gymnastics, but you know, as a coach,

666
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 3: I can watch a routinea scores a ten, and you

667
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 3: can find imperfections in it. It's it's really just about

668
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 3: the illusion of perfection, right in gymnastics, and so perfection

669
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 3: is a thing as much as we want it, and

670
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 3: so I try to I try to get them to

671
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 3: focus on a couple things. First thing is like, as

672
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 3: an athlete or even as a human being, if you

673
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 3: can just focus on getting one percent better at whatever

674
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,359
Speaker 3: it is that you're doing, be one percent better at

675
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,359
Speaker 3: it than you were yesterday, and then the next day

676
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 3: you focus on good thing one percent better. From there,

677
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,320
Speaker 3: you're going to experience such massive growth and even in

678
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 3: a short period of time, but it's not going to

679
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 3: seem so overwhelming, and you don't have to have it

680
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,439
Speaker 3: all figured out one day, so you know, you can

681
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,359
Speaker 3: kind of guess what that looks like in the gym.

682
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 3: But even as a person, if you have a goal,

683
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,919
Speaker 3: get one percent that goal each day.

684
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 2: That helps them a lot.

685
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 3: And then the other thing I really stress, and my

686
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 3: huge advice for people in general, is like make sure

687
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 3: that you know what your definition of success is. You know,

688
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,759
Speaker 3: whatever it is that you're striving to do in life,

689
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,320
Speaker 3: whether it be athletics or you know, some other career,

690
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 3: field that you're in, like or parenting, even, like.

691
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 2: What what does success look like in that area for you?

692
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 3: And then make sure that when you finish your day

693
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 3: and you let your head down to go to sleep,

694
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 3: you evaluate yourself based on your definition of success, not

695
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 3: on perfection, not on somebody who's who's the.

696
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 2: Very best at that thing.

697
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 3: You know, you're evaluating yourself based on what is going

698
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,839
Speaker 3: to make me feel successful at the end of the day.

699
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,439
Speaker 3: And you know, for me, like, success is not necessarily

700
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,439
Speaker 3: whether or not I achieved a goal. It's about did

701
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 3: I give it one hundred percent of what I had

702
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 3: to give?

703
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 2: Did I give it my all and be the best

704
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 2: I could possibly be?

705
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 3: That is the feeling of success that I get at

706
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 3: the end of the day. And as long as I'm

707
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 3: refocusing on that constantly, like that really helps me. So

708
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 3: for perfectionists, like perfection is not attainable, it's more like,

709
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 3: what what does success feel like to you? And a

710
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 3: lot of times it's not actually being perfect, it's it's

711
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:55,880
Speaker 3: just different than that.

712
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:57,880
Speaker 2: So that would be my advice.

713
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: That's a amazing advice. I love the one percent Just

714
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: try to be one percent better. That is oh so good. Jordan.

715
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: So good. Okay, where do you keep your gold medal?

716
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 2: Right now?

717
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 3: It's in a safe in my house. No, we're exciting, No,

718
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 3: we're exciting for sure. I'm not like the type of

719
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,439
Speaker 3: person I keep it on display. I I don't play

720
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 3: how very often. It's it's just in a box in

721
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 3: a safe.

722
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: After the Olympics, did you just wear it around even

723
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 1: to go to the bathroom or what. I can't imagine

724
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 1: that I would actually take it off, like I would

725
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 1: just leave it on all the time.

726
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 3: Well, okay, they're shockingly heavy, like that's the thing that

727
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 3: we were like, whoa, these things are like they kind

728
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 3: of hurt after when you wear it for a long time.

729
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 3: But when we were in London after we won the

730
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 3: team gold, we all like slept with it under our pillows.

731
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 2: I thought that was kind of cute. That is so cute.

732
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 2: I'm going to come and steal it.

733
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 3: I'm not sure, but yeah, we definitely, like, I mean,

734
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 3: at first we were carring it around to appearances and

735
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 3: traveling with it and everything, and then after a while

736
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 3: you're like, okay, I can just put it in this

737
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 3: box and yeah.

738
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: I love that. That is so cute. Okay, So on

739
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: Special Forces. I was really moved by the Mirror Room interviews,

740
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: and I feel like that's part of what I wanted

741
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 1: to get to, was the Mirror Room, just so you

742
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: have that connection with the DS. Your Mirror Room was.

743
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if it was hard for you to watch,

744
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:39,839
Speaker 1: but it is just hearing about people's true truths and

745
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: who they are at the core, what they struggle with,

746
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,359
Speaker 1: the things that have been in the press, all those

747
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:49,760
Speaker 1: kind of things. You shared about how you were part

748
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:55,720
Speaker 1: of the biggest sexual abuse case in sport in history

749
00:37:55,800 --> 00:38:04,439
Speaker 1: of sport, which that alone is just just massive. Of course, regardless,

750
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 1: you know, you went through this really really difficult time.

751
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: I am interested to know if you're okay sharing how

752
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: the response has been from sharing that on Special Forces.

