1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: Hey, hardlers, you are listening to episode fifty two of Hurdle, 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: a podcast that talks to everyone from top CEOs to 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 1: entrepreneurs and athletes about how they got through tough times 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: hurdles of sorts by leaning into wellness. My name's Emia Body, 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: and this week I'm chatting with the one the only 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: crossfits fittest woman on Earth, Tia Claire. To me, before 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: I get to that, quick shout out to my sponsor, 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: Athletic Greens, I'll be real. 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And it was surreal, to say the least. 26 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: I was down there for the Rebok CrossFit Athletes Summit. 27 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: I had a really awesome opportunity to interview and hang 28 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: out with some really. 29 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: Stellar CrossFit athletes. 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: My relationship with CrossFit was super into it a few 31 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: years ago, probably going about four or five times a 32 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: week to the CrossFit gym shout out to brick Grand 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: Central here in New York. And I really love the 34 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: sport and I have such an admiration for, you know, 35 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: the people that do it in the caliber of an 36 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: athlete that it takes to really be able to do 37 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: a variety of constantly varied movements really really well. 38 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: Tia grew up in Australia. 39 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: She won the CrossFit Games the last two years, in 40 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen twenty seventeen. And the craziest part about this 41 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: is that it's not too long ago that she wasn't 42 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: really working out at all. So today we talk about 43 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: TIA's journey to becoming the fittest woman on Earth. It's 44 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: a title that makes me chuggle every single time, and 45 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: the Hurdle moment where she felt pretty lost and pretty 46 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: unsure about what she was going to do with her life, 47 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: and how arguably Crosswig kind of changed the game for 48 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: her in so many ways. Tia is so genuine, she's 49 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: so nice, she's so honest, and I think she really 50 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: brings a lot of compassion and just overall this reminder 51 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: that really, if there's anything that you want in life, 52 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: it's yours for the taking, if you're willing to put 53 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: in the work. 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Let's get to hurdling. 69 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 2: Today. 70 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: I'm sitting here with Tia Claire. To me, she is 71 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: the fittest woman on Earth? Does that ever get old? 72 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: No? No, it's every time someone says that, it's still 73 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 2: something that's like, oh wow, that's really cool. 74 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: It's kind of crazy that CrossFit came up with that 75 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: for like the title of the person that wins the 76 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: CrossFit Games. Okay, so I feel like there's a little 77 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: background to provide here for my listener. Tia is an 78 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: excellent cross fitter, and in CrossFit every year there are 79 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: the CrossFit Games and they take place over the summer months, 80 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: and when you come in first place, you win this 81 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: superstellar title. 82 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, the fittest woman on Earth. It's pretty cool. Hey, yeah, 83 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: it's rad. 84 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: There's also the fittest man on Earth. But I today 85 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: am lucky enough to be sitting with this lady. So 86 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: before we get going here, I want to like do 87 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: like some baseball card stats. 88 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: So yeah, okay, let's do some max lift stats. Deadlift 89 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 2: four point fifteen I believe, which was at the games 90 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 2: heaviest squat. You would think that I actually would know 91 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 2: these like off by heart, but the amount of times 92 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 2: I actually try and work up to like a one 93 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,119 Speaker 2: RM is very rarely RM. In CrossFit speaker's rep max yes, 94 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 2: rep max pebe sorry, personal best. I think it was 95 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 2: around the one sixty kilograms, so I don't know what 96 00:04:59,600 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: that is. 97 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: I should probably just have opened up a conversion chart. Yes, yeah, okay, 98 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: what about snatch? 99 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: We got a squad snatch, but or a pal snatch 100 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 2: just to be precise. No, I've been to this, so 101 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 2: my snatch would be two or five I think in pounds. Okay, okay, 102 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 2: I'm like randomly pulling out these numbers, but I'm not 103 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 2: even sure if they're the right one. 104 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 3: You're doing excellent max pull ups. 105 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: Sixty five. 106 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: They need to update the CrossFit website. Oh really, says 107 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: fifty wow? And okay, last thing, how fast can you 108 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,119 Speaker 1: spread four hundred meters? 109 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 2: I think I'd like to say around the one minute. 110 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: Wow, And that's a quarter of a mile. For you 111 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: guys at home. That's that's pretty incredible. Okay, So those 112 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,119 Speaker 1: are just some benchmarks. 113 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 2: For being this fit. Yeah, I mean I try. So. 114 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: You won the CrossFit Games this past year. You've been 115 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: competing as a CrossFit athlete now for four years. 116 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, how's that been. It's been a whirlwind. It was 117 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 2: something that I never even expected or anticipated. I got 118 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 2: into CrossFit purely just to build my fitness for a 119 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,559 Speaker 2: different sport, and at the time, that was track and field. 120 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: And when I started cross fit, you know, I really 121 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 2: enjoyed the challenges it provided every training session, and the 122 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 2: community and camaraderie that it provided. But I never thought 123 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 2: that I would be competing on a world stage and 124 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 2: also being the best in the world, which is just 125 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 2: mind blowing. Yeah. 126 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: I mean every time we say this, I kind of 127 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: like get chills talking about it. I feel like saying, okay, 128 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: so let's rewind it back. So you said track and field. 129 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: Did you grow up being really athletic back at home? 130 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, so every day I would be doing a different sport. 131 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: Mom and Dad they were very encouraging in, you know, 132 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: taking me after school to different types of training sessions. 