Dying To Ask

Saying Chris Lillis is a details guy is like saying he kind of wants to win another Olympic gold medal. Lillis won gold in mixed team aerials at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Making a second Olympic team in his discipline of freestyle skiing is arguably more mental than physical. Tracking the details of how he eats, sleeps, trains and recovers is crucial to unlocking what does and doesn't work fo...

From grit to glam. The women of Team USA are flipping the script on what longevity looks like the winter edition of Women's Health. Amanda Lucci  is the director of special projects for  Women's Health . Editors created a mirrored set to evoke icy, wintry vibes and Amanda says the athletes turned models understood the assignment. "They just turned it on the second they got on set and it was so muc...

It's one thing to grow up with Olympic spirit. It's another to grew up in it like long track speedskater Casey Dawson did. Casey  grew up in Salt Lake City. His hometown hosted its first Winter Games in 2002 and in some ways, the Olympics never left. "I grew up here, so I was surrounded by it. So ever since I was born, pretty much," says Casey. Casey was 2 years old during the 2002 Games. He and k...

Living life in threes is paying off for freestyle skier  Kaila Kuhn . "All of the men in the world are competing triples. Whereas a maximum [of] eight to 10 women on the Olympic year are actually competing [in] triples," Kuhn said. "Triples" refers to the complexity of an aerial skier's jump. It's an elite-level move, and  Kuhn  successfully performed a full-full-full to win a recent World Cup eve...

Time is currency. And freestyle Olympic skier Quinn Dehlinger cashed in on an opportunity he earned last June. That's when  Quinn  got a call from his coach that he'd made the 2026 U.S. Winter Olympic Team. Quinn narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2022 Olympics. Qualifying eight months before the Olympics in Italy was a game changer. "Going into the competitions this year, if I got sick or...

How do you know when it's time to walk away from an Olympic career? Mia Manganello says it's a feeling.  But that's where is gets tricky.  Most of the time, those feelings are because an athlete's results aren't what they used to be.  Mia  is still very much on top in the world of long track  speedskating . She just qualified for her third Olympic Team in team pursuit and mass start.   At 36, she...

The U.S. Olympic Long Track speedskating  roster  is set and it's a mixture of up and comers and veterans like Brittany Bowe. Bowe  has won two Olympic bronze medals and she have very clear goals for the 2026 games in Milan-Cortina. "I'm still chasing that ultimate dream of becoming Olympic champion. I want nothing less than to step on the top of that podium," says Bowe. Long track  pits skaters a...

Imagine all your dreams coming true at the age of 18. It's a real possibility for snowboarder Hanna Percy. The athlete from Truckee, California, is the youngest member of the U.S. female snowboard cross team. Typically, elite snowboarders earn a place on the U.S. Development Team before moving to the Pro Team and then onto an Olympic Team. Hanna's  results were so good that she skipped the develop...

Jamie Anderson defies gravity and stereotypes in her latest push to make an Olympic team. Jamie  is a 3-time Olympic snowboarder and 3-time Olympic medalist. She has two golds and a silver. She grew up in South Lake Tahoe and is one of eight children. She started snowboarding at the age of nine after being introduced to the sport by her two older sisters. Jamie competed in her first  X Games  at t...

It takes a village to raise an Olympic hopeful. And sometimes, that village has to change ZIP codes. Brooklyn DePriest  is a snowboarder for Team USA, hoping to make his Olympic debut at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. He competes in slopestyle. Brooklyn grew up in Northern California in a Sacramento-area suburb called Rocklin. The DePriests spent their winter weekends in Tahoe. Brooklyn's snowboard...

Olympic skier AJ Hurt is the ultimate "bring your kid to work" success story. Her dad is on the ski patrol at Palisades Tahoe resort and  AJ  grew up hanging out with her dad on the mountain. AJ competed for  Palisades Tahoe  before making it onto the U.S. Ski Team as a teenager. "I was 16 when I raced my first World Cup. No one knows what they're doing at 16!" says AJ. But AJ figured it out quick...

"Head first" isn't a choice for Kendall Wesenberg. It's a job requirement. The skeleton slider has also turned it into her life mantra. And her grit to push through life and it's challenges is becoming legendary. The 2018 Olympian is working toward qualifying for her second Olympic Team. But she's already put in a gold medal worthy effort just trying to qualify for the 2026 Winter Games. Kendall g...

