Live Your Personal Best - Workout Motivation and Routine Building For Current and Former Athletes Emily Coffman | Former Athlete, College Health Tips, Food Freedom

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Are you exploring who you truly are? Exploring your athletic identity can help you learn more about yourself, the world, and others. Maybe what you need to learn yourself is a big goal to keep you motivated or to lean into your fear and keep stepping forward anyway. 
In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I speak with Josh Mathe, a coach, award-winning author, fitness expert, nutritionist, ultra-endurance athlete, and life adventurer. He is dedicated to helping people step into the strongest versions of who they are. 
Listen in to learn the value of exploring your athletic identity to learn more about yourself and supercharge the rest of your life. You will also learn how to be self-motivated to push yourself at hard and uncomfortable things to have fun and add richness to your life.
Key Takeaways:

How pushing yourself in athletics can translate into how you push yourself in other aspects of life.

How to create and use a mental, emotional, and spiritual training plan to help you overcome challenges. 

Understanding why having a bigger goal keeps you motivated and on track. 

The value of exploring your athletic identity to supercharge the rest of your life. 

How to push yourself at hard and uncomfortable things to explore yourself and the world around you. 

The power of leaning into fear, acknowledging it, and stepping forward anyway. 

Episode Timeline:

[2:42] Josh shares his journey from a chunky kid to a self-motivated endurance athlete.

[8:23] The defining moment of his life when he physically and mentally prepared to trail the John Muir Trail. 

[16:30] Why he wanted to grapple with the challenge of accomplishing this goal alone. 

[18:54] He explains the importance of exploring your athletic identity to learn more about yourself.

[22:58] The power of exploring who you are and pushing yourself to become the best you can be. 

[26:41] How the pandemic jumpstarted the idea of finding hope in trying new adventures. 

Quotes:


“It is strength, not weakness, to ask for help and to achieve success together with somebody else or a team.”- Josh [17:45]


“There’s power in throwing ourselves at hard and uncomfortable things and exploring what we’re capable of just because it’s fun and it adds to the richness of our lives, and we learn about ourselves.”- Josh [24:46]


Links Mentioned: 

Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveyourpb/


Website: https://www.joshmathe.com/


Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/josh.mathe.9



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Do you have body-related goals but also want a healthier relationship with fitness and nutrition? Your goal should be about having a plan to get you where you want to go and focusing on how you’re feeling, showing up in your life, and performing. 
In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I speak with Allie Cass, a former bodybuilding pro turned functional health and fitness coach. She’s an advocate for self-love helping stressed-out women optimize their metabolism, uplevel their mindset, and shift from surviving to thriving.  
Listen in to learn how to reprogram the way you dialogue to understand your feelings and values. You will also learn how to practice discipline and how you show up for yourself to boost your self-love during your fitness journey.
Key Takeaways:

Understand that it’s acceptable to have fitness goals and self-love doesn’t come from a certain look or shape.

The importance of realizing that everything that makes you worthy is already within you.

Focus on how you feel and work on setting performance-type goals without micromanaging.

The importance of practicing discipline and showing up for yourself to boost your self-love.

Episode Timeline:

[2:25] Allie on her athletic background and how she got into bodybuilding.

[5:30] The challenging yet interesting journey that bodybuilding was versus team sports.

[7:18] She explains how she transitioned from the extremes of bodybuilding to fitness coaching.

[10:07] How she teaches women to have self-love and still have health and fitness goals.

[13:52] The best way to ensure you enjoy the process of achieving your body/fitness goals.

[17:06] How Allie helps women practice discipline and show up for themselves to boost their self-love.

[21:29] The importance of being kind and gentle with yourself through your fitness and self-love journey.


Quotes:


“Self-love does not come from a certain look, and it doesn’t come from a certain shape.”- Allie [10:51]


“When we really love ourselves, we show up for ourselves, and sometimes that is difficult; sometimes it means doing things that we necessarily don’t want to do, and sometimes it means backing off from things we think we should be doing.”- Allie [18:17]


Links Mentioned:

