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🎙️ #25 Track Talk: Audrey Kays

Join us for a special episode as we sit down with standout hurdler Audrey Kays to reflect on her powerful high school track and field journey. From early-season challenges to a breakthrough performance—running 43.99 in the 300m hurdles—Audrey shares the highs, the lows, and the mindset shifts that helped her finish her senior year stronger than ever.

We dive into what it was like balancing multiple events (including the 100 &300 hurdles, 4x100, open 400, 200m, and 4x400), how she handled pressure, and what finally clicked to hit the times she’d been chasing. Audrey also opens up about what it means to be mentored by female coaches, her experience playing flag football, and what she's most excited about as she heads to Boise State University this fall.

This episode is full of grit, growth, and girl power. Audrey is just getting started—tune in to hear why we’re all watching out for what she does next!

# 24 Overtraining Syndrome: How to Recognize Signs of OTS and Prevent Athletes from Redlining.

🎧 Tune in now and learn how to train smarter, not harder!

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As a former college athlete, I learned the hard way how overtraining can derail not only your athletic performance but also your mental and physical health.

This is ultimately why I wound up quitting after 2 years of this repeated cycle and it was sadly super preventable. In this episode, I share my personal experience with overtraining—the warning signs I missed, the toll it took on my body and mind, and the moment I realized what was happening.

More importantly, I break down what you can do to prevent overtraining, from smarter training principles to recovery strategies and how tools like WHOOP can help you stay on top of your performance. If you’re an athlete pushing yourself to the limit, this is a must-listen.

Overtraining Syndrome (OTS) is a condition that occurs when an athlete experiences prolonged physical and mental fatigue due to excessive training without adequate recovery. It is characterized by a decline in performance, persistent exhaustion, increased risk of injury and illness, disrupted sleep, hormonal imbalances, and negative psychological effects such as anxiety, depression, and loss of motivation. Unlike normal training fatigue, OTS is not resolved with short-term rest and can take weeks or even months to recover from.

While everyone’s talking about this new (disgusting/ embarrassing ) reality show on Hulu, I thought I’d shed some light about what it’s really like being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

I talk about the beliefs that we hold true

Why I think the show is mocking our beliefs and why our culture has its flaws just like every other organization.

What it was like growing up being a member in California versus being a member in Utah.

I dive into America and the beautiful country it is and why we need to protect our God Given Rights!

I bear my soul and my testimony of what I know to be true and including how important Jesus Christ is in my life.

Check out the Book of Mormon here!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-book-of-mormon/id547313550

And here more stories about it here

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/ps/book-of-mormon-lesson?cid=C15856363587G130524328005A708273172789&adlang=eng&source=google&network=g&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo8S3BhDeARIsAFRmkONWUx95REws6wqSBqIxV4d_OXDo5HsrEMVlxx7DIKCxxqLtxy55OIAaAkpvEALw_wcB

Lili and I talked about all things athletics! She shares her athlete story and her journey with softball, as well as what led her to study a masters in sports psychology.

We discussed the importance of mental performance training in athletes as well as coaches !

I apologize the audio is not perfect!! It’s still amazing info!

If you’re interested in mental skills training sessions with Lili, don’t be afraid to reach out !

https://www.instagram.com/lilbelt17?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

My website

https://Myosynergy.com

Spiritual Alignment: working on happiness through Desire, Effort, & Consistency!

We Dive into some more journal entries about alignment! Spiritual and physical alignment!

Desire for a spiritual connection and alignment.

How to get back into alignment

And of course How this connects to happiness

Creating a Team Culture can be difficult for a generation that has grown up focused on the self.

How training outside of your team has created a disconnected with team chemistry.

With sports like track and surfing that are so individual but also team sports, how do we balance Individual and Team Goals?!

This episode dives into a spiritual concept of creating stillness in our lives and why that is so important.

Regardless of your religious beliefs I think that you can pull from these concepts and relate it to your life and your spiritual health of staying aligned with your goals and Purpose.

I share a journal entry I wrote a while back when I sat down to connect with my intuition and God, and I got a very special response that I recorded, that is so applicable to what we are dealing with in our day.

I talk about the root of distraction, and how we can manage our time on our phones to align with our goals, rather than distract us from them.

Wow. What is really in it for the Athlete? What are these talented, beautiful humans actually getting from being a student athlete.

We dive in to all the feels lately on what and how we can better serve the student athletes that we work with.

Parents, coaches, administrators, listen up.

We can do so much better to Promote Holistic Development for our athletes.

#16 Phase 5: PMS. Turning The Week You May Struggle with into Your Superpower

The week before we get our period can be tough to navigate, but do not let it scare you!

We talk about all things PMS

Nutrition,

Exercise,

Sleep,

Mood,

Supplements and more.

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Wild ai https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wild-ai/id1482294997

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#15 Phase 4: post ovulation Pre PMS

Priming our bodies PMS

Nutrition - What type of protein you need ! Ladies STOP Fasting during training.

Sleep- Body temp rises here, cold water immersion is good here!

Recovery- Nutrition and sleep are key factors here.

Apps to check out: