How to Unlock Your Body’s Hidden Physical Abilities - With Olympian Liz Gleadle

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Whether your goal is to learn a new skill or sport, change careers, or improve your relationships, it’s going to require that you get outside of your comfort zone. Today, you’re going to learn how to start small with pushing outside of your comfort zone to accomplish your goals and reach your potential. Today’s guest, Liz Gleadle, is a three-time Olympian and the Canadian record holder in the javelin. Today, she works as a Movement and Performance Consultant, teaching her clients the importance of body awareness, building confidence, and how to express their body’s full potential. On this episode of The Model Health Show, Liz is sharing the lessons she’s learned as an athlete, the importance of getting out of your comfort zone, and the critical role of play for overall well-being. You’re going to hear about how to express your physical capacity and tap into more optimal movement patterns. Liz is also sharing more about her gratitude practice, the importance of finding joy in both training and life, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this episode of The Model Health Show! In this episode you’ll discover: The importance of prioritizing pleasure in your training. (3:08) How Liz got started as a javelin athlete. (5:01) What it means to move efficiently. (10:41) Why finding joy in your life can improve your performance. (17:44) What is missing from traditional physical education. (24:10) How your emotions can affect your movement patterns. (26:34) The science on how exercise can boost academic achievement in children. (29:19) What rope flow is and how Liz uses it in her training. (30:39) The connection between gratitude and athleticism. (49:11) How to start getting outside of your comfort zone. (56:05) Items mentioned in this episode include: Organifi.com/Model - Use the coupon code MODEL for 20% off + free shipping! DrinkLMNT.com/model - Get a FREE sample pack of electrolytes with any order! Connect with Liz Gleadle Website / Course / Instagram / YouTube Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Organifi and LMNT. Organifi makes nutrition easy and delicious for everyone. Take 20% off your order with the code MODEL at organifi.com/model. Head to DrinkLMNT.com/model to claim a FREE sample pack of electrolytes with any purchase.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.8	For more, visit themodelhealthshow.com.
0:09.9	Do you truly feel like you're tapping into your potential
0:13.3	and expressing your body's physical capacity?
0:17.8	Well, on this episode, we're going to be talking about how to access more of your greatness.
0:23.2	We're going to be looking at the real things, the primary things that hold us back from reaching
0:28.6	our performance potential.
0:30.6	So much of our success in life, no matter the domain, is about leaning into our comfort zone.
0:38.5	But today you're going to understand why we hesitate to do that so often.
0:43.5	And what are the physical aspects of being able to tap into that ability to lean into our comfort
0:51.3	zone to get better and better and better because that's where growth
0:55.5	really is. And so we're talking about accessing more of our physical potential, gaining more
1:01.2	physical literacy, but also just being a badass overall. And we've got the most incredible
1:08.5	guest today to help us to achieve this.
1:12.1	Liz Gleadle is a three-time Olympian and the Canadian record holder in the javelin.
1:17.3	For 20 years, she dedicated herself to a deceptively simple quest, throwing a stick as far as
1:24.3	humanly possible.
1:25.6	Because the javelin is one of track and field's most explosive
1:28.4	and technically demanding events, her career became a masterclass in what makes a body perform
1:34.3	and what holds it back. Drawing on her degree in kinesiology in two decades of elite competition,
1:41.2	Liz now serves as a movement and performance consultant. She teaches her clients
1:45.6	the art of paying attention through movement cheat codes, daily wins, and emotional training,
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