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163. Winning HYROX and Recovering My Period: Athlete Story · Eat More Carbs | A Period Recovery Podcast

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This is the Eat more Carbs podcast.
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Hello and welcome back. This is the More Carbs podcast.
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We are a team of dietitians and we talk every Thursday about
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sports nutrition for the girlies.
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My name is Jenna and I host this podcast.
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And my name is Riley. You'll also see me on this
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podcast. I am the owner and founder of
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Steady State Performance Nutrition.
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We specialize in helping female athletes recover from low energy
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availability and together along with Lily Rhymer, we are team
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steady state. Before we get into today's
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episode, we are going to do our high and low.
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So sharing just a little bit about our week, the good and the
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parts we wish we got a little bit differently.
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We do have a guest on today's episode too, which I'm really
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excited about. But Riley, can you kick us off
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with your high and low? I'm so.
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Excited about this episode when we have like an athlete on it,
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just I don't know, our athletes are so special to us and then
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when we get to share them with the world, like it has a special
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place in my heart. My high and low have to do a
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little bit of the same story. I feel like I've been doing this
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a lot lately, but I feel like there's so many like highs and
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lows of certain situations in life.
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A big low right now for me and Jenna, you know this, we've
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talked a lot about this off the podcast is my childcare
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situation. I'm laughing because if I'm not
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laughing, I'm crying. 2026 has just been a year for me in
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childcare. We have had some issues over the
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last couple of months with care. We were doing a nanny share.
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It was going well and then it kind of our nanny quit
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unexpectedly. It was rough waters kind of
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leading up to her quitting. And then we've just like been
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piercing things together the last couple of months.
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I don't know, it's just really stressful and I know all of the
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individuals who are listening who are moms, like understand
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this. It's just something that is so
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stressful. I would imagine that it feels
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quite stressful because like I feel like every morning and
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being on Pacific Time versus Eastern Time, I feel like I get
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a message from you at either like 5:00 AM or something like
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that. And you're like, we have care
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today or we don't have care today.
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And I just like want to say thank you to all of like the
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clients that work with steady state who have been so like
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understanding of Riley's kind of ever changing availability.
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And like also like a big shout out to Lily because I know that
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she stepped in and helped out a lot with things just because
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like we've needed her for the podcast and things like that.
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When Riley doesn't have care, she's really kind of stepped in
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and like helped out a ton. So big shout out to Lily, but
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also like my heart is with you and your family because I know
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that's really hard, not just for you, but like for everybody.
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Well, you just stole my high because that was my high because
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I feel like everybody has been so great and like understanding.
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If you're a client listening to this right now, you know that I
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probably rescheduled with you and I just want to say thank
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you. Even with like our discovery
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calls when we're like meeting new clients for our tier one
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program, they have been like so understanding people are like
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just bring your daughter to the call.
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Like we would love to meet Char and I'm like, no, she is like
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way too excited. But like thank you.
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And I just, I'm so thankful for you, Lily.
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Like all of our clients, everybody that supports steady
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state performance nutrition because it's just been a couple
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of months. It has been, but you've handled
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it really well. So like, I just want to like
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give you a big shout out too, because I know that a lot of
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that falls on you for like figuring that out and piering
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that together because we do work from home and you are in the
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role of mom and also business owner.
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And that's not an easy thing to balance.
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So like, I just want to give you credit too, because I think that
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like a lot of times, like you're, you're always so quick
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to like thank everyone around you.
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But like you've done a lot to make sure everybody around you
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is still taken care of. And yeah, we just love you.
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And we hope that child care works better for you here soon.
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And by we, I mean myself and the rest of the team.
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Steady state. Well.
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You're going to make me cry. Thank you.
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She goes to school, she's starting like her two class
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August 12th. So I keep joking that like on
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August 12th, I'm going to go to Bruzy brunch by myself.
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I don't even drink and I'm like, I'm going to go to brunch by
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myself after I drop her off and be like Hallelujah.
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I freaking made it. Yeah, sometimes you just need
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that though. Yes.
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How was your week going? Might sound so lame in
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comparison to such a heartfelt high and low that you just had
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in such like AI mean like this has been going on for a couple
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of weeks now that this has been happening for you guys so like
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mine just seems so silly, but of course it has to deal with bugs
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because that's the theme of my Arizona experience.
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I don't know what happened. We don't have an HOA in the
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neighborhood that we live in. That's not a problem but like
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people have chickens, they have beehives, things like that that
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they have as hobbies and that's fine.
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It's not personally a hobby of mine but if that's your damn
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like cool. I love it but I think someone's
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beehive got like knocked into or something like that because we
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went out walking yesterday. We were walking through swarms
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of bees, and I was terrified that I was going to get stung
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because there were so many of them.
