Woven Athlete Podcast

Series: "DURING is ENDURING: Mental Strategy When Things Get Intense" Today we got to hang out and share conversation with the new Hyrox World Champion and Spartan Elite Podium finisher Kris Rugloski. Kris is an animal in every sport she does and she does it with a smile. If you've seen Kris compete it's likely you have already begun to associate her competing with a giant smile, and she let us in...

Series: “DURING is ENDURING: Mental Strategy When Things Get Intense” In today’s episode we start a new series where we dive into endurance and how to keep going when things get tough in the middle of your sport performance. 

 To kick off this series we got a chance to hang and chat with endurance and professional athlete Glenn Racz!

 Glenn has been in the endurance world for the past 10+ years...

Series: "Pre-Gaming It: How to Mentally Prepare Before the Competitions" Today we wrap up our series called Pre-Gaming It and who better to end the series with than our good friend Chauncee Hollingsworth! Chauncee is an NBA Pro-Trainer, Founder of Hoops & Christ, and a Real Estate Agent in Minnesota. He is a well of knowledge when it comes to hard work ethic, entrepreneurship, and loving peopl...

Timeout! Stop and ask yourself these 3 questions. (Available on the podcast).  We are taking a quick timeout from our series "Pregaming it - Mental preparation before the challenges."  As athletes, we sometimes need to pause to allow our minds to catch up. We live in a fast pace world and being an athlete comes with a lot of demand, both internally and externally. If we aren't careful an...

In this episode, Mental Performance Coach and Licensed Therapist, Shami Benjamin brings us along a resourceful conversation on how to best mentally prepare as an athlete.  Shami comes from a strong athletic background. Shami help professionals strengthen their emotional IQ which deeply impacts consistency, attitude, discipline, commitment emotion regulation and personal/professional identity....

Series: “Pre-Gaming It: How To Mentally Prepare Before The Competitions” Today, we kick off our new series for the month and what better way then to start with Olympic Sport Climber, Kyra Condie! We were so excited for this interview and Kyra was such a fun person to hang and chat with. In this episode we talked about a wide variety of things covering chocolate chip pancakes, hacky sack, how she p...

Series: "I think I can or I can't." Managing healthy and unhealthy expectations as an athlete.  For Stevi and I, this was a much anticipated episode. Today, we interviewed Mingo Palacios. Pastor, Teacher, Creative, Community Builder, Business Owner, and Mentor. We first met Mingo over a decade ago, and we have been friends with him and his family ever since.  Mingo has been a part of num...

Series: “I Think I Can or I Can’t: Managing Healthy and Unhealthy Expectations As An Athlete” In today’s episode we got the chance to sit and talk with Performance Coach and Behavioral Change Consultant, Graham Roberts. He works with world class athletes to see them reach peak performance mentally. Graham is also an endurance athlete himself. His most recent venture has been co-founding NOX Coachi...

Series: "I think I can or I can't: Managing Healthy and Unhealthy Expectations as an Athlete."  In today's episode, we interview Pro Endurance Athlete Rylan Schadegg. Rylan is an all around athlete. He is one of those guys that has the gift of picking up almost any sport and making it happen. He began his competitive journey at an early age. It started with soccer for years. He then found int...

Series: "I think I can or I can't: Managing Healthy and Unhealthy Expectations as an Athlete." What are expectations, are they healthy, and why do we have them? In today’s episode we brought in professional clinical counselor, Kaity Wilson, to talk about managing healthy and unhealthy expectations. Man, what a conversation we get into! She brings some heat today as she unravels the stigma on menta...

Series: "I think I can or I can't: Managing Healthy and Unhealthy Expectations as an Athlete." Welcome to the first official episode of the Woven Athlete Podcast! We are so happy you’re here! What a treat we have for you today. In this pilot episode, we talk with 2021 Spartan Series and OCR World's 3K Champion, Veejay Jones about his career, recent accomplishments, and how he's managed expectation...

30lbs heavier and out of shape? In this pre-season episode, we share about Nick's athletic journey that took him from wondering if he could ever do anything competitive again to being in the best shape of his life! We also announce what's coming up next for us, including the upcoming series in March! Lot's of great things happening! Stay tuned!

"No more athletes left behind.." In this founding episode, Nick and Stevi share about the mission of Woven Athlete. We explain the "WHAT" and "HOW" behind the nonprofit and what we dream to do!   

Starting something new! Humble beginnings and our story! This is us!