133 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: So I would do tennis. I would play netball, which 134 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 2: is a more of the Commonwealth countries know what netball is. 135 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 2: I would play football nippers there was a nippers is 136 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 2: like a surf life saving kind of sport that we 137 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: have back home in Australia, which is a lot of fun. 138 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: What else did I do? I did swimming cross country? Wow, 139 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: everyday I did so much, like if there was a 140 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 2: sport that I could get involved in, Like mom and 141 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: Dad were very supportive and you know, had me there 142 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 2: every day. So like that was something that I think 143 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 2: made me who I am today, and that's why I'm 144 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: so sporty and very competitive. 145 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, totally, I mean, and growing up with this much 146 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: love for athleticism. You know, when I was younger, I 147 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: dreamed of being a journalist, which man might talk about 148 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: some like I could have dreamed to be so many things, 149 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,239 Speaker 1: but I dreamed of moving to New York and writing 150 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: articles like I do. 151 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 3: Now, were you dreaming of becoming this stellar athlete? 152 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: I do? Remember when when you grow up, all you 153 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 2: think is like the pinnacle of our you know, the 154 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 2: sporting careers is going to the Olympics, or you know, 155 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 2: in certain sports it may be like the world championships 156 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: in specific sports. I know that the Olympics isn't the 157 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 2: pinnacle for every single sport, but for me, like, I 158 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: was really focused on running and I was good at it, 159 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 2: and my dad helped train me and take my training 160 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 2: to another level, which was also very special because it was, 161 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 2: you know, something that we could do together. And I 162 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 2: was like, well, the pinnacle of that would be going 163 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 2: to the Olympics. So I want to go to the 164 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: Olympics for eight or four hundred meter hurdles. So that 165 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 2: was something that I grew up dreaming about, and it like, 166 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: I mean, I look back and think, well, it's not 167 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 2: crazy to have these dreams, Like, it's actually pretty incredible. 168 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: I think what's even more crazy about this now in 169 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: retrospect is that you have been to the Olympics, but 170 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: not for track and field. 171 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 3: So talk to tell me just a little bit about that. 172 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 2: As I got older and school became a little more important, 173 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 2: I had to make sure that, you know, I was 174 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: getting the right grades because I needed to focus on that, 175 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 2: you know, building that career and getting the right op 176 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 2: which is you know, you need a specific score in 177 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 2: order to get into a university degree. Back home in Australia, 178 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: and so for me that was definitely a high priority 179 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 2: because my mum and dad put a lot of money 180 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: into my secondary school and through that, I kind of 181 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 2: put my sporting interests on a hold. I still did them, 182 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 2: but I wasn't fully involved because I wanted to really 183 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: focus on, you know, getting the right grades in secondary school. 184 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: And so that dream of going to the Olympics, as 185 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 2: much as I still wanted to do that, I kind 186 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 2: of felt like it just wasn't going to happen because 187 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 2: I knew how much work you needed to do in 188 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 2: order to go there. But I also was being thinking 189 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 2: and kind of hearing from other people like, no, you know, 190 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 2: you need to go out and get a good career 191 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 2: and create an income for yourself so you can support yourself. 192 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 2: And this is the right way of going and getting 193 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 2: a university degree. And so that's what I thought was 194 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: probably the best decision to take. And that's no one's fault, 195 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 2: it's just that that's in my eyes, I was like, 196 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 2: that's probably the better option, whereas my passion for the 197 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 2: Olympics is probably I just didn't see it, you know, 198 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 2: earning me the income that I needed to live a 199 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 2: long and successful life, and so I just left that 200 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 2: on the back burner and went to UNI and kind 201 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: of fell into a bit of a rut and didn't 202 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 2: really exercise, didn't do anything. 203 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 3: To be honest, when you say a little bit of 204 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 3: a rut, like what did that entail. 205 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 2: Well, I actually was at boarding school and when I 206 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 2: went to university, I moved away from my family to 207 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 2: go to this university in Brisbane, which it was like 208 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: one of the major universities, and I had to obviously 209 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 2: really focus on studying and everything, but I just didn't 210 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 2: pick the right degree for me. So my interest and 211 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 2: passion just wasn't there. And I think that when your 212 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:58,959 Speaker 2: heart isn't fully in something, you kind of do it 213 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 2: half hearted and then you find all these excuses on 214 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 2: why you don't want to study for that exam or 215 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 2: you don't want to put in the hard work and 216 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 2: you get that a plus on your assignment. And for me, 217 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 2: I actually just started eating rubbish food. I wasn't healthy. 218 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 2: I mean I wasn't exercising, so I wasn't stimulating the 219 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 2: brain as well, and I was just watching TV. So 220 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 2: really I was just getting into the slump of just 221 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 2: being such a homebody and not really socializing with the 222 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 2: people that I loved being around and also doing the 223 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: things that I really enjoyed and made me the person 224 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 2: I am. So I definitely change and I kind of 225 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 2: felt like I was just wasting life. And I don't 226 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: ever want to have a go at other people because 227 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 2: that may be certain things that they want to do 228 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: in their life, but for me personally, that's just not 229 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 2: who I was. I was always someone that was outdoors, 230 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 2: very active, and very social with my friends and family, 231 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 2: and I just wasn't being like that. So that was 232 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 2: something that I looked back at and think, oh, wow, 233 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 2: like that was interesting. I didn't realize it at the time, 234 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 2: but now I can see just how much that affected me. 235 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 2: Where I wasn't following what I wanted to do and 236 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 2: I was doing what I thought was the right decision. 237 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: How did you even go about pulling yourself out of 238 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: that rut? Because I'm assuming you had to spend a 239 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: certain amount of time or you were supposed to anyway, 240 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: I spend a certain amount of time going through the 241 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: motions of taking all these courses. 