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And it was just wild that there were so many of them, but just
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in like, concentrated pockets around like a couple of houses.
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So I feel like it was coming from that area.
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But yeah, we have a bee problem in our neighborhood.
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I'm cackling it not because you and the the bugs of Arizona, but
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just because like, you live in a very nice neighborhood and like,
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it sounds like you live in the middle of nowhere.
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Like, oh. Well, I know, I know.
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You live in. Like a very nice part of Phoenix
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and you have a very nice house and I'm just laughing.
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You're like a tarantulas in my house and like I gotta attack my
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bees and grasshoppers and. Yeah, no, it's it's a great
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neighborhood, don't get me wrong, and I love my neighbors.
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The neighbors here are fantastic, but they do have some
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hobbies that, you know, they wouldn't necessarily be my
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hobbies. And I don't know if that
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attracts more things perhaps or what the deal is.
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But I think it might just be part of like living in Arizona
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too and like growing up in Colorado, like there aren't
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bugs. Like it's a new thing for me.
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All of my clients that listen who live in Florida are just
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shaking their heads at me right now because I know that they
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deal with this like tenfold so. Jenna I went for a run when we
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were in Orlando for Disney World.
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I saw three alligators, 3 on one run.
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It was like a five mile run. It took me like what, 45
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minutes? I saw three alligators.
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I was like, the nature of Florida is just unmatched.
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I can never move there with me and whatever is not right with
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me and nature not compatible with that.
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Oh, my word. I can't believe that.
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Well, my high was gonna be that I didn't get stung by bees
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because like, I felt like that was definitely perhaps in the
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cards what we would have happened.
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You know what I'm laughing about right now?
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Because I thought that that might have been related when you
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got pooped on by a bird like 2 times in a week or two days in a
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row. Yeah, that hasn't happened.
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So maybe that's my high too. Like I've seen a lot of animals
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and like insects and things, but like nothing bad has happened to
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me. So that's also a big high.
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Right now we're on a two week streak.
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I think we both needed that two week streak for you, but.
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I did. Oh, man, my other high, if I had
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to pick another high, was that again, with my neighbors whom I
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love so much, there's a neighborhood book club.
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It's just so much fun to have like a group of girls that I go
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and chat with like after work every month or every other
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month. And we could talk about books
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and we just get to hang out. We all have dogs, and that's
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kind of how we all have got to know each other is just by
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walking our dogs through the neighborhood.
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And I'm just so thankful to have more of a community within the
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neighborhood that I live in here, more so than I have in
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other places. And that's my high, is that I
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have a great book club. I love that.
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Are you reading anything like as a group right now, or do you
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just like talk about the books you're reading?
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We pick a book as a group and we read it and everybody votes on
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it. Everybody gives, like, a summary
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or recap. But if there are people who
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haven't read the book, like, it's not a big deal either,
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which it's like very chill book club.
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Like, no one's like looking at you being like, you didn't read
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it. That's the nice thing about it.
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I love that reading has really, like, made a comeback.
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Yeah. Reading and running.
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I love it. I am.
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And both of those are spaces right now.
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So I am. I'm very easily influenced by
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the people. No, you're just a trendsetter.
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That's it, I'm ahead of the game.
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Let's go with that. Welcome.
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Today's episode we are talking about an athlete that Riley
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actually worked with and I'm so excited for her to be here and
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share her story. Today's guest is an athlete of
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many talents and even more miles.
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From four years of collegiate soccer to the high intensity,
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grit testing world of high rocks, she is obsessed with how
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the body moves, heals, and performs under pressure.
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She's currently a student at Sherman College of Chiropractic,
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where she's bridging the gap between elite level athleticism
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and clinical recovery. Whether she's prepping for her
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next competition or out walking her dog, Sammy, she's always
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looking for her next challenge. Please welcome to the podcast,
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Emily. Thanks, guys.
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Emily, thank you so much for being on this episode.
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We really appreciate you being here and kind of talking a
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little bit about like your journey.
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Do you mind sharing just a little bit of background about
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like how you got into like the world of sports, how you got
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into soccer, high rocks, all of that?
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Yeah, for sure. So I mean, I grew up playing
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sports. My dad was a three sport athlete
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when he was growing up. So I pretty much as soon as I
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could hold a ball, catch a ball, that's what we were outside
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doing. So my dad definitely had a big
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impact on that. I actually started out playing
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basketball and then I didn't grow much anymore, so that kind
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of halted that. A bunch of my friends convinced
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me to go out for soccer and then I fell in love with that and
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just continued on with that. Ended up playing four years in
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college at Southern Wesleyan University.
