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Habits and Hustle

Episode 311: Lindsey Vonn: Lessons Learned From Olympic Champion + Ski Legend

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

For ski bums, it's powder dreams and adrenaline. For champions like Lindsey Vonn, it's a crucible of resilience, dedication, and grit. Learn her secrets to excel beyond the slopes. In this episode, I’m joined by Lindsey Vonn, Olympic champion, NYT best selling author, entrepreneur, and investor who shares the significance of resilience and mental toughness in her skiing career and life, the role of planning and hard work in achieving success, and her transition from athletics to entrepreneurship and mentorship.  We also dive into her experiences of overcoming injuries and setbacks, the intense training and sacrifices required to reach the Olympics, and her current endeavors in investing, advising a sports fund, and empowering the next generation of girls through her foundation. Lindsey Vonn is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team. She won four World Cup overall championships—third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mikaela Shiffrin—with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, plus another in 2012. What we discuss: (0:05:48) The nature of talent and work ethic, including Lindsey’s family influence and athletic background (0:12:22) - The demanding training regimen and the mental resilience required to excel in competitive skiing from an early age (0:26:03) - Lindsey discusses her retirement decision due to injuries, the mental challenges athletes face, and finding new ways to maintain mental health post-competition (0:29:59) - The detailed daily training schedule of a top athlete, balancing endurance, strength, and recovery (0:39:31) - Lindsey shares her experiences with entrepreneurship, investing in sports teams, and the impact of social media on mental health (0:47:24) The benefits and limitations of red light therapy and other treatments for managing injuries and pain (0:53:45) Lindsey’s personal routines and lifestyle choices for maintaining health (1:02:09) The importance of resilience and empowerment for young girls and the work of Lindsey's foundation in supporting underserved communities. Thank you to our sponsors: OneSkin: Head over to oneskin.co and use code HUSTLE15 for 15% off. Find more from Jen:  Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen  Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Learn more from Lindsey Von: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseyvonn/ Books: https://lindseyvonn.komi.io/#548ccac3-a5f7-402b-8807-8cd3c33e8072

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0:00.0

Hi, guys. It's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.

0:08.2

All right, guys. So today we have Lindsay Vaughn on the podcast. And by the way, I was yapping before, but I didn't even say how excited I am to have you here.

0:17.3

Because, no, talk about, like, we do all sorts of people on the, like the best in the world, like, in the world come on this podcast, but you are legit, like, the best in the world at, like, downhill skiing. And I got to tell you, I don't know any other person that does what you do, like in the sport, like, you've actually made it, I think, popular and famous. Like, I don't know. Am I the only one?

0:38.7

Because I don't know. Like, I really feel like I know you, like you're such an icon in your sport,

0:43.5

like an adrenaline junkie. Have you always had that type of like that adrenaline junkiness in it?

0:50.8

Like, tell me like how you started, how you became you, really.

0:55.8

I mean, I started skiing because I loved skiing, you know, I didn't get into racing

1:01.0

because I was an adrenaline junkie. I just, I think I always pushed the limits. Like, I was

1:04.7

always climbing trees when I was a kid. Like, you know, I was always forcing around and doing

1:08.5

things that I was told not to do. And, you know, I think as I

1:13.1

progressed in my skiing career, you know, I, there's different disciplines in skiing. And as I

1:18.6

grew older and started doing downhill, which was obviously the fastest in the sport, I loved it.

1:23.9

Like the faster I went, the happier I was. And since then, you know, I'm,

1:28.5

especially now in retirement, like, I just do whatever adrenaline thing I can find, you know,

1:34.3

whether it's wig surfing or e-foiling or like whatever, you know, jet skiing. I'm just,

1:39.2

like, always trying to find something that, you know, gives me that adrenaline.

2:01.8

But like nothing would ever come up. You go down like, what, 84 miles. I heard like your highest was 84 miles and out. That's that. That's fat. Yeah. That's crazy. It's awesome. It's fun. I'd say it's really fun. It's really, really fun. I mean, like, how do you even work up to that? Like, I don't even know what can even compare.

2:01.8

Like, if you are an adrenaline junk mean, like, how do you even work up to that? Like, I don't even know what can even compare.

2:20.3

Like, if you are an adrenaline junkie, like, going jet skiing is not even close to that. Like, I can go jet skiing. I can't go downhill skiing. I mean, it's kind of like driving a car, right? If you're always on the highway, you're used to driving fast, right? Yeah. And you see, you know, you see things coming and you can, you know, kind of anticipate what their drivers are doing.

2:50.9

It's very similar to skiing. You know, if you're used to going fast, that's your natural speed. And that's why training is important for downhill because you need to go fast. But that's just like, that's my natural habitat. It's going fast. It really is like your natural habitat. Yes. So, okay, can you start by telling, I mean, my audience, I mean, most people, if you're not living under a rock. But like, if they are, how did you kind of begin this path? Like I start from, I think you were nine years old and you met like your role model. Yeah.

2:52.1

And then what happened?

2:57.2

So I met Pekaboo Street who she won, she won the Olympics in 98.

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