242 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I definitely didn't want to waste the money 243 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 2: that we were spending and when I say we, my 244 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 2: parents were helping me support that, so I didn't want 245 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 2: to waste their money. But when it came to the 246 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 2: sixth month mark, every month like you would, you know, 247 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: put on a certain take on another subject or whatever, 248 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 2: and I was like, no, no, no, like when it 249 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 2: gets hard, like don't. 250 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 3: Just give up. 251 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 2: So I wrote it out for another like six months, 252 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 2: and then I still felt like I just wasn't enjoying 253 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 2: it and I was wasting my parents' money, really, and 254 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 2: so I put it on hold so that, you know, 255 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 2: maybe in five years time, when I've kind of grown 256 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: up a little bit and i know what I want 257 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: to do and I'm maybe more motivated and I'm in 258 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 2: a better head space, I can come back and revisit that, 259 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: and that wasn't that six months wasn't a waste. But 260 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: you know, I can just put that on hold and 261 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 2: go on, just try and figure out, you know, who 262 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 2: I am as a person as well, because I just 263 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 2: graduated from school. I'm, you know, a young adult that 264 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 2: had no idea what she wanted to do with her life. 265 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 2: And you know, I'm also trying to figure out who 266 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 2: I was as a person as well. 267 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: I think it's tough because even you know in America 268 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: when you get to college at eighteen and they say 269 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: to you, all right, right now, you have to pick 270 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: what you think you're going to do for the rest 271 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: of your life. And there's so much pressure on that, 272 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: so much pressure, and what pleases any eighteen year old 273 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: in to be like, I know exactly what I want 274 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: to do when I'm thirty seven, but. 275 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 2: Like some kids do, which is amazing, Yeah, but the 276 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 2: people that don't. I mean for me, I didn't know 277 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 2: what I wanted to do, and so I was like, man, 278 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 2: am I Am I not doing it right? Like is 279 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: there something wrong with me? Because personally I was like, 280 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 2: everyone has everything together and they know what they want 281 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 2: to do, but like, I just don't want to make 282 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 2: the bad choice. But you have to kind of live 283 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 2: and learn, and obviously as life goes on, you kind 284 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: of learn that and you realize that, hey, this may 285 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 2: not go as planned, but what if it actually does, 286 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 2: Like what if it goes, you know, above and beyond 287 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 2: your expectations and takes you to a whole nother world. 288 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 2: And that I guess that's what happened with CrossFit. 289 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 3: Right, Okay, So you do you move back home. 290 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 2: I never moved back home, So I actually I moved 291 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 2: out of home in grade ten and I went to 292 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 2: boarding school for my last two years, just because where 293 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 2: we lived it was a lot more rural, so, you know, 294 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 2: to make sure that I was getting that good education, 295 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 2: Mom and dad sent me to a boarding school and 296 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: then from there I went to UNI, but I stayed 297 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 2: in Brisbane for the university degrees and from there. That's 298 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 2: Shane and I, who's my husband at the time. He 299 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 2: was my boyfriend. We'd been dating since high school and 300 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: he was working on the other side of the country 301 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 2: in Western Australia. So he decided to leave his job 302 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 2: and actually get relocated to a different place on the 303 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 2: east coast of Australia, in a town called Gladstone, and 304 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 2: so we moved. I deferred university in Brisbane and we 305 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 2: both moved our house up to Gladstone. And then it 306 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 2: wasn't that's pretty much like I don't look at it 307 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 2: as like I was running away from my problems, but 308 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 2: it was a different opportunity and I looked at that 309 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: as like, Okay, like this is going to be a 310 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 2: fresh start. I can just try and figure out who 311 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 2: I am and what I want to do, and as well, 312 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 2: you know, Shane and I we get to actually live 313 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 2: together and stop doing long distance, which is obviously really nice. 314 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 2: At the time, I actually got a job as a 315 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 2: dental assistant. I did that for about eighteen months, and 316 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 2: I really enjoyed that because I do enjoy the health industry, 317 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 2: so that was very different. What a random I know, 318 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 2: it was so so random, so you know, I know 319 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 2: about so many people's teeth. But then like that just 320 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,159 Speaker 2: still wasn't fulfilling. But in that time, I actually started 321 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 2: running and I started being a lot more energetic, and 322 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 2: I kind of starting to get my mojo back a 323 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 2: little bit. But then I decided that hey, you know, 324 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 2: like I'm I really want to make some money so 325 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 2: that Shane and I can go traveling more regularly. And 326 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,960 Speaker 2: he was working for a mining company called Rio Tinto 327 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 2: and there was a job coming up in the lab 328 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 2: and so I actually applied for that, and due to 329 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 2: my personality, I got that job, which was just I 330 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 2: couldn't believe it actually, because there was a lot of 331 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 2: people with so much experience in the lab that was 332 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 2: going for that job, and for me, for someone that's 333 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 2: never had any experience in the laboratory in a major company. 334 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 2: I was like, wow, like, man, I must have had 335 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 2: done a good interview, you know, so that was interesting. 336 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 2: I was like, all right, well, you know, like I'm 337 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: starting to build something here and I'm starting to kind 338 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 2: of get out of my right a little bit. I'm 339 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 2: eventually going to be earning a decent amount of money. 340 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 2: I'm in a secure job, and Shane and I we 341 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 2: can save up and maybe go traveling a little bit more. 342 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 2: And who knows where this you know, laboratory job is 343 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 2: going to take me. And so in that time, I 344 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 2: started realizing that I wanted to take up track a 345 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 2: little bit more as well. So I needed to build 346 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 2: my fitness because that was like two years off the track, 347 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,119 Speaker 2: and you know, I'd put on a little bit of 348 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 2: weight and I definitely wasn't as fit as what I was. 349 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: So I was like, I need to build my fitness. 