Optimize Your Recovery & Use These Psychological Secrets of High Performers - Gabby Reece

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

If you want to improve your performance in any area, it’s critical to not discount the power of recovery. Taking advantage of the benefits of rest and recovery can help your body get stronger, fitter, and ready for the next task at hand. Today, you’re going to learn about recovery secrets from an expert. Gabby Reece is a volleyball legend, Co-founder of Laird Superfood and New York Times bestselling author. Today, Gabby is back on The Model Health Show for a conversation on the importance of prioritizing your recovery. We’re going to discuss a multitude of recovery tools and strategies and how to incorporate them. Gabby is also sharing the psychological secrets of high performing athletes, and how you can tap into your own greatness. What I loved about this conversation is that the insights Gabby shared are applicable at every level – she shared recovery tools for every budget, as well as ways to perform at your highest level whether you’re an athlete or not. There’s truly something that everyone can benefit from in this episode. Enjoy! In this episode you’ll discover: The importance of participating in your recovery. (9:55) What to consider about emotional recovery. (11:49) How the grind mentality can be destructive to our well-being. (14:26) Why understanding the value of recovery can help you get better and stronger. (15:00) Ideas for accessing recovery tools at a lower cost. (18:30) The health benefits of using a sauna. (18:42) What the #1 thing you can do for your health is. (22:41) How to improve your sleep quality. (24:51) What to do if you experience anxiety around sleep and bedtime. (28:44) The difference between perception and perspective. (32:48) Why we have to seek out opportunities to downregulate. (45:26) How to channel the psychology of competitors. (50:46) Why being adaptable is a superpower. (56:49) The connection between strength and vulnerability. (1:11:37) Items mentioned in this episode include: DrinkLMNT.com/model - Get a FREE sample pack of electrolytes with any order! Foursigmatic.com/model - Get an exclusive discount on your daily health elixirs! XPTlife.com - Learn more about Extreme Performance Training! Connect with Gabby Reece Website / Podcast / Instagram / Laird Superfood 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 LMNT and Four Sigmatic. Visit foursigmatic.com/model to get an exclusive discount on mushroom and adaptogen-packed blends to improve your life. 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.
0:11.2	If you're going to transform your body and transform your health, there's a huge part of the equation that is often overlooked.
0:19.9	We know about the exercise. we know about the dieting,
0:25.2	we know about all of these things that we do
0:28.5	in the world to get these physical changes started.
0:32.2	And that's the key.
0:33.4	These are starters, these are igniters of change.
0:37.2	But the real change happens when our bodies adapt, when our bodies heal, when our bodies recover from the implement, from the input that we give it.
0:48.2	So exercise is a great form or igniter of physical change.
0:53.3	When we're strength training, when we're lifting those weights getting swall or getting toned and tight whatever you want to call it when we're doing those things we're actually delivering these little micro traumas to our bodies to our muscles and sending a signal that, yes, we've got this implement,
1:14.9	we've got this signal that we're giving ourselves, but we need to recover from this.
1:17.9	We need to adapt.
1:18.6	We need to come back better.
1:19.8	If you and I were to go and do a strength training workout together, maybe do some supersets.
1:25.6	So we're going from one exercise to the next back to back,
1:29.3	like the cover of lethal weapon. You and me, back to back. We're doing the work. We're putting
1:35.3	the work in, getting a great workout in. And you might feel like I'm fitter now after completing
1:40.9	this workout. But if we were to go get some blood work done, we might look a little messed up.
1:46.5	Stress hormones are going to be elevated. Our blood sugar is going to be a little wonky.
1:52.1	It could look like there's something awry. There's something that's off. But what we did was we just went through a great workout.
2:00.5	And when we recover from that workout, our blood work is going to look even better.
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