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John Hoke, Nike’s chief design officer, intimately understands how to move design from an object to a feeling. At the company over the past three decades, he has refined his approach to center around creating designs that serve wearers in practical yet unexpected ways, and that often redefine what sportswear can look like and do. Hoke often tells his team that “the goal is goosebumps”—to develop ideas so great that they can be physically felt. 

Hoke’s role in Nike’s legacy of innovation runs deep. He joined the Beaverton, Oregon–based company in 1992, at age 28, after studying architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and working as a model-maker for the late architect Michael Graves. Hoke, who is dyslexic, considers drawing his first language, his way of articulating the reactions he has to the things he sees. Connecting images with emotions is his portal to new ideas, which he has realized across many forward-thinking projects, ranging from singlets made from recycled polyester and water bottles, produced for the 2000 Summer Olympics; to Space Hippie, a footwear collection inspired by life on Mars; to the 2020 Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT%, a shoe with a carbon-fiber plate that literally propels wearers forward. Even as Nike marks its 50th anniversary this year, Hoke has his sights set on the future, refusing to settle for what has worked in the past. Design, he believes, is a continual, iterative process of improvement. 

On this episode, Hoke talks with Andrew about how physical movement amplifies the senses, design as an act of optimism, and why perfection is a trap.

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• Full transcript
• [04:16] Nike
• [07:11] Nike Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT%
• [12:43] Nike FlyEase
• [13:06] Nike Air VaporMax 
• [16:12] Nike’s FY20 Impact Report 
• [18:03] Space Hippie
• [19:36] Nike Considered Design
• [45:29] Michael Graves
• [01:02:19] Nike: Better Is Temporary
• [01:04:26] LeBron James Innovation Center
• [01:04:26] Serena Williams Building

We’ve talked about the yips, but what about the twisties? The infamous variety of yips that afflicts aerial athletes, the twisties is a term which describes the experience of athletes who lose their sense of proprioception, or their awareness of where their bodies are in space. It was this unusual malady that led to Simone Biles stepping away from the 2020 Summer Olympics, and although she may be the best known athlete to have battled the twisties, Simone Biles is far from the only athlete who has experienced it. To better understand this strange and dangerous phenomenon, Justin sits down with Aimee Boorman, one of the top gymnastics coaches in the world and the former coach of Simone Biles herself. And for a look at how an athlete contends with the twisties–and triumphs in spite of it–you’ll hear from Gary Hunt, one of the best cliff divers in the world and the nine-time Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Champion. 

• Aimee Boorman, a veteran gymnastics coach who has worked with elite gymnasts for many years, and the former coach of Simone Biles
• Gary Hunt, an unrivaled cliff diver and nine-time Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Champion 

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This week’s guest is Malaika Mihambo, the reigning Olympic, European, and World champion in long jump. Malaika has been named the German Sportswoman of the Year for three consecutive years, the first person to accomplish that feat since tennis legend Steffi Graf. Malaika speaks openly about the self-doubt she experienced leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, and details how writing in her journal and using mindfulness practices helped her overcome the anxiety she felt approaching the Olympic competition. She also discusses her journey to sport (2:02), staying grounded (3:45), preparing for Tokyo (6:31), journaling (9:37), the night before winning gold (12:30), believing in yourself (18:09), mindfulness and meditation (20:34), using WHOOP (24:49), being a vegan athlete (27:38), and habit tracking (32:40). 

On this episode of Blindsided, we welcome Helen Maroulis. She’s the first Olympic gold medalist ever for the U.S. in women’s wrestling. After reaching the pinnacle of her career at the 2016 Games in Rio, Helen suffered a concussion. The effects revealed themselves over time and, she says, changed her a lot — mentally and emotionally. But she was determined to heal. Helen talks about struggling with her mental health after her injury … about losing all of her confidence right after she won the gold … and about why she considers her biggest accomplishment to be her return to wrestling. Helen came back to the sport with a new perspective. She earned a second medal this past summer at the Tokyo Olympics. It was a bronze — and without question it’s the medal she’s most proud of. Here’s Helen Maroulis on Blindsided.

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Take a listen to the sounds of the historic Tokyo Olympics straight from the source. Sean Cavanaugh takes you through clips from his interviews with Olympians like Megan Rapinoe, Garbine Muguruza, Noah Lyles, and more to show the importance of sound at the greatest athletic assembly in the world.