350 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 2: And Shane at the time was playing football and he 351 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 2: was going to this CrossFit gym in the preseason and 352 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 2: it was like, Hey, I think T would like this, 353 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 2: and was like, hey, like you should really come to 354 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 2: one of the classes here because I think that this 355 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 2: training at this gym would really help and benefit your 356 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 2: track training. So I was like, all right, I don't 357 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 2: give it a go. 358 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: I was going to ask, were you at all resistant 359 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: to that? I feel like sometimes, especially when you're a runner, 360 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,719 Speaker 1: you just love running, yeah, and someone's like, let's go 361 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: lift these weights, and you're like, do we have to? 362 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 2: I've always appreciated the variety of what swimming can do 363 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 2: to my fitness to benefit my running, what a bit 364 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 2: of weight training can do to build that power to 365 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 2: help with my speed and running. So I wasn't I 366 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 2: wasn't opposed to the idea, but I definitely was How 367 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: did that little bit of an ego like Hey, I'm 368 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 2: already fit and you know, like whatever you guys are 369 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 2: doing there, like I can do that? 370 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: What about lifting heavyweats? And I think that's just another thing. 371 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: I mean, talk about things that as you're the fittest 372 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: woman on earth, like things that a lot of women 373 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: stand back from are like going anywhere near wheat plates 374 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: or even like thinking that they should be in that arena. 375 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 2: Well, I'm a person that if someone says I can't 376 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 2: do it, like I'm going to prove to them that 377 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,160 Speaker 2: I can. It was an interesting thing because the day 378 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 2: that I went there and did my first class, I 379 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 2: did not like the coach and I walked out of 380 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 2: the class like, nuh, this is just not for me. 381 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 2: I enjoyed it, but I just didn't like how the 382 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 2: coach directed and didn't allow me. It was actually handstand 383 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 2: push ups, and I was like, I will go upside 384 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,479 Speaker 2: down and try that because I've never ever seen that before, 385 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 2: but he wouldn't allow that. And obviously, now after understanding 386 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 2: you know, the skill and everything that's required for that, 387 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 2: I appreciate what he was trying to do. But no, 388 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 2: I had an ego back then where I thought that 389 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 2: because I run track, I was fit enough and I 390 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 2: was very capable of it that yeah, I just had 391 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 2: that nah, like I don't need this. 392 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 3: So why do you go back? 393 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 2: Well? I kind of felt obligated because the owner of 394 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 2: the gym he was a very nice person, and we 395 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 2: would bump into him at this local grocery store and 396 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 2: he'd be like, oh, hey, Tea, you know, when are 397 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 2: you coming back to the gym? And I was always like, 398 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 2: ah soon, mate, you know, it was awkward. So it 399 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 2: was like the third time we bumped into him, I 400 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 2: was like man, I keep telling him that I'm going 401 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: to come back and I just have to bite the 402 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 2: bullet and do it. And I'd already used up my 403 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 2: like one free trial, so I had to sign up 404 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 2: for like a month, and so I obviously, like I 405 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 2: put money into that and I wasn't going to waste that. 406 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 2: So I would go twice a day. Oh wow, yeah, 407 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 2: I know because of my job. It was a shift work, 408 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 2: so I had five days of work and then five 409 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,719 Speaker 2: days off. So on those five days off, like I 410 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 2: would just train all the time. It was just because 411 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 2: it was so enjoyable, you know, Like I mean I 412 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 2: could run with my dogs as well, Like there was 413 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 2: I could just do so much and yeah, I was 414 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 2: really utilizing that whole month. And by the end of it, 415 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 2: I was like wow, like this is so much fun, 416 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 2: and like I've created so many friends through this. So 417 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 2: that was definitely something that I was like, wow, like 418 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 2: I'm so pleased that I came back to this. But 419 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 2: I never had any intention to compete and CrossFit. I 420 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 2: didn't even know there was a thing called CrossFit games. 421 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 2: And I mean I was light, I could do the 422 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 2: body weight movements well, but it was always like very strict, 423 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 2: so you know, the burpies, they're a little more there's 424 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 2: a motion to the burpies. Mine would always very strict. 425 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 2: The pull ups they had this kipping style. Mine were 426 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 2: always strict. And I found it very hard to, I guess, 427 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 2: pick up on the momentum or using momentum throughout these 428 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 2: movements through CrossFit, because in my head I was like, no, 429 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 2: that's cheating, Like you have to do it strict because 430 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 2: that's just the way it goes, and these people are cheating. 431 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 2: But by the end of it, I realized we'll hang on. 432 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 2: Like these guys are doing workouts with like a hundred 433 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 2: pull ups like they have to create momentum, and you know, 434 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 2: like it was just all like all these things were 435 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,719 Speaker 2: going in my head that like I was kind of 436 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 2: fighting how much I loved it, but like still not 437 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 2: allowing it to break through and be like, no tear, 438 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 2: just embrace it and just go with the flow. 439 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: And I think what's so great that you pointed out 440 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: about CrossFit is obviously that amount of camaraderie. Yeah, it's 441 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 1: something that keeps everyone from newbies to you know, be 442 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: of your caliber walking into the box, which is what 443 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: crossfitters call the gym day in and day out. I mean, 444 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: obviously you're still doing it. What is this six years later? 