Alyssa Ages, SECRETS OF GIANTS: A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Zibby speaks to endurance athlete and journalist Alyssa Ages about SECRETS OF GIANTS, an enthusiastically researched and authentically lived exploration of the weight-lifting world, and why pushing our physical limits is so impactful. Alyssa describes how she went from considering herself non-athletic to eventually participating in marathons and triathlons and ultimately discovering the world of strongman competitions. The conversation delves into her experiences with failure, body image issues, and a miscarriage, and how strength training became a crucial part of her healing process. To end the interview, Alyssa shares her best advice for aspiring writers.
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| 0:34.4 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:39.0 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:47.3 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:55.5 | Our books are already out now. |
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| 1:07.8 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop at 1113 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. |
| 1:17.7 | I hope that you are able to enjoy some of our other offerings. |
| 1:21.6 | But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 1:26.8 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my |
| 1:29.1 | favorite thing. Enjoy. |
| 1:35.8 | Alyssa Ages is the author of Secrets of Giants, a journey to uncover the true meaning of |
| 1:41.3 | strength. As a journalist, her work has appeared in self, bustle, slate, |
| 1:44.9 | GQ, parents, the globe and male, and others. She is a mom of two, an endurance athlete, and a strong |
| 1:49.7 | woman competitor. Welcome, Melissa. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read |
| 1:53.8 | bucks to discuss secrets of giants, a journey to uncover the true meaning of strength. I feel like |
| 1:59.6 | I need to like lift weights just |
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