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A year after his last appearance on the show, Dr. Shamus Carr of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health and former USC walk-on water polo player returns to give us an update on how Covid-19 continues to impact the sports world. He also talks to Nara about the success of Trojan athletes at the Tokyo Olympics, the upcoming football season, and gives a guarantee that there will be an NCAA title in the fall for one USC program. If you Bleav in Everything USC, you need to listen to this podcast and Fight On!

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Mindful Performance Coach Taylor Brown explains how powerful the mind is at shaping athletic training, performance, and handling one's negative  inner thoughts. Taylor is the founder and director of EnduroMind, a high-performance coaching program. In this episode, Taylor goes over his career as a rower and how he coaches Olympians on the mindset of performance. He also explains how to understand the stress and anxiety of the moment and have acceptance around it.

The Mind-Body Gap
“Push to the limit” is a common phrase often used in training. But what happens when the mind tells what the body is not? Taylor explains that this is what he calls the “Mind-Body Gap.” When at a high-level effort, the mind will convince you that you have reached 100 percent when in reality, the body is only around 80 percent of its physiological limit. The gap lies in the 20 percent you can physically give. Therefore, understanding the body’s signals is a must to work with the body and not in opposition to it. Taylor expounds that when dealing with this gap, he asks himself whether he is physically capable of continuing despite the discomfort at the moment. Invariably, his answer is usually yes. He used his team’s race against Harvard as an example, where he gave his all at the last 30 seconds despite the fatigue.  

About Taylor Brown:
After a decade in high-performance sport, Taylor knows what holds many athletes back from realizing their true potential, and it’s not talent or intelligence. It is one’s relationship to their inner experiences like thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. Taylor seeks to empower athletes and coaches through building mindful awareness, acceptance, and aligning their actions with their values. 

Taylor is a Certified Professional Coach and is trained in Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement. Taylor also produces a podcast, Mindful Sport Performance Podcast, with Drs. Keith Kaufman and Tim Pineau. 

Taylor holds a B.A. in Psychology from Brown University, where he competed on the men’s D1 rowing team,  placing top three nationally. Taylor earned an M.S. in Kinesiology @ UT - Austin.

Episode Outline:
[02:49] The big moment from Taylor’s rowing career where team came together
[07:58] What happened in the last 30 seconds of Taylor’s rowing team going against Harvard
[10:46] Mind-Body Gap: when the mind thinks you are at peak level, but the body is not
[14:48] Taylor’s approach in coaching and the preparation mindset around it
[21:01] Training involves the mind, too, not just the physical aspect
[23:20]  Taylor helps prepare two female Athletes for the Tokyo Olympics
[28:11] “People live at the effect of their experiences”
[32:14] It is not the experience itself that causes screwing up but the relationship with it
[37:15] Wrap-up of the episode

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Luke and Ryan open with a recap on an amazing Summer Olympics in Tokyo. They transition to the NFL and discuss stories they are hearing from Bengals, Giants, Cowboys and Browns training camps. They finish with the Over/Under game for the AFC East.

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“I call it an explorative mindset for racing… ‘Let's see what I can do,’ rather than, ‘This is what I need to do.’” - Katie Zaferes

Today's guest is Katie Zaferes, a two-time Olympic Games qualifier and 2019 ITU World Triathlon Series Champion.

For Katie, the road to Tokyo has been anything but smooth. We not only explore her mindset as a world class triathlete, we also talk about what’s been going on in her life since the onset of the pandemic, including the unexpected passing of her father earlier this year. 

According to Katie, it was the combination of the “try it and see what happens” attitude instilled in her from both of her parents, as well as her father’s sneaky plan to get her into triathlons, that contributed to her becoming one of the world’s best. As we talked about her current preparations for Tokyo, we got insight into how she’s taken and applied the lessons she’s learned since her disappointing finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics. 

We’re really excited to share our conversation with Katie with the summer Olympics just a few weeks away.

Show Notes

(2:34) Three different time zones and training in Spain…

(4:00) A truly international training team…

(6:09) Grocery stores, logistics, and technology…

(9:06) How has it been in Europe with Covid regulations?

(12:22) “It's also been really cool because in 2019, almost everyone on our team had been on the podium for the world triathlon series. And in 2018 Joel had four out of six of the overall podium spots with our squad. All three men were on the podium for the overall, and then I was on it for the women. So it's a really cool squad to be a part of.”

(14:24) When competitors push you to be great...

(16:36) A community of support during a challenging time…

(19:02) “So I was like, okay, I'll do this with you, only to find out years later that he might've had a little sneaky insight that maybe I would be good at triathlon. Cause at that time I was running track and swimming and he was thinking, oh, well this could go somewhere.” A dad’s influence and a start in the sport…

(23:44) “I call it an explorative mindset for racing… ‘Let's see what I can do,’ rather than, ‘This is what I need to do.’”