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Had a blast. It was a lot of fun.
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And then after I graduated, I kind of felt a little sad that
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it was over with and I missed competition, but I wasn't really
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sure like what I was exactly looking for.
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And then just fell into high rocks and loved it so much.
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Loved the competitive of it. And I've met a lot of great
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friends along the way. So super blessed to have found
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that. The student athlete, the
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hierarchs pipeline that is happening, I feel like it is
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such a retired with air quotes student athlete activity and I'm
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I love it. Yeah, take some brain power to
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do hierarchy. None.
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I feel like there's so much community in hierarchs as well,
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and so like going from being a student athlete and having your
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team all the time, you still kind of like get that
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camaraderie aspect of it too. Or at least that's my
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understanding, not having kind of ever been in the world sky
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rocks. But that's what I understand.
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Yeah, definitely. Like, I mean, once you finish, I
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think everybody just realized how much suffering they went
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through and you just kind of hug it out.
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So that's great. And then of course, like with
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double S competitions, you do have a teammate and they even do
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the like team relays now, which is for people.
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I haven't participated in either one of those, but I definitely
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want to. But even when you compete as an
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individual, the camaraderie afterwards is just amazing.
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I've met so many great girls through it, and we still keep in
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touch and chitchat and ask each other, hey, are you doing this
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one? Hey, are you going to DC?
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How you going to New York? Just to try to see if we'll run
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into each other again. So it's really nice to be able
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to keep in touch with everybody even though you don't see them
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every single day, just to know that, you know, you can always
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reach out and just say hey, and what's going on and stuff.
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That's nice. High Rocks is a relatively new
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sport, so for our listeners who might not be super familiar with
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High Rocks, do you mind giving us like a kind of a quick
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rundown of the event and what goes into it?
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Yeah, for sure. So I think a lot of people
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prejudge it as like a CrossFit competition, which is just
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anything but that. But it is a functional fitness
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race. There are 8 different stations
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and in between each station you're going to do a 1K run,
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which into miles that's like .6 miles.
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So the stations are going to be your ski erg, A sled, push sled
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pull, a burpee, broad jumps, which it's just awful.
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You just hit the pain cave so fast on that one.
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And then rowing farmers carries sandbag lunges and then you
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finish with wall balls. And so like, it's so tough
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because you're running under fatigue after every single
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station and then going into the stations, your heart rate is so
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elevated because you just came off a run.
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So it's just a lot of, there's a lot of grip for sure.
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But I think the biggest thing is like knowing how to run under
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fatigue and just like pushing your body like more than you
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thought it was capable of. I think we have a good guess of
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what your maybe least favorite station is, but do you have a
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favorite part of competition? Well, this past time in November
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when I compete in Atlanta, I think the runs were my favorite
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part. I was so much faster than I
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expected and I was just I was running and gunning.
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So running was definitely my favorite part this time.
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But other than that, I think the ski is always my favorite.
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I love the ski and it's the first one.
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So that's kind of sad because the rest of it just kind of goes
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downhill from that for me. Thank you for sharing a little
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bit about like your athletic background.
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I would love for you to kind of share a little bit about your
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nutrition background to your relationship with food and how
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that's developed and changed over the last couple of years.
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Yeah, when I started, you know, as a kid, I never really had any
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issues. Like I grew up, you know, kind
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of an only child. I had an older sister, but I we
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were so far apart in age that I basically grew up an only child.
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But you know, like dinners with my mom and dad were super
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normal. Like I never had any issues like
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8 after practice, 8 before practice, you know, and then it
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was even really normal, I guess normally you could say in
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college until I hit my junior year, I guess.
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And then I think I just started to really look at other girls
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and start judging myself. And I was like, wow, these girls
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are tiny. Like what the heck, is there
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something wrong with me? And then I started really
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developing a pretty poor relationship with food,
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honestly. And I just felt like I needed to
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be smaller so I could be faster because I played outside back in
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college and like speed is such a big thing on the outsides.
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That's what I thought. And then going into my senior
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year, I'd I'd lost a good bit of weight and honestly, like my
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senior year, I didn't play to any high standards.
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I was probably a worse athlete, honestly.
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So my senior year was kind of a big let down for me as far
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performance goes, and I felt awful going into games.
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I was so tired, my legs were so heavy.
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So really in the long run, it didn't help whatsoever as far as
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like losing weight and not eating enough.
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And then even after I graduated, I think it was hard to kind of
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break out of that mold. I guess I'm still not eating
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enough, not feeling my body properly.
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And it really wasn't until I found Riley that, like, I was
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able to mentally get over that and I realized how much better I
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felt fueling my body with proper carbs, proteins, fats, fats,
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especially. We love fats.
