Sara Sigmundsdóttir | Staying Focused on Your Why

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🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Sara Sigmundsdóttir has become of one the fittest athletes and most successful weightlifters of all time. It's not because she has followed the status quo, but because she has developed an eating plan, a sleep schedule, and a training routine that works for her. In this episode, Sara tells us how, through years of trial-and-error, goal-setting, and a positive mindset, she has taken her career from a small gym in Iceland all the way to the global stage in CrossFit, and is building up for the 2020 Olympic Games.

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Trained.
0:03.0	At Nike we believe that greatness isn't born, it's trained.
0:06.7	And that means more than just a workout.
0:08.9	Each episode, we'll bring you conversations with leading experts in what we call the five
0:12.9	facets of fitness.
0:14.5	Training, recovery, nutrition, mindset, and sleep.
0:19.0	I'm Ryan Flaherty, Senior Director of Performance at Nike.
0:22.6	I train some of the world's best athletes, like Sequan Barkley, Russell Wilson, and Marcus
0:27.4	Marioda.
0:28.6	Today, we're talking about how listening to your body and figuring out what works for
0:32.4	you can take your training to the next level.
0:35.0	You're listening to Trained, presented by Nike.
0:43.8	I went to Deathlift's bar and pulled it up and I just heard a pop.
0:49.3	I got the feeling that I had broken something, but I still didn't accept that it happened.
0:53.4	I worked so hard to get where I was and I thought that adrenaline would just help me
0:57.4	through it.
0:58.4	That's what the competition mindset does to you.
1:01.4	That's Sarah Sigmund's daughter, world-class weightlifter and CrossFit athlete.
1:05.8	Sarah has placed in the top five at the 2015, 2016, and 2017 CrossFit Games.
1:11.8	She might be known as one of the fittest people on Earth, but she didn't earn that title
1:15.2	by following the CrossFit status quo.
1:18.0	Over the course of her career, Sarah has challenged what it means to eat, train, and think like
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