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The Ready State Podcast

Annie Thorisdottir: 2x CrossFit Games Champion, Overcoming Postpartum Depression, and Balancing Sport and Motherhood

The Ready State Podcast

Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9623 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Annie Thorisdottir is a two-time CrossFit Games Champion. After only a couple of months of CrossFit practice, Annie competed in the 2009 CrossFit Games where she famously performed her first muscle-up mid-competition. Her 1st place wins came shortly after in 2011 and 2012 making her the first female athlete to ever win the CrossFit Games twice. Of her eleven Games appearances, she has podiumed six times. Annie took a break in 2020 to have her first child and was back at it placing 3rd in 2021. Annie is known for competing with a smile and her infectious positive attitude. Annie lives in Iceland with her partner, fellow CrossFit Games athlete Frederik Aegidius and their daughter Freyja. • This episode of The Ready State Podcast is sponsored by LMNT, our favorite electrolyte drink mix. It was created based on a science-backed electrolyte ratio, with no sugar, no coloring, no artificial ingredients, or any other junk. Everyone needs electrolytes, but if you’re an active person and/or on a low-carb diet, you really need electrolytes to feel and perform your best. We drink LMNT every single day and it is our go-to drink for mountain biking. For more info and to get a free sample pack (just pay shipping), go to thereadystate.com/FreeLMNT.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Kelly Starrett.

0:06.8

And I'm Juliette.

0:08.0

And you're listening to The Ready State Podcast.

0:16.5

This episode of the Ready State podcast is brought to you by Element.

0:20.5

One of the big mistakes we see as people are ramping up their training is they don't actually replace their electrolytes.

0:27.4

Well, then it's not just those people. It's people who are intermittent fasting, following a keto diet, or even just people who are training really hard.

0:33.9

Yeah. The phenomenon we've talked about for a decade is that people are really stripping out a lot of processed foods. If you're eating roundtable three times a week, maybe you don't need as much salt. Maybe not. I remember being in South Brooklyn teaching and this woman raised her hand and was like, well, can't you just eat a kidney after training? And I was like, well, you can, or you can just have some delicious element. Because I guarantee you, you will feel better. If you're manipulating carbohydrate in your diet, you will feel better if you add salts back. Yeah, I mean, if you have done the right thing by stripping out a bunch of processed foods out of your diet, it also means it's possible you're not getting enough salt. And what I love about element is one, great flavors. These are

1:11.8

so good. It tastes so good. No sugar. I, full caveat, actually drink a lot more water now because

1:18.4

elements in my life. Yeah. And also, you know, we drink it a lot while we're actually training,

1:22.6

mountain biking in particular. And one of the, one of the big reasons I love it is I don't want to drink something super sweet

1:29.7

when I'm exercising. And so this is my go-to. Kids, get on the element train. I hand it out to all of

1:36.2

the athletes I work with and they love it. If you want to get some element, right now you can

1:40.3

order one of their sample packs for just the price of shipping, which is $5 in the U.S.

1:44.9

It includes eight packets so you can try one of their eight awesome flavors.

1:49.1

Go to the readystate.com slash free element. That's free LMNT to check it out.

1:55.6

This may sound crazy, but last year, I kind of tried to clone my husband.

1:58.8

Awesome.

1:59.3

Only kind of, though. You see, Kelly gets dozens of requests every day for help. And even though he wants to give everyone his personal attention, there just aren't enough hours in the day. So I typed in how to clone a human being into Google. Just kidding. But in seriousness, what we did do was create our virtual mobility coach platform. It's like having a virtual

2:17.8

Kelly Star ad in your pocket.

2:19.2

Which obviously everyone needs. And that's right. I personally create over 600 mobility

2:23.8

protocols for the virtual mobility coach. So the platform can help you with almost any movement

2:28.8

problem imaginable. For example, let's say you're in pain. The VMC will show you a diagram

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