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And then my performance in the gym started to just get better
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and better. My legs were fresh, My recovery
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was so much better. And just, I mean, overall, my
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performance just I wish I had Riley when I was in college
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because I probably would have been a way better soccer player.
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So she was just instrumental and helping me become, you know, a
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better athlete. I love that.
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Thank you so much for sharing about that.
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Riley is incredible. We love Riley.
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Was there any point in your journey that like you realized,
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recognize that underfueling was contributing maybe to like the
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lack of performance that you were experiencing?
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Or was it just like kind of coming across Riley's page and
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maybe picking up on some things that she was saying that maybe
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applied to you? Yeah, it was really random.
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Like one night I was just like, you know, doing my doom
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scrolling on Instagram before going to bed and like Riley
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popped up and I was like, wow, this like really resonates with
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me. Like, do you feel XY and Z?
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And I'm like, yeah, that's me. And then I kind of started
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looking at the website and I was like, obviously, like I, I
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hadn't had my period naturally since high school, I guess,
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because I got on the pill when I was in college to have the, the
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fake period, the placebo period, I guess.
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But I didn't know any better at the time.
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You know, I'd been having my period with the pill.
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And then once Riley and I'd met, we said get off the pill, see
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what happens. And I wasn't having it,
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obviously. But you know, like reading
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through Riley's page and stuff, I was like, this is me.
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Like, I think I need help, but I don't think I can do this on my
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own. Like, like I need a coach.
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Like I always respond better to a coach and somebody to just
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kind of like guide me through it.
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I needed that and I knew I did. And looking back on it, like I'm
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so glad I did because I have changed so much the past couple
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months working with Riley, like performance wise, but also like
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mentally wise, like mentally like I'm so much happier.
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My mind is so much clearer, which is obviously like super
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important for me going back to school.
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Like a carbs fuel my performance, but they also fuel
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me in school too. So having the pregame or pre
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exam snack helps so much. So it's been great working with
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Riley and I'm so thankful for her.
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Make me. Cry.
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Sorry. I'm like, you know?
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I'm like about to cry. Listen, no crying here.
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There's no crying in baseball. Yeah, or in period recovery,
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except we probably both cried at one point, so.
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Oh my God, tears of joy when I had my period.
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Like Riley knows this but Jenna doesn't.
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So I was at the gym, middle of workout, stopped and I was like,
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I think I just had my period. So I ran to the bathroom, went
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into the stall literally like had my period at the gym.
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I started crying in the stall because it was so happy and I
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was like, thank God, nobody's in here because I'd probably think
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I'm absolutely insane, but I'm like in my mind, I'm like
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screaming like, Oh my God, I just started my period like this
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is insane. So I did finish my session.
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I was like, OK, all right, proceed as normal.
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Now we're good. And then I went to my car had
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another like little like happy like freak out session.
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I messaged Riley told her and then I called my mom because my
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mom has been like on this journey with me too, because she
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just my mom loves me so much. I love her so much.
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And she knew that like I needed help too.
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So, so she's been a huge part of this as well.
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I called my mom and we had our little like happy session in the
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car and then and yeah, it was great.
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It was good. Good times, good times.
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I absolutely love that. I also love that you had such a
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strong like, support system through period recovery because
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I think that's such an important piece that a lot of people like,
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don't really think about. But like, if you have people in
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your corner that know what you're going through, that can
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encourage you because like, it definitely gets tough.
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Like there's a reason why I was so emotional when you got your
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period back because it's something that like you worked
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so hard for. So I love that your mom was
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invested in another cheerleader for you.
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Oh yeah. Now, my mom's always been my
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cheerleader ever since I was a kid.
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I mean, she was picking me up from practice at all my sports
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games. And you know, even after I
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graduated, she's been with me. She was with me for both my high
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rocks competitions. My biggest cheerleader.
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You know, I think I kind of black out a little bit during my
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high rocks competitions and I don't know, like I can't hear
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anything. I don't really see anybody but
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the one person that I usually do see, and here is my mom, and she
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is just the biggest cheerleader. Even though the first time she
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had no idea what was going on, she was like, I have no, I like,
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this was so new to me. And then it was so funny.
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The second time she was like, she's like, oh, my gosh, when
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you went into the rowing, you look so good.
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And I was like, wow, who is this?
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I was like, you know your stuff now, Mom, she was great.
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She's hilarious. But yeah, she's been my rock
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since I was a kid with sports. And she's awesome.
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Love her. She's probably going to listen
18:15
to this and start crying too. So, you know, it's fine.
18:18
It's fine. We're just all crying today.