445 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 3: Now? 446 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it will be. It will be six years, which 447 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 2: is crazy because a few months had passed and as 448 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 2: I was getting into CrossFit, like weightlifting was a huge 449 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 2: weakness of mine, like I could never wrap my head 450 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 2: around a snatch and a clean and jerk, and that 451 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 2: was something that Shane and I we wanted to improve 452 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 2: on and kind of just understand the movement more. And 453 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 2: once we started getting along that journey and realizing that 454 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 2: the Olympics was a potential opportunity, like I just thought, Okay, 455 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 2: I'm just going to be in it for a year 456 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 2: or two and then that's it. 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It's Athleticgreens dot com slash Hurdle. 476 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 3: Let's get back to it. 477 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: I think what's so insane and I know we like 478 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: hinted at this before, but we haven't really dove into 479 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 1: the fact that you went to the Olympics is that 480 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,199 Speaker 1: you had a point where that wasn't even something that 481 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,880 Speaker 1: was on your radar, and you had a point where 482 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: you were a total beginner. And so many people every 483 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: day don't even start something because they're like, well, I've 484 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: never done it before. 485 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. Like so there's been commentators that have said, oh, 486 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 2: she's a weightlifter doing CrossFit. You know, she's gone to 487 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 2: the Olympics and done all this. I was like, no, 488 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 2: I'm actually a CrossFit crossfitter doing weightlifting, And because if 489 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,959 Speaker 2: it wasn't for CrossFit, I would never have picked up weightlifting. 490 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 2: And I know this sounds a little corny, but I 491 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 2: kind of felt like weightlifting chose or picked me, and then, 492 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 2: you know, my dream of going to the Olympics was fulfilled. Yes, 493 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 2: it wasn't fulfilled through the track that I thought it 494 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 2: was going to be, but I wasn't going to pass 495 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 2: up an opportunity to go to the Olympics, So of 496 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 2: course I was going to dive in and put all 497 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 2: my like work into weightlifting. 498 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: What year did you go to the Olympics sixteen twenty 499 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 1: sixteen and you would come in second place that year 500 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: in the cross for Games. Yes, wow, Yeah, it's a 501 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: lot of work. 502 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 2: It was. It was two weeks apart from each other. 503 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 2: That was pretty full long. Yeah. 504 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 1: Did you feel like the Games were good prep for 505 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: the Olympics. 506 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 2: I did. I don't think that they there was any 507 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 2: jeopardization or whatever between the two. The hard part was 508 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 2: actually getting into the Olympics and being the one, like 509 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 2: the only one from Australia to represent you know, Australia 510 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 2: at the Olympics for weightlifting. There was myself and then 511 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 2: a male from Australia because we only had one spot 512 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 2: you know for males and for females. And just getting 513 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 2: to that that was what was so rewarding. And being 514 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,479 Speaker 2: at the Olympics was it was just fun and it 515 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 2: was just like wow, like this is incredible. But the 516 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 2: CrossFit Games it was so different. Like I was going 517 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 2: into see if I could, you know, back up my 518 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 2: performance from the year before, because that was it was 519 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 2: just so shocking. Like I know, it surprised the world, 520 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 2: but it surprised me too because I had no intention 521 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 2: of podiuming at the CrossFit Games. I was just so 522 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 2: happy to be there. 523 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: What was it like the first time that you competed 524 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: in the CrossFit Open and made it to the Games? 525 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: And when I ask you that, I'd love it if 526 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: you could just touch briefly on how that whole process 527 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: works for someone who doesn't. 528 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 2: Know so currently it's actually a little different. But a 529 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 2: few years ago, well actually last year and prior to that, 530 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 2: there is a procedure to make it to the CrossFit Games, 531 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 2: so you have to go through at the start of 532 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 2: the year, from the last week of February through to 533 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 2: the end of March, you go through a five week 534 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 2: online qualifier called the CrossFit Open and anyone in the 535 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 2: world can sign up online and do it. Every week 536 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 2: there is a different workout and you have all weekend 537 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 2: to do the workout as many times as you want, 538 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 2: and then on Monday you get to upload it and 539 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 2: you get put on a leaderboard depending on which region 540 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 2: you are. So at the time, I was in the 541 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 2: Pacific Region, which was Australia, New Zealand and Asia. You 542 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 2: had to make the top thirty in that region to 543 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 2: go to Regionals, which was held in May, and there 544 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 2: was a number of regions all over the world, so 545 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 2: there was one in Europe and there was a handful 546 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 2: in the US and you would go to this regionals 547 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 2: and try and get into the top five in order 548 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 2: to make it to the CrossFit Games. And then there 549 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 2: was forty men and forty females that competed the cross 550 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 2: For Games in August, so there was like, you know, 551 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 2: a few procedures that you had to go through in 552 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 2: order to qualify. But that's what created the journey. 553 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: I guess, yeah, so like you're qualified. I qualified. 554 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 2: So when I started the Open in twenty fifteen, the 555 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:22,760 Speaker 2: year prior, I went to regionals and I did not 556 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 2: enjoy my experience. I enjoyed competing, but I just wasn't 557 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 2: happy when I was there. I didn't enjoy the camaraderie 558 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 2: between the competitors. And I know that sounds a bit crazy, 559 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 2: you know, and a lot of people they don't go 560 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,760 Speaker 2: to compete and create friends, but this was different. I 561 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 2: just didn't enjoy it as much as what I thought 562 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 2: I had because CrossFit for me was just it was 563 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 2: so much about being behind each other and you know, 564 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 2: just trying to be a better version of yourself. And 565 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 2: I just didn't feel that. So I had no intention 566 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 2: of suing a CrossFit competitive career. 567 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: It still blows my mind because like just to go 568 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 1: back to this idea, like I never thought I would 569 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: be a professional weightlifter, Like I never thought I was 570 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 1: going to like CrossFit. I didn't like CrossFit for this 571 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: time and this time in this time, and like to 572 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: still be at this point to stick with something like 573 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: it shows so much compassion for how you treat yourself, 574 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: like being willing to give it so many tries. 