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#38 Pivot When Things Aren't Working with Kalli Youngstrom

Athlete Case Study: Canada, Former Wrestler, Degree in Psychology and Marketing, Current Figure Competitor, KY Fitness and Nutrition Consulting

June 16, 2015

BACKGROUND
On today’s show we will be talking with a very strong woman from a small town in Canada. She will share with us her journey from being a wrestler in her younger years, earning two bachelor degrees to being a Figure Competitor, as well as, a fitness coach. She tells us a bit about how somewhere along the way, marketing wasn’t everything she thought it’d be so she pivoted a decided to go another route to start her own business.

BIO
Born, Kalli Youngstrom, from Saskatchewan, Canada on February 14, 1991
Grew up wrestling from the 4th grade up until her senior year of highschool, mostly with the boys as there weren’t many girls competing. Received a B.A. in Psychology as well as Marketing A fitness coach, KY Fitness and Nutrition Consulting...
Goal was to be an Olympic wrestler, unfortunately her career was cut short as she suffered multiple concussions during competitions
She began figure competitions in 2013; achieved first place in her first show; second place the next year at Nationals
Sponsored by Perfect Nutrition

PERSONAL QUOTE:
“You Can't Climb The Ladder Of Success With Your Hands In Your Pockets” - Arnold Schwarzenegger

MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN HER LIFE:
My Parents for holding me to the highest standard of work ethic and drive & my high school wrestling coach, Russ Fersch, taught me the work ethic that fuels me today and my boyfriend who introduced me to bodybuilding and pushes me daily

Key Discussion Points:
When was a time you struggled and what did you take away from it?
When was your lightbulb moment?
How did you start building your business?
What is one of your proudest moment so far?
What are you most excited about these days?

Key Lessons:
Have the ability to change gears and focus new energy on new things
When one door closes, another will always open
When something is not working you’ve got to pivot
Once an athlete, always an athlete
Its important to build your own dream/vision
You can’t be limited by what you think you don’t have
It IS possible to be an independent bodybuilding competitor
“A lot of people think you can’t excel in this sport without a coach but I never have used a coach and I’ve just been really independent and I want to know everything there is to know about my physique.” -KY @ 23:52
It is important to educate ourselves when we want to know something

Kalli and Fitness
Typical Day...
Contest Prep: Double Days; Wake up, straight to the gym for a fasted cardio session, home, breakfast, working from home, back to the gym for a weight session
Cardio...
Fasted Cardio: Without eating anything prior; steady state, heart rate at 70%, stairmaster, stepmill
Weight Sessions...
Hit up heavy weight then give the muscle time to recover; heavy squats, deadlifts, pull-ups; All body exhausting showing your strength

KALLI’S TIP JAR & MORE
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#37 How To Perform At Your Peak Potential with Ben GREENFIELD

Expert Game Plan Session: New York Times Bestselling Author, Top 100 Most influential People in Healthy and Fitness, Ex-Body Builder, Ironman Triathlete

June 3, 2015

BACKGROUND
Today we will discuss health vs performance, the misconceptions of pre and post workout fueling, as well as the benefits of thermoregulation. You will learn how you can change your surroundings to optimize your recovery and help perform better on a day to day basis, travel tips, warrior breathing, ways to OPTIMIZE your breathing, and things to do during the day that optimize your body’s potential to adapt to training.

BIO
Born, Ben GREENFIELD
Currently living in Spokane, Washington with wife and twin sons
Ex body builder; Ironman Triathlete, Spartan Racer, Coach, speaker
Author of the New York times bestselling book Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health, and Life
Voted NSCA’s Personal Trainer of the year in 2008; Top 100 most influential people in health and fitness

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PERSONAL QUOTE:
“Every little win counts.” -BG

Key Discussion Points:

Why did you title your book “Beyond training”?
What are the top 5 mistakes you see athletes making?
What is the importance of pre and post workout fueling?
How should athletes prepare for days with weight trainings, conditioning, and practice all in one day, with less than an 8 hour window?
What can you tell us about cold/hot thermogenesis?
What is the significance of “Warrior Breathing” and “Breath Hold Walks”?