18:20
We're not all proud. Of you, I want to kind of touch
18:22
on something that you skated over because you talked to about
18:25
high Rocks, but I think you're not giving yourself enough
18:27
credit because you don't only just do high rocks, you win high
18:31
rocks. So can we please talk a little
18:34
bit about High Rocks 2024 and then High Rocks 2025, both of
18:38
those events being in Atlanta. Can we please talk about these
18:41
events? Yes, we can.
18:43
I'm humble. I'm sorry.
18:44
So the first time I competed in high rocks, I won third overall
18:47
in my age group, but that was before I had started my journey
18:50
with Riley. Like honestly, like I'm
18:52
surprised I did that. Well, like under fueling and
18:55
everything, you know, I guess I just, you know, I had grit and
18:57
everything, but I think after that I realized how much better
19:00
I could have done if I had just felt better.
19:02
Because I mean, I went into that competition with tired legs,
19:05
heavy legs and just still under fueling.
19:08
And obviously Riley and I connected and we've been working
19:11
together for a while on my nutrition and she gave me a rock
19:15
solid plan going into it. My second competition in
19:18
Atlanta. I don't think I've ever been so
19:20
nervous for a competition before.
19:22
I was so nervous. Like, I wanted to like, puke,
19:24
honestly, but my mom and I stayed in Atlanta that night,
19:27
had a great little carb or meal with some pizza, and then woke
19:31
up in the morning and Riley and I had my nutrition ready to go
19:34
for the morning. And then in addition to that, I
19:36
had two shots of espresso, which was phenomenal.
19:40
But yeah, I was so nervous going into my second competition, but
19:42
I felt so good. Like, I mean, woke up really,
19:45
really early because I had the first heat.
19:47
Of course, that's all right. Wasn't mad about it, was what it
19:50
was. First run, I felt so good, felt
19:53
so fresh. But I was like, Oh my God, I
19:54
think I went out too hot. Like I think I'm going to tank.
19:57
I think I'm going to tank. I just, I mean, I just kept
20:00
going. It was crazy.
20:01
And then I did end up winning that one.
20:03
First overall women in Atlanta. I think the biggest difference
20:06
was my running from the first one to my second one.
20:09
Just for reference, like in the first competition in Atlanta, my
20:12
average run was about a about a 410 to a 4:15.
20:16
And then this in November in Atlanta when I won, my average
20:20
KM was about 3:45 to 3:48 which. I wasn't even expecting like I
20:27
told Riley, like I'm like, I think I'm just aiming for like
20:29
35352. And then I did that
20:31
consistently. I was like, who is she?
20:34
And I think that just goes back to the prime example of like
20:36
smaller doesn't equal faster because I had gained weight on
20:39
my period journey and I was so much faster and I was so much
20:43
better. All of my stations improved like
20:46
tremendously and I was shaved almost 5 minutes off my time
20:50
from my first tie rocks. It was amazing.
20:52
Like I couldn't believe it. And a lot of it was my nutrition
20:57
and just being fueled for my training sessions and then being
21:00
properly fueled for my actual competition overall.
21:03
Just it was crazy. I still can't believe it and
21:06
it's been what, like 5 months now since I won?
21:09
I'm sorry to put you on the spot.
21:10
I just I really wanted to like highlight your success.
21:14
And I also think that sometimes when we're under fueled and
21:18
we're still having athletic success, that under fueling
21:21
really gets swept under the table.
21:23
Like, right, you did your first high rocks and you got third
21:25
place. Like you made it onto the
21:27
podium. Like what an amazing
21:28
accomplishment. But like, you knew that you had
21:30
more. Like you knew that wasn't your
21:32
ceiling. And I think sometimes we think
21:34
everything's OK because we've been successful, but like we can
21:37
do more. Yeah, I'm glad that I knew that
21:40
I hadn't reached my potential yet.
21:42
Even though I placed third and I got on the podium, I still felt
21:45
like I had more in the tank. But coming in third was great
21:48
and everything. But I was like, I don't.
21:49
I was like, I want the white flag.
21:51
I was like, I want that. And I think that's what like
21:53
pushed me over the edge to, to, you know, like reach out to
21:56
Riley and partner with her, get me like on the right track.
21:59
And I went from a Black Flag 3rd place to a white flag first
22:04
place. And I think a lot of it was
22:06
because I got my nutrition dialed in and I had great
22:10
support for it. So no crying again, no.
22:14
Crying. We're all gonna cry.
22:16
No crying. First of all, I just wanna say
22:17
congratulations on like so much success not only in the world of
22:21
high rocks, but like also with your fueling because like
22:23
fueling changes can be challenging.