575 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 2: But I think it's also got a lot to do 576 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 2: with the people that I surround myself with. Yeah, so 577 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:34,520 Speaker 2: the team that I have, my friends, my family, my 578 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 2: husband Shane, who's my coach, and we literally do this 579 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 2: as our profession now that if it wasn't for them, 580 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 2: like I wouldn't be where I am today, and having 581 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 2: their support has obviously made that journey so much more enjoyable. 582 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 2: So we owned the gym. We actually ended up buying 583 00:32:55,960 --> 00:33:00,080 Speaker 2: the gym that I started CrossFit in. I left my 584 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 2: laboratory job and it was halfway through the twenty fifteen 585 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 2: open that I was I was in the middle of 586 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:13,080 Speaker 2: fifteen point three, that's what it was called, middle of 587 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 2: that workout, and I finished that workout and I walked 588 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 2: out to Shane and I was like, Shane, we're going 589 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 2: to the games. It was like this flick of a 590 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 2: switch that happened. I don't even know what it was, 591 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 2: but it was like this hunger that I was like, Nah, 592 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 2: I'm not going to give up yet, Like I'm actually 593 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 2: gonna go and give it a go. And I, you know, 594 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 2: went to Regionals, came third, secured my spot, to the Games, 595 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 2: and I was just like I done it, Like this 596 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,120 Speaker 2: is awesome, Like it was. I just had a different 597 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 2: approach to it, and I didn't worry about what other 598 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 2: people were doing. I was just solely focused on myself 599 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 2: and giving my absolute best to that. And then getting 600 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 2: to the Games was like, man, this is amazing, Like 601 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 2: I just want to be a part of this experience. 602 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 2: And yeah, that's the same thing that happened with the 603 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 2: the Olympics for sure. Yeah, and I think, also, what 604 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 2: is so great here? 605 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,879 Speaker 1: Not to spoil anything, it's public knowledge, but you show 606 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,400 Speaker 1: up in twenty fifteen. 607 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 2: And you come in second. 608 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 3: I know, I know, I did tell me. 609 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 2: We actually, the girls and I were talking about this 610 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 2: earlier today and were laughing about certain things, like there 611 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 2: was this workout that we kind of all got a 612 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 2: little dehydrated in, and you know, it was just one 613 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,920 Speaker 2: of those things that like obviously at the time you 614 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,240 Speaker 2: just kind of like whoah, Like that was really hard, 615 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,279 Speaker 2: that was very brutal. But now we're laughing about it, 616 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 2: you know, and I'm hanging around my competitors, you know, 617 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 2: just reminiscing, But we actually were laughing, Like I remember 618 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 2: during that workout I was like, who is this lady? 619 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,400 Speaker 2: Like tear clear to me? What I've never heard her before. 620 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 2: I was like, I know, I was amazed too. 621 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: I remember I was at the Games that year and 622 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: just like watching everyone run through that sheet. 623 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was pretty hard. It's pretty hard. Yeah. I 624 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 2: enjoyed it. I mean not at the time, definitely not. 625 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 2: But I look back and I'm like, well, that that's 626 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,319 Speaker 2: what it was about, you know, the unknown and unknowable. 627 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 2: That's we signed up for this. So yeah, I enjoyed 628 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 2: every moment of it. 629 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,439 Speaker 1: And then you came back in twenty sixteen, you came 630 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,280 Speaker 1: back in twenty seventeen. Yeah, and everything changes in twenty seventeen. 631 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,720 Speaker 2: It did. It was something about the twenty sixteen Games 632 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 2: that throughout, like throughout my whole journey, even when I 633 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 2: was younger, like competing at in CrossFit and all my 634 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:49,840 Speaker 2: you know, sporting events back back in school. I just 635 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 2: was so happy to be involved in a very competitive environment. 636 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 2: So like winning was not a priority for me, and 637 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,799 Speaker 2: I never looked at it. I never looked at, you know, 638 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 2: wanting to compete for a particular placing. It was to 639 00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 2: be a part of that and just to push myself 640 00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 2: as best as what I could, and the same. I 641 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 2: went in with the same mentality for the twenty fifteen 642 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:21,359 Speaker 2: twenty sixteen games because it was so new. I was 643 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 2: just so happy to be there. And then when I 644 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:31,439 Speaker 2: came second again, it just felt different to the first time, 645 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:36,319 Speaker 2: like there was tears in both years. Twenty fifteen I 646 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,640 Speaker 2: was so ecstatic. I was like, oh my gosh, like 647 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 2: did this happen or am I like dreaming right now? 648 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,960 Speaker 2: Like what happened? Like surely they've stuffed something up with 649 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,920 Speaker 2: the scoring because I was not meant to be second. 650 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 2: And then twenty sixteen I came second again, and I mean, 651 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 2: that's that's no easy fee Like it was very I'm 652 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 2: very proud of it, but it was just something like 653 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,680 Speaker 2: it just didn't sit right, and I was actually really broken, 654 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:10,440 Speaker 2: Like I felt like I hadn't done my absolute best. 655 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 2: If I if I could, like I could stand on 656 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:17,480 Speaker 2: that podium in second place knowing I'd done my absolute best, 657 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 2: I would have been so proud of it. But knowing 658 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,560 Speaker 2: if I look back throughout like my events on that weekend, 659 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 2: and I knew that there was certain places that I 660 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 2: just gave points away or I'd just given up or 661 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,560 Speaker 2: you know, I stopped at one particular moment to have 662 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 2: a rest when I should have just kept going. I 663 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 2: knew deep down that it wasn't my absolute best, so 664 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 2: I wasn't happy, and then that stuck with me for 665 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 2: the rest of the season, and I just I just 666 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,520 Speaker 2: went for in twenty seventeen and then came first, and 667 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,719 Speaker 2: I mean that win was just It's something that like 668 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,840 Speaker 2: Shane and I hold really deeply and true to our hearts, 669 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,399 Speaker 2: so it it was It's pretty cool to look back 670 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:06,000 Speaker 2: and kind of see that because at the time you 671 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 2: don't realize it right when you're in the thick of it. 672 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, I also think it's just the most remarkable thing 673 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,560 Speaker 1: to be able to go to the Games and place 674 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 1: like you have so many times in a row. Like 675 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,680 Speaker 1: you said, you broke it down how it has been 676 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 1: in years past that anyone in the world can sign 677 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,799 Speaker 1: up for the CrossFit Open and then they go through 678 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,040 Speaker 1: the Open and they qualify for Regionals, and then you 679 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,120 Speaker 1: go for Regionals and you go to the Games, and. 680 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 3: Four years in a row you were. 681 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 2: In the top two spots. I know, it's been pretty incredible. 