Developing A Competitive Mindset with Emily Abbott
The Michael Caz Podcast
Michael Cazayoux
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2018
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Brute Strength Podcast I’ll be interviewing a four-time CrossFit Games veteran, and total bad ass, Emily Abbott. Emily trains out of MOST Physical Preparation in Calgary, Alberta and has been a dominant force in Canada West since 2014. In this episode we’ll get a more in-depth look into the life of Abbott and getting into things like finding your divine flow, goals vs. intentions, and training less to gain more. Enjoy the show.
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Topics of discussion:
01:40 - The story behind Emily’s tattoos
04:50 - Testing your ethics
08:50 - Intentions vs. goal setting
14:12 - Emily’s style of leadership
17:25 - Awakening to your life’s purpose
22:54 - Increasing self-awareness
29:00 - Defining “Embodiment”
33:35 - Training less, gaining more
39:00 - Getting an edge on the competition
46:54 - Breaking the phone addiction
53:10 - Advice for athletes preparing for the Open
56:04 - Developing a competitive mindset
Links:
Awakening to Your Life's Purpose - Tolle
Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals - Halvorson
Pussy: A Reclamation - Thomashauer
@abbott.the.red - Instagram
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Root Strength Podcast, bringing you worldwide experts from all areas of health and fitness. |
| 0:08.0 | We cover training, nutrition, coaching, and mindset. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome your host, Strength and Conditioning Coach, |
| 0:15.0 | 2012 and 2013 Cross-Tic Games Champ, Michael Kaju. |
| 0:19.0 | Mind, Body, Brute. body brute. Hey, this is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength podcast. |
| 0:28.0 | This week's guest is Emily Abbott. |
| 0:30.0 | Emily is a multiple time cross fit competitor and this was the first time I got a chance to meet her. |
| 0:36.0 | And I discovered that she's a complete badass. |
| 0:39.0 | Not only has she competed several times at the Cross Fitig games and done very well. |
| 0:44.2 | But she has an amazing philosophy on life. |
| 0:47.9 | And I got a chance to talk to her about the way that she trains that's pretty different from the rest of her |
| 0:55.6 | competitors the the way that she thinks about competing the way that she has |
| 1:01.0 | developed the mindset that she has and she gives some really cool |
| 1:06.1 | concepts and even practices that you can use as well. We also talk about some fun things |
| 1:12.3 | like sex and the term embodiment and |
| 1:15.7 | femininity and she's just a she was a joy to talk to and there's a ton of |
| 1:21.6 | wisdom to be gained through this episode. |
| 1:23.5 | So I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did. |
| 1:27.1 | All right, Emily, thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 1:29.9 | I've been really looking forward to this one. I have been very much looking forward to this. |
| 1:35.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:36.0 | So let's start with something real casual. |
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