22:25
What do you feel like? We're maybe some of like the key
22:27
things that Riley helped you do in between your first
22:30
competition and your second high rocks that like really, really
22:33
helped you specifically with those energy changes that you
22:37
felt during competition. Yeah, I think, you know, once we
22:40
had kind of taken a look at like what my diet was like before we
22:42
started working together, Like I definitely wasn't getting enough
22:45
fats in which I think that's just such a bad, like people
22:48
just think fats are bad and like, no, they're so great for
22:50
your hormones. Amazing.
22:52
My favorite is goat cheese. I had to throw it out there.
22:54
Riley knows. And then just making sure that I
22:56
was having enough carbs to go into my heavier sessions was
23:00
like super big. And then I think another thing
23:02
that helped a lot was definitely like my post training fuel.
23:07
I'm sure I'd do like my chocolate milk, absolute goat
23:10
status chocolate milk because it was easy.
23:12
I could take it with me and I always had it afterwards.
23:15
And then like having and for my heavier or longer sessions, I
23:18
was having a snack like during my session, which I think helped
23:21
a lot. Just something that I could get
23:22
down, something that was easy. And I think that played a huge
23:25
role in it because I was like my body just like felt constantly
23:28
safe that I was constantly feeling it.
23:31
And I think that helped a lot. And then it was also like, I
23:34
think Riley helped me change my mindset from like fearing food
23:38
to like, like what I'm eating is helping me train.
23:40
And like, it just kind of like came like almost like full
23:43
circle that I'm like, what I'm putting into my body is helping
23:46
me become a better person and a better athlete.
23:49
Like not just a better athlete, but like going back to a better
23:51
person. Like mentally, I was in a bad
23:53
headspace and a lot of it was because of food.
23:55
And then now, like my relationships have just improved
23:59
like drastically. Like I'm constantly like hanging
24:01
out with my classmates, going to study sessions, whereas like
24:04
before I'm like, well, I don't know what we're doing.
24:07
I can't control. Like, what if they like, what if
24:09
they start eating? Like, what am I supposed to do?
24:11
Like this and this and that and the other and so dumb.
24:13
Like, I'm like, no, like, I want to go study with my classmates.
24:16
I want to go hang out. I want to have a good time.
24:17
Like, OK, we're going to go study at a coffee shop.
24:20
Yeah, All right, cool. I get a latte and maybe a
24:22
croissant. That's cool.
24:23
And it's just stuff like that that you don't really realize.
24:26
You don't realize how much food has an impact over you until you
24:30
stop letting it. And you're like, I would never
24:32
have done this, you know, two years ago, three years ago.
24:35
And I'm like, wow, I've benefited not just as an athlete
24:38
from this, but as a person, too. So that's great.
24:42
Think there's so many benefits and you've just shared that.
24:44
You've seen so many benefits of fueling your body properly, but
24:48
taking that step and committing to this journey is something
24:51
that's really, really scary. So for those athletes who are
24:54
listening and resonate with what you're sharing, what advice do
24:57
you have for them on getting started?
24:59
Just start because you need to take the jump.
25:01
Know that when you work with Riley or Jenner or Lily, it's so
25:05
gradual that you're taking like you don't just start like
25:09
jumping all in, like head first. Like they really do a great job
25:12
of taking from you from like a zero to like gradually like
25:16
A1A2A3 and like making small inclemental changes that you can
25:21
continue on. I think that was the biggest
25:23
part for me because I think I would have been, think I would
25:25
have been a little bit more hesitant if Riley was like, all
25:28
right, we're changing literally everything.
25:30
I think I would have been like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, time
25:32
out. That's too much, too much all at
25:34
once. It's like small changes and then
25:36
those small changes get to be bigger and bigger, bigger.
25:40
And now the like the full picture is here and I have
25:43
everything that I need me to continue to better myself.
25:47
So I think that was was the biggest thing is it's not all at
25:51
once guys. It's not like they literally
25:53
just like shove you into the the deep end and you can't swim.
25:56
Like they put the floaties on 1st and we, you know, we doggy
26:00
paddle for a little while. They take the floaties off, but
26:03
they're still with us and helping us and making changes.
26:06
And then next thing you know, you know, you're like Katie
26:08
Ledecky out here. It's great.
26:11
I love the swimming reference you just had, like that was
26:14
incredible. That was not planned whatsoever.
26:16
I don't know where that came from to be honest.
26:19
Katie Ledecky is amazing though. I will say one of my favorite
26:22
female athletes. Ridiculous.
26:24
And I guarantee you she loves carbs.
26:26
Her feeling is actually one that we reviewed on the podcast,
26:29
like, quite a while ago, like leading into the Summer
26:31
Olympics. What was that almost two to
26:33
three years ago? And she does.
26:35
And she does chocolate milk. So you and Katie Ledecky have
26:38
that in common. Chocolate milk.