682 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, when you think about what goes hand in hand 683 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,680 Speaker 1: with this title. I mean, obviously great sponsors like Rebok. 684 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 1: Do you still pinch yourself sometimes that this is all happening? 685 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:56,000 Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah. In twenty fifteen, I approached who is now 686 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 2: a very dear friend of mine, Andreas. He works for 687 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 2: Rebok in Australia, and I approached him through an email. 688 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 2: I was like, Hi, Andreas, my name's TiO. You know, 689 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 2: I just I'm starting to do CrossFit and going and 690 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 2: representing the Australia at the CrossFit Games for my very 691 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,319 Speaker 2: first year. I was wondering if you know, I could 692 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 2: get a few few shoes and clothes from Reebok, And 693 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,719 Speaker 2: you know, he He's like, oh, like, I just love 694 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,880 Speaker 2: how she just kind of emailed me and he all 695 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,000 Speaker 2: of a sudden I was sponsored by Rebok and I 696 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 2: was like, oh, oh my gosh, so you're telling me 697 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:39,040 Speaker 2: I get free clothing. Now. I was just over the moon. 698 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 2: But the fact that Rebok had no idea who I was. 699 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:47,320 Speaker 2: This is before I even came second. So I wasn't 700 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 2: like no one they didn't care about that. It was 701 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 2: more the fact that hey, like I really I see 702 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,440 Speaker 2: something in this girl. You know, she's gone out of 703 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:01,759 Speaker 2: her way put herself out there and I love that 704 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,759 Speaker 2: and like they they took a chance on me, and 705 00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 2: I haven't looked back. Haven't looked back. 706 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 1: Okay, So right now on Instagram Live Update, you have 707 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:16,640 Speaker 1: eight hundred and eighty seven thousand people that follow you, 708 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,080 Speaker 1: and they obviously, you know, they have their opinions of 709 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 1: what they see every day. But when you look in 710 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 1: the mirror, like what is it that you see every day? 711 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 2: That's actually a really good question. I've never really thought 712 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 2: of that, to be honest, but I mean, I guess 713 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,839 Speaker 2: the way I look at it is, you know, when 714 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:44,400 Speaker 2: I'm done or you know, out of this space, or 715 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,920 Speaker 2: it's it's kind of like it's my time to retire. 716 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 2: How do I want people to remember me by? And 717 00:40:54,160 --> 00:41:01,680 Speaker 2: for me, it's it's actually about people remembering, I guess, 718 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 2: my legacy and reminding themselves that, Hey, you know, if 719 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 2: you just take a chance and believe in yourself and 720 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 2: get that fire in your belly, that determination deep down inside, 721 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,839 Speaker 2: if you believe in yourself, like anything is possible, so 722 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:29,040 Speaker 2: just go after it. And I think like if people 723 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 2: can kind of look back on my journey and remember 724 00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:37,280 Speaker 2: that and remind themselves that, hey, like, it doesn't matter 725 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,160 Speaker 2: what you do. If you're someone that wants to be 726 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,520 Speaker 2: a journalist, right, if you're someone that wants to be 727 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,360 Speaker 2: a musician, like, go for it. Like, if you really 728 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 2: want it, you will get it. You will be super 729 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:54,040 Speaker 2: successful at it too. It doesn't take someone special to 730 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,800 Speaker 2: make that happen or be very successful. All it takes 731 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:02,239 Speaker 2: is that determination inside. And you know, I hope that 732 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 2: people can kind of look back on my journey and 733 00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:10,359 Speaker 2: feed off that energy and motivation and realize that, hey, 734 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:14,000 Speaker 2: like if TA can do it, so can I. Yeah, totally. 735 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,279 Speaker 1: And I mean it sounds like when you look at 736 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,440 Speaker 1: the mirror, you see someone that's being authentic to what 737 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:24,279 Speaker 1: they want. Yeah, whereas maybe, yeah, you know after grade twelve, no, like. 738 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:29,839 Speaker 2: I was so unsure, I was afraid to take a chance. Totally. Yeah. 739 00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,720 Speaker 1: I have to ask, you've obviously been on the podium 740 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,520 Speaker 1: for four years in a row, you've won for the 741 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 1: past two what's on your radar? 742 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,320 Speaker 2: I mean going to the CrossFit Games. I've secured my spot. 743 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:46,760 Speaker 2: I've done my job for now. Now it's literally training hard. 744 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 2: I mean I was training before this. I'm going to 745 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 2: go back and do some more training, like I just 746 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:57,880 Speaker 2: want to go back to the CrossFit Games and you know, 747 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,840 Speaker 2: do do my absolute best, and I hope my absolute 748 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,640 Speaker 2: best is enough to be on top of that podium 749 00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:10,200 Speaker 2: because it's something that I know is very possible. But 750 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,879 Speaker 2: there's just so many incredible athletes out there, and I'm 751 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,879 Speaker 2: just so wanted to actually be a part of that. Like, 752 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,919 Speaker 2: I just can't wait to push myself and see how 753 00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:24,000 Speaker 2: good we've really become since last year as well, and 754 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:27,759 Speaker 2: that's something that I'm really looking forward to. So the 755 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,359 Speaker 2: CrossFit Games is definitely on my radar for this year, 756 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,400 Speaker 2: and I try not to look too far ahead because 757 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,279 Speaker 2: you know, I just need to stick to my one 758 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:39,919 Speaker 2: priorities and enjoy the ride. We are winding down here. 759 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,080 Speaker 1: But I do want to note that you have finally 760 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:45,000 Speaker 1: made the pilgrimage to Tennessee. 761 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, which is very different than Australia. 762 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:49,320 Speaker 2: Moved to the South. 763 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, how's that going? 764 00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 2: For real? It's amazing. 765 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,320 Speaker 3: I've actually been to Cookvell, I've been to Rich's house. 766 00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,879 Speaker 1: I went there on assignment for Men's Health last year 767 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,799 Speaker 1: and I hung out with the team and Rich for 768 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:03,479 Speaker 1: forty eight hours. 