753
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, you know, it's it's a story that I

754
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 3: have been passionate about telling, Like even before Special Forces,

755
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,360
Speaker 3: you know, like going through that experience, I wasn't really

756
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,240
Speaker 3: I didn't talk about it for a long long time

757
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 3: until the case really came to light and accountability was

758
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,359
Speaker 3: starting to happen, and I sort of had this overwhelming

759
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 3: feeling of like responsibility and feeling like I needed to

760
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 3: tell my story and speak out because I was becoming

761
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 3: more and more aware of just how many people in

762
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 3: this world have had similar experiences. You know, maybe not

763
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 3: in the exact same way with a doctor at the

764
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 3: scale that you know, that the public scale that we

765
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 3: experienced it, but you know, whether it be a family

766
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 3: member or a close friend or a stranger or on

767
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 3: college campuses, like sexual abuse and sexual assault is so

768
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 3: much more common than a lot of people realize. And

769
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 3: so I felt passionate that I needed to I needed

770
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,440
Speaker 3: to speak out and tell my story, not just for

771
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 3: the future of gymnastics and the gymnasts that are going

772
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 3: to come after me, but for every survivor or some

773
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 3: or even someone that might be going through it currently

774
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 3: and afraid to speak up or hold their abuser accountable.

775
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 3: Like there's so many people like that in the world

776
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 3: that I've I've realized.

777
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 2: It's just way more common than we think.

778
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 3: So I felt passionate about telling that story, and you know,

779
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 3: it came up in the in the mirror room of

780
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 3: the DS as really just part of, you know, one

781
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:52,399
Speaker 3: of the reasons why I retired from gymnastics and kind

782
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 3: of took them, you know, turn that chapter in my life.

783
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 3: But it's it's never easy to talk about, but I

784
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,760
Speaker 3: do feel like, hey, if even if there's one person

785
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 3: who is a victim of sexual abuse who watches it

786
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 3: and goes, okay, this gives me the permission to feel

787
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 3: okay to talk to somebody about it, Like it's worth

788
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 3: it for me to do that, especially on TV.

789
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 1: You know, mm hmmm. Have you felt the love, like

790
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: whether it's DM or has anyone come up to you

791
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: and told you face to face that you impacted their

792
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 1: lives by sharing that story? Yeah?

793
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I actually, just the other day, I

794
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 3: got a really interesting email. It was from a retired

795
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:40,439
Speaker 3: military veteran and he he basically, you know, I don't

796
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 3: know the exact remember the exact words to use, but

797
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 3: he basically said like I'm so proud of you, like

798
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,760
Speaker 3: thank you for showing your strength, you know, through Special

799
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:51,320
Speaker 3: Forces and like you know, heard it from other people,

800
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 3: but to hear from a military veteran like that just

801
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 3: made me feel like, okay, like you know, at least

802
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 3: I gave it my all, and you know it was

803
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 3: people saw that that my strength on that show, so

804
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 3: that was really encouraging. And then you know, some people

805
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 3: just messages here and there people saying like, thank you

806
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 3: for sharing your story and you know, things like that,

807
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 3: but you know.

808
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 2: That's not it's not the reason I do it.

809
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 3: It's really just I don't want I don't want people

810
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 3: to give me recognition. I really want people to feel

811
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,320
Speaker 3: like they can be strong through hearing my experience and

812
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 3: you know, hopefully speak out about their own someday if

813
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 3: that's part of their journey and they need to.

814
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,840
Speaker 1: Of course, of course, I think. I think talking about

815
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: it just proves to everyone that we are all human

816
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,320
Speaker 1: and we're all in this together, and you're not alone.

817
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's power in feeling like you're not alone.

818
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: So so good for you for talking about it. I'm

819
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 1: sure that's not easy. Okay, speaking of not easy pregnancy,

820
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 1: how has it been so far? Have you had any

821
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: speed bumps like I was? I was sick for gosh

822
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,959
Speaker 1: four months, so that was no fun. Has it been

823
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: an easy pregnancy so far?

824
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:15,879
Speaker 3: I think it's been pretty easy, So I want want

825
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 3: to say easy, but it hasn't been terrible. And I've

826
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 3: heard I've heard good the people that I've had, you know,

827
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 3: morning sickness and things like that. I've been very lucky

828
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 3: not to experience that. So, you know, I think the

829
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 3: biggest thing and I.

830
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 2: Think only women can can relate to this.

831
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 3: Really, it's like the way your body just changes, Like

832
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:36,760
Speaker 3: you know, you know you're pregnant, you know you're growing

833
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 3: a child, but you know your body is changing in

834
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 3: a lot of ways and that's just hard and interesting.

835
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,120
Speaker 2: But I'm trying to embrace it as much as i can.

836
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 3: And you know, we we told our team like a

837
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 3: few weeks ago and posted a video on social media.

838
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 3: They were just so excited for us. So it's just

839
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,720
Speaker 3: been really fun and trying to enjoy it and embrace

840
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 3: every part of the process.

841
00:42:57,920 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 2: For sure.