26:39
I'm telling you specifically the Horizon chocolate milk that has
26:43
the straws if you're curious. Guys, I'm almost 27 and I love
26:47
the chocolate milk with the straws.
26:48
Sometimes the vessel really does change it.
26:51
It's like a Capri Sun. Like are you telling me when it
26:53
gets hotter outside you don't want to just stab a straw into a
26:57
Capri Sun and sit outside? Like Oh my gosh that's just
27:00
nostalgic. I might have to have to make a
27:02
Publix run and see if I can find some.
27:04
That sounds pretty good right now.
27:05
You 2 with your Publix making me jealous.
27:07
Well, actually, rather than I had also ventured a Harris
27:10
Teeter quite frequently. Harris Teeter's got the goods,
27:13
too. Good grocery shopping there on
27:14
the East Coast you all have. Pretty nice, can't complain.
27:17
All right, Emily, I do have some ending questions for you, but
27:20
before I jump into those, they're kind of like some rapid
27:22
fire questions. But before I do that, any last
27:25
things that you want to say? Share any tips.
27:28
Felt like I said a lot, but just know that like you got to start
27:31
somewhere and it's better to be a little nervous or scared and
27:35
just take the leap because in the end it's going to benefit
27:38
you guys so much and you're going to be so thankful that you
27:40
did it as far as like nutrition goes.
27:42
But like if any athlete is like maybe be scared to like jump
27:45
into like a new thing, like just do it because you might fall in
27:49
love with it and realize like, wow, like I'm actually kind of
27:51
good at this. So just take the leap, Don't be
27:53
scared. Just RIP the Band-Aid off and go
27:56
for it. There.
27:56
You have nothing to lose and you will be a better athlete and a
28:00
better person because of. It I love it.
28:02
All right, here's some rapid fire questions for you.
28:04
Deep breath, deep breath. So this is eat more Carbs
28:06
podcast. So we have to know what your
28:08
favorite carbohydrate is. Pasta, specifically my mom's
28:11
spaghetti bolognese. Give it to me and give me a
28:14
slice of garlic bread to go with it.
28:16
I am. I'm golden.
28:17
Love it. What is your favorite pre?
28:20
Workout fuel right now. I have been loving the Welch's
28:25
gummy snacks. So good, so easy.
28:27
I was thinking about the other day.
28:28
I wish they would bring the scooby-doo ones back though.
28:30
Low key like I need my childhood nostalgia for a minute.
28:33
The Scooby-doo ones, they were awesome.
28:35
I just remembered like the bright blue one.
28:37
They had the Super bright blue one.
28:39
Yeah. Those were my favorites.
28:41
Yeah. Yeah, I saved those until the
28:42
end. If you had like multiple in the
28:44
pack too, Oh my gosh, you were just hot stuff.
28:48
You were the hottest kid in the lunch room.
28:49
You were having an elite day for sure.
28:52
I was. We were elite.
28:53
I feel left out because I didn't eat these.
28:55
Maybe I was the bottom of the table.
28:57
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry that you never had scooby-doo fruit
29:01
snacks. Those are seared into like the
29:03
cortex of my brain. I do know exactly what you're
29:06
talking about though. I just don't think I ate them as
29:07
a child. But like I do remember people
29:09
like people would share them and I know that blue color is like I
29:13
it's in my mind. I know exactly like guys are
29:14
talking about, but I did not get to participate.
29:16
Sad, so tragic. I want.
29:18
To go find them now. I don't think they, I don't
29:21
think they make them anymore. Like that's the saddest part.
29:24
My next question you kind of already answered, but your
29:26
favorite post workout fuel? Yeah, we're going chocolate milk
29:29
for sure with the straw. With the straw.
29:31
I don't know why it just. Hits differently.
29:33
It does. It's so good.
29:34
It's like a crisp, like Coke from McDonald's sometimes.
29:38
Just hits different. Yeah, it does.
29:40
And then this is kind of the hardest one, but like, we have
29:43
to know because we're big shoot people here.
29:44
What's your favorite pair of kecks?
29:46
This is hard because I'm also a very big shoe person.
29:49
All right, I'm going to break it, break it down a little bit.
29:51
My favorite high rock shoe is the one that I just ran in what
29:53
was the Puma DV8 Nitro love those for high rocks felt super
29:58
great running in them and they also have decent traction for
30:01
the sleds, which was great. What I've been running in
30:04
recently is the ASICS Nova blast.
30:06
Great, just like comfortable running shoe, like just for like
30:09
easy chill runs. And then honestly, like if I'm
30:12
just like lounging around, like give me my Birkin socks.