769 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,359 Speaker 2: Amazing people. Hey, so much fun. 770 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, Rich Frowning, who was at one time the fittest 771 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:09,520 Speaker 1: man on earth. 772 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:13,759 Speaker 3: He is a legend in the CrossFit world, and Cookville 773 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:14,840 Speaker 3: was something special. 774 00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:17,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, so, I mean I've seen a snippet of the 775 00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:18,279 Speaker 1: day in the life of him. 776 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,360 Speaker 3: Are you training? How many hours a day are you training? 777 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,200 Speaker 2: I guess it depends on the season. I right now, 778 00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:29,120 Speaker 2: I'd probably be training between forty six hours a day, 779 00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:35,759 Speaker 2: probably resting every sixth to seventh day, and then that's 780 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:39,759 Speaker 2: just going to increase obviously as I get closer to competition, 781 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:43,600 Speaker 2: and I'm in May. There's a competition coming up called 782 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:47,160 Speaker 2: the Rogue Invitational. It's the first one, and it's actually 783 00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:50,720 Speaker 2: going to be a pretty incredible event because they also 784 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 2: have a category for CrossFit Legends, which is like all 785 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,600 Speaker 2: the veterans from like back in the day, like before 786 00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 2: I even knew what CrossFit was. They're going to come 787 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:06,400 Speaker 2: back from retirement and do some competing and I'm really 788 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,120 Speaker 2: looking forward to that. But I also am competing in 789 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,520 Speaker 2: a different category, so that's gonna be a lot of fun. 790 00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:15,719 Speaker 2: It's a lot of training every day. It is a 791 00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,000 Speaker 2: lot of training, but it's a good thing. I enjoy it. 792 00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,560 Speaker 1: Right I feel like there's like all these last minute 793 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,759 Speaker 1: things I'm trying to squeeze because I'm so curious, like 794 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:24,880 Speaker 1: I've got to No, No, it's cool, like staples in 795 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:25,560 Speaker 1: your pantry. 796 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 2: Oh god, yeah, I know. Well, I mean we're in 797 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:35,280 Speaker 2: America now, so there's peanut butter and we're really enjoying 798 00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:40,239 Speaker 2: the like the popcorn, the caramelized popcorn, like, I mean, 799 00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,840 Speaker 2: it's in Australia as well, but it's not as popular 800 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:44,799 Speaker 2: over there than it is here. 801 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,120 Speaker 3: Are you super strict with what you eat? 802 00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,439 Speaker 2: I like to have a balance. Yeah. I think that's 803 00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,840 Speaker 2: probably the most simple way of explaining. I definitely like 804 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,680 Speaker 2: to eat clean foods. I work with a specific nutrition 805 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,200 Speaker 2: coach called the Method Now and they help me out 806 00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,000 Speaker 2: with counting my macros and making sure I'm fueling the 807 00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:07,520 Speaker 2: body with what it needs and how much it needs, 808 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:11,080 Speaker 2: just so that I'm built, like improving my recovery and 809 00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:14,520 Speaker 2: I'm not feeling fatigued, and you know, I'm getting the 810 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,240 Speaker 2: best out of my body. 811 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,360 Speaker 1: Sweets, but I yeah, I love it, like I love chocolate. 812 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,600 Speaker 2: I love going to the movies or the theaters or 813 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:29,920 Speaker 2: cinemas like whatever you call it, and just munching out 814 00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:33,680 Speaker 2: on like your popcorn, your peanut m and ms. You know, 815 00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,880 Speaker 2: I love Tim Tams. So whenever someone comes over to 816 00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:41,359 Speaker 2: from Australia and visits, they always bring Tim Tams. 817 00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,920 Speaker 3: And yeah, like you know, I love to live balance. 818 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:48,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think balance is key. All right, final question. 819 00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:54,560 Speaker 1: You have an opportunity right now to offer the tea 820 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:58,760 Speaker 1: who is going through it after grade twelve, really feeling 821 00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:02,840 Speaker 1: stuck at her hurdle moment, one piece of advice looking 822 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:04,320 Speaker 1: back on it right now? 823 00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:10,760 Speaker 3: What do you tell her? 824 00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,560 Speaker 2: I think, you know, there's so many things that obviously 825 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:19,040 Speaker 2: looking back now that I could be like, you know, 826 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,880 Speaker 2: there's so many things that you weren't doing right to you. 827 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:27,120 Speaker 2: But I mean if I'd never experienced that, I probably 828 00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,960 Speaker 2: wouldn't be sitting here today. So if I was to 829 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:35,359 Speaker 2: tell myself, you know, back in the day, it'd probably be, 830 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:40,040 Speaker 2: you know, like, what is it that you want out 831 00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:42,920 Speaker 2: of your life? And what type of person do you 832 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,520 Speaker 2: want to be? Because I think that that would have 833 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:53,800 Speaker 2: kind of gotten rid of me filtering all the recommendations 834 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:58,040 Speaker 2: and thinking, oh that's what I should do from outsiders, 835 00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:02,200 Speaker 2: and I wouldn't probably been so confused, and I probably 836 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,960 Speaker 2: wouldn't have gone and pursued a degree that I didn't 837 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:11,640 Speaker 2: really enjoy or wasn't passionate about. But I mean if 838 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:14,640 Speaker 2: I never experienced that, you know, who knows where I 839 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:18,239 Speaker 2: would have been. So I'm you know, I've lived and 840 00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:24,960 Speaker 2: I've learned, and I don't actually have any regrets. Amazing. 841 00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you so much for sitting down with me. 842 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,200 Speaker 1: Please take a moment to leave a quick review by 843 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,319 Speaker 1: clicking the link or the description to this episode. We 844 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:35,960 Speaker 1: all face multiple hurdles in life. I want to hear 845 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:38,480 Speaker 1: about yours. Reach Out to me at Emily at Hurdle 846 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,880 Speaker 1: dot us. Connect with the podcast on Instagram and Twitter 847 00:48:41,960 --> 00:48:43,040 Speaker 1: at Hurdle Podcast. 848 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,879 Speaker 3: Tia. Where do they find you? How do they keep 849 00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:47,280 Speaker 3: up with you? Give me the dates? 850 00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:52,759 Speaker 2: Well, I mean I have an Instagram account, Tia Claire one. 851 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:56,359 Speaker 2: They can always you know, see my journey on that. 852 00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,720 Speaker 2: I actually have a book, How I Became the Fittest 853 00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:00,520 Speaker 2: Woman on Earth. 854 00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:03,400 Speaker 3: So casual, casual book, Tatle. 855 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:06,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's a pretty good book. It's a 856 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:10,319 Speaker 2: very easy book, and I've had some fantastic feedback, so 857 00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:14,480 Speaker 2: you know, if you enjoy reading, definitely look that up. 858 00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:19,040 Speaker 2: And I mean I'm on Facebook I'm on all social media, 859 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:22,280 Speaker 2: so yeah, they can. They can reach me on anything. 860 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:27,799 Speaker 1: I am at Emily Abbadi. Another hurdle conquered. Catch you 861 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:28,480 Speaker 1: guys next time.