Whoever said quitters never win never met Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu. Liu  quit figure skating after the 2022 Winter Olympics. At age 16, she was burned out and wanted to be a normal teenager.  "I was done a year before I quit. I knew I wanted to be done way before I actually announced my retirement," Liu said. For two years,  Liu  embraced life as a teenager, making up for lost time she'd sp...

Bryce Bennett has a new title, and it's his favorite one yet: dad. The two-time Olympic skier is going for his third Olympic Team.  Bryce  is 33 and has spent nearly half his life on the U.S. Ski Team. Bryce and his wife, Kelley, welcomed their first child, a daughter, this spring. "You have this thing that is totally dependent on you," Bennett said. "You're in total love with it. And you will do...

Stressed out? Try drinking a glass of water. Dehydration can mimic the symptoms of anxiety. Being properly hydrated is good for your energy, fitness and skin. It's just as important for your stress levels. A recent  article  in Women's Health broke down a study on the effects of being under-hydrated on anxiety and future health. Abigail Cuffey is the executive editor of Women's Health. "The resear...

Audiobooks are booming in popularity and they are a fun way to boost mental health. A calm voice can actually lower your stress hormones just like meditation does. Publishers Weekly  reports the audiobook industry grew 13% in revenue last year, marking more than a decade of double-digit growth. Americans are listening more than ever while while commuting, working out, or just winding down at night...

Stressed out? A recent Gallup poll shows one in two Americans is stressed out every day. The  poll  found it's affecting how much and how well we sleep. And women are slightly more stressed than men. Dealing with that level of negative emotion is exhausting. But it doesn't have to be. You can lessen stress in just minutes with a few resets to your routine and lifestyle. On this Dying to Ask: 3 sim...

What would you do if your whole life changed in one moment? Robert Paylor can actually answer that question because it happened to him. He's defying odds and inspiring people across the country. His new book is called  Paralyzed to Powerful . It's equal parts memoir and motivation and tells the story of what happened after he suffered a catastrophic injury in a televised college rugby match in 201...

Want an instant pick me up? The simple phrase "tell me something good" can dramatically change your day. What happens when someone tells you something great doing on in their life? Unless you're the jealous type, it probably makes you feel good too. You get a little hit of dopamine just by hearing another person's excitement. But why is that? The answer is something scientists call emotional conta...

If you’ve ever felt a little anxious as summer winds down and routines ramp up, you’re not alone. You might have a case of the September Scaries. My morning show partner, Teo Torres, is my co-host on this episode, where we talk about this end-of-summer phenomenon. Think of it as the seasonal cousin of the Sunday Scaries. The September Scaries are not an official diagnosis. But psychologists say th...

Have you been walking wrong all your life? According to TikTok, the answer is probably. If you’ve scrolled through TikTok or Instagram lately, chances are you’ve seen videos about the Japanese walking trend. Some posts call it a weight-loss miracle. Others say it’s the secret to why people in Japan live longer, healthier lives. What's real and what's really just hype? The Japanese walking trend is...

Denise Austin is one of the original fitness influencers. And she's as passionate about getting America moving as she was in the early 1980s. Denise  got her TV start as the first fitness correspondent on the Today Show. She was a natural and quickly became a household name. That led to a daily 30 minute exercise show that aired for more than 20 years. She went on to sell more than 25 million exer...

You are what you eat. And if you're stressed or depressed, you might be able to blame your lunch. Dr. Candice Seti  is the author of  Shatter the Yoyo . She's a food psychologist. She studies the brain-body food link. "It's the idea of nutritional psychiatry and the idea of connecting how food makes us feel. And there are certain foods that make us feel better than others," says Dr. Seti. Omega 3...

Need a pick-me-up? Skip the coffee and try a movement bite. Jessica Schatz  is a celebrity trainer and biomechanics and ProACTIVE Aging expert. She's trained professional athletes, Broadway stars and Hollywood actors for decades. Those athletes and performers need to maintain energy to perform. Jessica says the key to maintaining energy and aging well isn't destroying yourself in a two-hour gym wo...

A summer bucket list is like a personal manifesto of fun in the sun.  It's a list of ideas, big and small, of things you'd like to do or accomplish over the summer.  The goal is to collect your thoughts in one place so you can seize the day when you find free time.   Writing down your list improves the likelihood you'll actually follow through on those activities and not just scroll Instagram! And...