(26:54) The many lessons from Rio and the benefits of a sports psychologist..

(30:07) How tools in the toolbox made a difference on the bike…

(33:19) Taking ownership and communicating effectively…

(34:21) Crashes, training, and Tokyo…

(37:55) Navigating a rocky road…

References

2019 Tokyo Qualifier Crash - Olympics.com

Katie's Coach Joel Filliol - website

Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor - Amazon

Guest

Katie Zaferes - website | Instagram | Facebook

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Bryan Green - bryan@gobemore.co, maketheleapbook.com

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Malik Spann is back after a 6-month hiatus talking about everything from Olympic athlete to the black athlete in America, Giannis, Sixers vs Ben Simmons, new NIL, NCAA rules, Anti-Vaxers and Keviin Samuels.  Topics include:

• The US Soccer Team vs Shikari Richardson
• Simone Biles vs Dominic Dawes
• USA Men's Basketball  
• 1968 vs 2020 Olympics
• 1960 politics vs now. 

No excuses.  Taking no prisoners. 

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Happy Friday Fanz! and happy last Friday of July 2021!
 Welcome to Episode 48, where today we go for the gold!
Today rundown the latest NFL Camp news, NPK, Short Track and NASCAR racing, along with the  Tokyo 2020 Olympics'! GO USA!!
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“Now that I've been running for over a decade, I could just keep adding things and adding things. And by the end of the day, I would be training 24/7, adding all these new exercises. And I do gain a lot of confidence from doing these things, but then I like to assess what's actually helping me." 

We're joined by Joe Klecker, 2021 U.S. Olympian in the 10,000 meters.

Joe has an amazing story and it was so fun exploring his journey to making the 2021 Olympic team. One of the things that stands out about Joe’s story is how both his mother and father were world class runners back in their day. In fact, Joe’s mother was an Olympic runner as well! 

Joe displays so much perspective on making his first Olympic team four years earlier than he originally expected. He said something we all can benefit from when he spoke about competing at his first Olympics: this first big experience is a stepping stone towards more big moments. 

It’s easy to get overwhelmed and forget that we’re all on a journey and that every moment, no matter how big, is still a moment to learn and to grow for future opportunities. Joe may only be 24 years old but he shares a lot of wisdom throughout our conversation.

Timestamped Show Notes

(3:25) Continuing an Olympic legacy…

(5:43) A couple of tricks that worked for Jon…

(7:16) Key advice to make the 10,000-meter team…

(11:12) Making all the right decisions in the last portion of the race…

(14:31) “I got a lot of confidence in where I ran my 10k PR, the conditions were a bit warm and I knew that I was well in shape to run the standard.”

(16:32) The power of a Coach’s belief…

(18:37) “You're not just running as hard as you can to hit that pace. You need to be relaxed.”

(23:15) A team dynamic and an effective training approach…

(25:26) How has Covid impacted training, and what does strength training look like?

(31:24) What ancillary activities do you feel are important?

(34:42) “I mean, obviously, my whole career has been surrounded by my mom being an Olympian. When I'm at cross country meets in high school, that's kind of what people know, like, ‘Oh, that's Joe, his mom's an Olympian.’”

(36:27) A few words about reaching a career goal early…

(39:35) Preparing for Tokyo…

(43:47) “Every day, your training doesn't need to be perfect. But if you have a purpose every day when you go out, I think that it makes it a lot easier to see improvement, even on easy days.”

References

2021 Olympic Trials 10,000 meter Final - YouTube

Sound Running Invite 5000m (Joe's 13:06 PR) - YouTube

On Running - website

UFC's Bo Sandoval on Fueling the Pursuit - Simplecast

Guest

Joe Klecker - On Running bio | Instagram | Twitter

Joe's fav UCAN product: Cookies & Cream Energy + Protein Tub

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USC women's water polo legend, Bernice Orwig O'Connor, joins Nara to talk about her distinguished career in the pool with the Trojans and Team USA, the 2021 NCAA champion women's squad, and the upcoming Olympics where the US women are favored to win a 3rd straight gold medal. Bernice "The Furnace" describes what it took for her to become the first winner of the Peter J. Cutino Award as the best water polo player in college and why her memories of her playing days usually involved experiences away from the pool (including an incident with butter that got her in trouble). If you Bleav in Everything USC, you need to listen to this podcast and Fight On!

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