Key Lessons:
Its not hard figure out how to get stronger, its how do you optimize your ability to doing so the best and healthy way
“What gets left on the table is how to incorporate things in your life that are going to optimize hormones that are going to enhance your deep sleep, that are going to speed up your recovery, get rid of annoying issues like bloating and gas and gut problems that plague a lot of athletes.” BG @ 3:47
Its not only about looking good on the outside; but its most important to FEEL good(healthy) on the inside
Think more about your long term health and career and not just about the acute performance
Most athletes neglect the areas of strength, power, balance, mobility, and speed.
It isn’t always needed to massively prioritize your pre and post workout meals
You can stay fueled without relying on energy bars, powders, and other processed sources
“The trick is to be able to keep the body fueled without necessarily relying on franken fuels to do so.” BG @ 16:25
Its important to go out of your way to find convenient fuel sources that are more natural
“Chia seeds are fantastic; you mix them in water, they give you a slow bleed of amino acids along with fatty acids, and you can add some REAL honey to that..some sea salt..put it in water..or coconut water..you’ve got a little more natural rehydration beverage.” BG @ 17:26
Cold exposure can be beneficial for stress resilience
“If you train yourself every single morning to hop in the shower and put it on the cold setting, take a deep breath and just let yourself flow, let your mind block any type of pain or discomfort, there’s a huge bonus there in terms of stress resilience.” BG @ 22:43
Heat has similar benefits to cold
“..trains your body how to shovel blood very efficiently around your body.” BG @ 23:22
Warrior Breathing can be done with meditation
“50 sharp and deep inhales...and each of those sharp and deep inhales is followed by a short and shallow exhale.” BG @ 16:19
Breath Hold Walks can increase your overall breath hold times

MORE TIPS FROM BEN @ http://beyondathletic.com/37

Definition of an Athlete?
"..having the ultimate combination of performance, fat loss, recovery, digestion, brain, sleep, and hormone optimization...once you’ve got to that point..then you’re performing like the human machine has the potential to perform." -Ben Greenfield

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January 17, 2015 | ATHLETE CASE STUDY

#22 How To Break 10 Records by 23yrs Old with Milan RISTIC

Milan Ristić (Serbia) Track & Field Hurdler | Beyond Athletic Podcast

BIO

Born, Milan RISTIĆ, in Belgrade, Serbia on 8 August 1991 (age 23). Currently living in North Carolina, USA.
He is a son of Velimir and Gordana Ristic, he has an older sister Marija.

He's a track and field athlete who specializes in hurdling. Having competed in hurdling and other events with archrivals AK Crvena Zvezda and AK Partizan, he has represented Serbia in international competition.

Went to college in the U.S. First attended UNC Asheville, and then my junior year transferred to UC Berkeley where I finished my degree. 3x NCAA All-American.

Got married to Meredith Foster Ristić while I was in college at UNCA, where I met my wife the first year when I came to the U.S.

He is a Serbian national record holder in the indoor 60 meter hurdles event and broke 9 records at UNC. Ristić is a member of Serbian national senior team since 2010.

HEIGHT: 188CM, 6'3" | WEIGHT: 88KG, 193LBS

MEANINGFUL QUOTE
"If you can dream it, you can do it" -Walt Disney

BIGGEST INFLUENCERS
My wife Meredith and my family!

FAVORITE LEARNING RESOURCE:
youtube.com because I can see the stuff I read or hear about in hurdling world

HEALTHY HABIT:
Fishing, anywhere really because it relaxes me.

TRAVEL TIPS:
For traveling, lots of vitamins, fruits and vegetables, because it's hard to get a good meal in a hurry.

HOW THEY ADD VALUE TO OTHERS:
Volunteering at different events and helping people in need.

CONTACT
PERSONAL FB | FANPAGE | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER

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#21 How To Survive Sports & Feed Your Body with Jeremy HOFF

Expert GamePlan Session

Full Name: Jeremy Jay Hoff

Date of Birth?
09-02-1980

Born in Chicago Il. Grew up in Evanston Il. HS VB hall of fame. Mens College Volleyball at Rutgers Univ in NJ. Met wife there. 2002 Male athlete of the year. RU Hall of fame. Hold records in all stats except assists and kills (no. 2). Medical school. Now a physical medicine and rehab/pain and sports med doc. Interests in nutrition, exercise, psychology, coaching.

"When the game is on the line, I don't want the ball in anyone else's hands, not in anyone else's hands in the world." - Larry Bird

FAVORITE SUBJECTS
Nutrition, intelligence/learning/psychology

MENTOR:
Mike Hulett, high school volleyball coach and coach of the olympic sitting volleyball team;

LEARNING RESOURCES:
medical - Medscape; educational/indulgent MindBodyGreen Daily

Name one app or tool (like an evernote, etc) that you cannot live without:
Brainwave - 32 binaural programs

Give a tool/habit you love to use to stay healthy:
Cold shower every morning.