Website: https://www.alliecasshealth.com/


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alliecasshealth/


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How do you fuel your body with an endurance mindset? It’s important to understand that food is there to give you energy and be enjoyable. As an athlete, you have to think about eating nourishing foods before, during, and after training to stay energized and for body repair. Eating well makes it easier for your body to perform.
In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I speak with Gabbi Villa about her relationship with food as an athlete and the role of nutrition in an athlete’s journey. She’s a dietitian, sports nutritionist, and the founder of IntensEATfit. She specializes in optimizing performance for triathletes and ultra-distance runners by making food their best ally in sport and life.
Listen in to learn how to develop a healthy relationship with food and make it easier for you to fuel your body quickly by letting go of all your negative beliefs about food. You will also learn how to align your food intake with your ultimate goal and positively work towards that.
Key Takeaways:
·      How to choose nutritious food that’s helpful for your body and training.
·      The importance of eating after working out, even when you don’t feel like eating.
·      Why you don’t need to lose weight or be lean to be a good athlete.
·      The importance of fueling your body sufficiently when training at high intensity.
·      Why carbohydrates are still king if you seek to perform better in your sport.
Episode Timeline:
·      [2:03] Gabbi’s background in sports and nutrition and why she pursued nutrition for athletes.
·      [8:49] Understand the role of food in your training journey to choose helpful food for you as an athlete.
·      [13:32] She explains how to balance carbs and proteins before, during, and after a workout or training.
·      [18:46] Top three myths about endurance training that athletes still follow today.
·      [23:36] How to align your food intake with your training goal in a positive way.
·      [24:28] Remember that food is meant to be enjoyable, and represents more aspects of your life.
Quotes:
·      “You’re actually restricting your nutrient intake by eating the same thing over and over because you’re not adding that variety into your diet.”- Gabbi [9:39]
·      “Remember that food is meant to be enjoyable and it represents so many other aspects of our lives.”- Gabbi [24:28]
Links Mentioned:
·      Website: https://intenseatfit.com/
·      Instagram: https://intenseatfit.com/
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Have you ever felt like the more you try to progress forward, the more resistance you meet? Like hitting a plateau? I’ve been there in the last few months. Being in the mindset of how it felt during my time as an athlete brought with negative emotions. The truth is, you can be happy with where you are currently and still feel some type of way when you relive your past memories.
In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I share my struggles with backward progress in the last few months and how I’m overcoming them. Listen in to learn why you should meet yourself where you’re at and stay still for a while before making any further changes in your efforts.
Key Takeaways:
·      How past memories can still bring negativity in your present moment.
·      How to allow yourself to feel uncomfortable in order to grow.
·      Take time to meet yourself in the middle if you find yourself reverting to old habits.
Episode Timeline:
·      [2:16] How reliving my past memories came with the negative feelings I experienced as an athlete.
·      [7:57] The backward progress I felt I was experiencing and how I’m working to overcome it.
·      [10:01] Why pushing myself to progress without being ready led to a harder pushback.
·      [11:19] Why you should let yourself be comfortable for a while to reevaluate and move on from there.  
Quote:
·      “You can be super happy with where you are currently; you can be super proud of your progress, but there will still be times when you look back to the past version of yourself, and it brings something up.”- Emily [7:13]
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How good are you at listening to your body? Self-leadership when it comes to your body isn’t easy, and it requires grace and compassion. Listening to what your body is telling you allows you to set the intention of achieving your goals without the shame of where you should or shouldn’t be.
In this episode of the Live Your Personal Best podcast, I speak with Lisa Jara, a spiritual feminist and space holder for the dark & taboo. She supports women to reclaim their inner authority - their soul and body wisdom - to lead their lives with greater clarity and purpose from within.
Listen in to learn the importance of respecting and honoring your body’s cycles and the fact that you don’t have to perform the same every day. You will also learn how to regain your power by allowing yourself to dream of what you want.
Key Takeaways:
·      Learning to listen to your body and be open to whatever may happen in the process.
·      How to be gentle and compassionate with yourself as you set the intention of where you want to go.
·      Understand that there’s power within you to find solutions and true fulfillment.
·      How to take your power back by allowing yourself to dream of what you want.
Key Takeaways:
·      [2:37] How Lisa’s past experience with mental health inspired her to start talking about taboo topics.
·      [3:31] The importance of understanding your body is a living organism and listening to it with curiosity.
·      [8:21] How to honor how you feel and understand that you don’t have to perform the same daily.  
·      [13:03] The seasons and transitions of menstruation and why we need to respect them.
·      [13:53] The quiet yet powerful revolution – withdrawing from the system and listening to your body, mind, and emotions.  
·      [19:44] What would you like to have happened? How to take your power back.
Quotes:
·      “Life can be hard, and we all have the strength and power within us to lead ourselves through; it’s just sometimes it’s more fun with another person.”- Lisa [3:04]
·      “Our thoughts create our reality, but when we learn to listen to what the body is telling us, we will have an easier time to arrive where we want to go.”- Lisa [5:30]
Links Mentioned:
·      Website: https://lisa-jara.com/
·      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.jara.coaching/
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