Episode 67: Tia-Clair Toomey, 3x 'Fittest Woman On Earth'

Hurdle

Emily Abbate

Health & Fitness

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Not all that long ago, CrossFit’s 3x “Fittest Woman On Earth” wasn’t working out at all. In 2011, she was enrolled in the nursing program at Queensland University of Technology, and felt as though she was in a total rut. “I had gained weight, I didn’t feel like I was doing what I wanted to do.” In this repost of episode 52, I sit down with Tia-Clair Toomey for a refreshingly honest conversation about her rise to the top of one of the most fascinating sports there is (I might be a little biased). The Australian-born athlete tells me about the #hurdlemoment that had her depressed, and how getting into CrossFit helped her get through it. We talk diet, a typical day of training, and get real vulnerable about managing expectations and going after life’s biggest challenges. Plus: her trip to the Olympics, how to handle being a beginner, and just wait until you hear how much this woman can deadlift.

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0:00.0	All right, well, I'm doing something I've never done before, an episode repost, but with
0:06.2	really good reason, because Tia Claire to me, is crowned once again CrossFit's fittest
0:13.2	woman on earth. Wow, what an amazing weekend watching her performance. I'm so excited for her. And so I felt like it was only appropriate
0:23.1	to repost her episode from earlier this year. I'm going to keep this intro short, but if you don't
0:28.1	know anything about CrossFit or Tia Claire, she is the three-time now fittest woman on earth. She's
0:36.0	from Australia. And the craziest thing about her is that she went from
0:39.8	pretty much not working out at all to in a very short amount of time being such an excellent
0:46.2	outrageously fantastic. I can't say enough good adjectives here. Athlete. She's an Olympian. She's an
0:52.6	all-around sweetheart. We had the opportunity to record this
0:55.1	earlier this year at the Reebok CrossFit Athlete Summit. And I just feel really lucky to have
1:00.9	had the opportunity to sit down with her. As always, a huge shout out to my sponsor, Athletic Greens.
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1:21.7	It's 20 travel packs, a $79 value, absolutely free with your first purchase.
1:27.7	Just head on over to athletic greens.com slash hurdle.
1:31.6	Again, that's athletic greens.com slash hurdle to grab yours today.
1:37.8	I'm amp for this one, guys.
1:39.0	Again, at Emily Abadi, at Hurdle Podcast.
1:41.4	If you weren't following along this weekend, go do yourself a favor,
1:45.0	head onto YouTube, watch some recaps. They're going to blow your mind. This woman is a machine.
1:50.5	With that, let's get to hurtling.
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