30:15
Seriously, I will Burks and socks.
30:17
Don't tell me anything different.
30:19
Honestly, like that's it. So that was a lot of shoes, but
30:22
like I'm a big shoe person. I have too many.
30:24
My closet is full, but and I also can't part with any of them
30:28
because they're sentimental. So they just kind of stay in the
30:30
closet. Bury me in my stalks and socks,
30:33
that's all I'm going to say. In my casket, my burks and socks
30:36
better be on. That's such a soccer player
30:38
answer though, Jenna. I'm shocked.
30:40
Really. Yeah, Everybody, all soccer
30:43
players wear their slides and their.
30:44
Socks. Yeah.
30:45
Well, I don't know, maybe it's a Colorado thing.
30:47
Everybody does that. It's.
30:49
True, everybody loves Birx and socks.
30:50
Come on. If you don't, then you're lying
30:53
to yourself. Yeah, I am also trying to
30:55
convince Jenna to run in the Nova Blast because I also love
30:58
the Nova Blast. I really like him.
31:00
One of my one of my really good friends from college.
31:03
She ran track and field and cross country and we've stayed
31:06
in touch since we graduated. But I asked her like hey, I need
31:08
a really good running new running shoe, what do you
31:10
recommend? And she recommended the ASICS
31:12
and honestly they've been great. I love them so much.
31:15
OK, well you guys might have convinced me.
31:17
I might have to go pick up a pair.
31:19
I will link all of your favorite shoe links so that way everybody
31:22
can get your favorite shoes that you recommend.
31:25
Do you have social media that you want to share?
31:27
Yeah, for sure. I'm not much to post anybody
31:30
that I mean, anybody can send me a DM if you just want to talk
31:33
about like starting the journey or anything like that.
31:35
But my Instagram is Emily Courier 12 and I know my last
31:39
name is really hard to spell. So it's EMILYCOR RIHE R12 on
31:47
Instagram. Fun fact, 12 was not my soccer
31:50
number. It was actually my basketball
31:51
number and I just never wanted to change it.
31:53
So it just is what it is. I wore 7 in soccer because I had
31:57
a big ego and thought I was Cristiano Ronaldo.
31:59
Obviously, Clearly, clearly. OK.
32:01
We're going to also leave all of your contact information in the
32:04
podcast show notes. That way, if anybody wants to
32:07
reach out, ask you questions, or maybe even like chat about high
32:10
rocks and upcoming competitions that you might be preparing for,
32:13
we will do that. If anybody needs a double S
32:15
partner, hit me up. Riley's eyes got big.
32:17
Riley, are you going to do? It I my eyes went big because
32:19
I'm looking for people to help partner with her that aren't me.
32:23
If we got Lily, we could do the relay 4.
32:26
That's true, that's true. Can I only do the running part
32:30
though? You got to.
32:31
Pick. You got to at least pick two
32:33
stations that you could do. Wait I can run and do 2
32:36
stations? OK can I push?
32:38
I'll burpy broad jump. No, you would need a pull and
32:40
burpy broad jump because they have to be.
32:42
So you have to do like back-to-back.
32:44
So like the first one would be like ski push, pull, burpee, bra
32:47
jump, row, farmer's carries and then somebody's really got to
32:51
take it and do lunges and wall balls.
32:53
Lily can do that. I'll do.
32:54
Lily's not here to do herself. I just threw her under the bus.
32:57
Yeah, that's rough. That's tough right there.
32:59
Holy Quads. Row and do the farmer's farmers.
33:02
Carry all right then oh, that means I get the ski sweet.
33:05
All right, we're not just scheming up here.
33:07
Quick little high rocks relay group right now Everybody better
33:10
everybody better watch out. She has no idea she's doing wall
33:14
balls and lunges. I feel bad, tough quads on fire.
33:18
She doesn't know these things until she listens to these
33:20
episodes and then she's like, I just ran 1/2 marathon, now I
33:22
have to do a team. High rocks.
33:24
Lily, we love you. We're not forcing you into
33:26
anything. We promise.
33:27
Just if you want. We will leave all of Emily's
33:30
contact information in the podcast show notes.
33:32
That way if you do want to do double S, not the full relay
33:35
with her, you can reach out and maybe figure that out and scheme
33:38
that up. Emily, thank you again so much
33:39
for being on this episode. We so appreciate you being here.
33:42
If you do have questions for Riley and I, you can always find
33:45
us online and find Riley on Instagram at Riley dot Beatty
33:48
dot nutrition and you can find me at Jenna dot Fisher dot
33:50
nutrition. Thank you so much for listening
33:52
to this episode. Please make sure you rate,
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subscribe and review. And as always, remember to eat
33:56
more carbs.