842
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,160
Speaker 1: Yes, I loved that video. That was so cute how

843
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: he ripped open didn't he rip open his shirt? And

844
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:06,160
Speaker 1: most did.

845
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:10,400
Speaker 3: We had ark mom and Arkansas dad and we unzipped

846
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 3: our jackets and so cute.

847
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 1: I loved that. That was adorable. Do you know if

848
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: you're having a girl or a boy or are you

849
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: going to find out?

850
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:23,800
Speaker 2: And we know it's a girl.

851
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 1: Okay, now here's the queste. Not that I guess if

852
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:30,840
Speaker 1: you were having a boy, it would be the same question.

853
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: Because your husband was an Olympic gymnast. Would you let

854
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 1: them go into gymnastics? Will you hope that they go

855
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 1: into gymnastics so that you can coach them because they have, hello,

856
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 1: some pretty good jeans.

857
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 3: I don't know, I don't have that feeling of like

858
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 3: I hope they do, but I definitely would let them

859
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 3: if they wanted to. I kind of I mean, I

860
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 3: didn't do any other sports growing up besides gymnastics, so

861
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 3: I kind of want I kind of want her to

862
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:02,319
Speaker 3: try things and like try, so try swimming. Maybe that

863
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 3: would be good, you know, just see what she loves,

864
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 3: because like I specialized so early, like.

865
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 2: I didn't do anything else. If you throw a ball

866
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 2: at me, I like freak out. And so.

867
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just know I did really love gymnastics and

868
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,239
Speaker 3: gained so much from the sport. You know, I don't

869
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,760
Speaker 3: have any regrets like specializing and doing that as seriously

870
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 3: as I did. I just, you know, like my parents

871
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 3: did with me, I just want them to love it

872
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,439
Speaker 3: and be passionate about it and.

873
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 2: Really enjoy it every day.

874
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,959
Speaker 1: Of course, that's of course what just what we want.

875
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: You know, as parents, you just want your kids to

876
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 1: be happy, that's all. I mean, that's what it comes

877
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Speaker 1: down to so, you know, people have asked me all

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Speaker 1: the time, would you let your kids go on the

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Speaker 1: Bachelor or Bachelorette? Obviously it's very different than being an

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Speaker 1: Olympic gymnast. But you know, I'm like, well, wouldn't I

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Speaker 1: be a hit if I said no, you can't go

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Speaker 1: on the show where I met your dad? And it's

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Speaker 1: the whole reason that you exist, you know. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: when you get down to it, you're like, well, I

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Speaker 1: was a gymnast all of my life, so maybe my

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Speaker 1: child should do it too. You just never know. You

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Speaker 1: just never know, and hopefully you just want them to

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Speaker 1: be healthy and happy, right, that's what we want. Yes,

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Speaker 1: so you're do oh gosh, I can't do the math.

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Speaker 1: Are you doing this January June?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm just so excited to hear how it happens

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Speaker 1: and watch your delivery story. Because of course we all

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Speaker 1: you know, follow each other, or most of us follow

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Speaker 1: each other on social media now, so I just I

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Speaker 1: love being able to follow this. It's just such a

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Speaker 1: such a light, you know, anybody who's pregnant, it's just

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Speaker 1: such such a light. And I'll never forget you telling

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Speaker 1: us at that table. It was I was like, oh.

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Speaker 2: My gosh, what she's telling all of us.

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Speaker 1: I feel so so honored.

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Speaker 3: You know, Like I've had people ask me like, well,

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Speaker 3: were you pregnant when you went on Special Forces? And like, no,

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Speaker 3: you don't understand, like they filmed things way far in advance.

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Speaker 2: No, I wasn't pregnant, way far in advance.

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Speaker 1: That was a long time ago. Were you guys trying

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Speaker 1: to get pregnant when we were, like before you left

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Speaker 1: for Special Forces?

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Speaker 3: No, not until like the fall we started trying, and

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Speaker 3: you know, okay, yeah, we're very lucky that it happened quickly.

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Speaker 3: And you know we're always planning around our gymnastics schedule

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Speaker 3: because we our team competes January through April. It's like, okay,

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Speaker 3: we can't have a baby in any of those months.

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Speaker 3: We have to like time it as well as we can,

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Speaker 3: God forbid. So so we we nailed the timing.

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Speaker 1: You nailed the timing perfectionism out of his best Jordan,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for coming on the Almost Famous

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Speaker 1: OG podcast. My co host couldn't be here today because

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Speaker 1: he's busy traveling. But I know, he says, Hi, he's

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Speaker 1: been watching the show. We've been recapping every Thursday morning,

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Speaker 1: so it's been really fun for him to kind of

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Speaker 1: live vicariously through me. So I pass along my hellos

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Speaker 1: from Bob and say thank you from both of us.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being on the podcast today.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate it, of course.

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Speaker 1: All right, thanks everybody for listening. And actually, if you

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Speaker 1: want to follow Jordan on Instagram, tell us your Instagram handle.

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Speaker 3: Jordan Underscore Weaver's my Instagram perfection.