A useful tool or tip for eating on the go -OR- for traveling in general?
Plan ahead and don't break your habits, but if you have to be creative.

What's a cause or thing/action you like to do to add value to other peoples lives that you either know or dont know at all?
Donate to the Dr. Scott Nadler foundation (musculoskeletal research foundation)

Athlete Case Study : Volleyball
Ep13 The Only Way To Make Yourself Happy with Ning "Nikki" Zhao

Ning Zhao doesn't mess around when it comes to strangers approaching her online but after a thorough background check on who I am (Ryan Jay Owens) with her former NCAA D1 coach, Chris POOLE, and a big thumbs up that I was not some crazy person she agreed to this interview with a lot of excitement!

She's been waiting a long time to tell someone her story to hopefully inspire other athletes to be goal oriented and not just think sports can offer them everything. Sometimes you must also drastically change your surroundings, like she did moving from China as an 18 year old to the USA, to play at a strong school so her education would be strong as well as volleyball.

BIO

Ning Zhao or "NIkki" as many refer to her was born Aug 20, 1976 in Beijing, China.
She started to play volleyball as a nine (9) year old (!!!!)...

She made the Chinese junior national team which was only 12 of the best young players in China (## Billion people Populate China!) before quickly deciding at 18 years old to not pursue the Olympics...

She decided to pursue making sure her future after volleyball would be happy, healthy and full of opportunity and accepted a full scholarship to study & play in the USA.

She started at Central Connecticut State university but quickly changed to Barton Community College for 2 years where she was a 2x All American. In her final 2 years of school at U of Arkansas -Fayetteville they were ranked 15th & 8th in the nation as a team.. making the Sweet 16 the 2nd Round of the NCAA tournament.

She was ranked the 9th best setter in NCAA D1 volleyball her senior year & is one of only 3 players to hold the record of 3000 assists. She was honored with SEC 1st Team & AVCA All American,

Now she's "a full time mommy" of a 9yr old boy and 2year old daughter after benign off and on assistant coach for a few years after her collegiate volleyball career. She plans on possibly coaching in the future and/or assisting young Chinese players to get to USA schools to play sports.

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MOST GRATEFUL FOR: THE CHANCE TO STUDY & PLAY IN THE USA!
PERSONAL MOTTO: "SMILE! I DON'T OWN ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD!"
READ: THE 7 RULES OF LIFE
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN HER LIFE: FORMER SYRACUSE COACH JING JU. HE SCOUTED & BROUGHT HER TO THE USA BUT LEFT HER 3 MONTHS LATER TO SWITCH SCHOOLS... "WITHOUT HIM I WOULDN'T BE THE STRONG PERSON I AM TODAY!"

Key Discussion Points:

What’s her story and how she got into sports?
Who is she today after her volleyball career?
What was her biggest failure?
Why was it important that she go to a school in the USA?
What's her proudest moment?
What are her future goals?
What was the moment she decided to study in the USA?
How does she add value to people?
What's her next goal?

Key Lessons:

She must think about her future
"What am I going to do after I retire from volleyball? We needed to get some education...I needed other life skills other than volleyball."

Studying and playing volleyball in the USA is a huge opportunity.
"I saw the opportunities getting a good education besides volleyball... so I decided to come."

How graduating from a USA college is why she is a happily married mother of two.
Failing can make you stronger.
"First you have to have a strong mind. You have to believe in yourself and be strong. I don't need (the coach). I don't need anyone (to do it for me)."

"Just believe in yourself and there's always nice people around you."

Do what you love on a daily basis to be happy
"Cooking is AWESOME but so is volleyball!"

She is interested in coaching and also helping young players come the study & play in the USA.
Some little things can make people feel much better
She should be more goal oriented.

ATHLETE's TIPJAR

Sleep & Morning ritual:
Drinking a glass of water every morning & SMILE!

One personal habit to contributes to athlete's health:
Cooking and playing volleyball

Athlete's Learning Resource:
Pinterest

Most grateful for:
The opportunity to study & play for a USA school.

How athlete add's value to others:
Smiling. Tapping them on the shoulder and just giving them a high five when they are stressed.
Believes something little can make someone feel "much better"

Athlete's travel tools:
Phone & Passport

Advice to 16yr old self:
"Be MORE goal oriented!"

INFO

Charity/Organizations They Add Value to:
Helping young student athletes come to study in the USA

Business/Work:
Full time mo...