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Hola chicos, y bienvenidos al tercer episodio del Podcast Relentless Mi nombre es John Annerud y conmigo tengo Marcus Herou hoy nuestro invitado muy muy especial es. . . Rebecka Vitesson o ‘Vitesson’, dependiendo de cómo se quiere pronunciar

los nombres suecos que perforó el billete a los Juegos de CrossFit en las semifinales de Berlín con una actuación espectacular en el evento N º 6 y desde que vimos que hemos sido súper curiosidad por saber lo que es todo acerca de ella. y vamos a darle una llamada, ahora mismo. ahí vamos hola Rebecca ¿cómo te va

Me va bien, gracias, gracias por recibirme. ¿Te has recuperado de la semana de locos que acabas de tener? Sí, eso creo. Intento asimilarlo. ¿Has empezado ya a entrenar? Sí, empecé el lunes, así que sí, hace tres días. Parece que todo el mundo se lo ha tomado en serio.

como una semana entera de descanso la semana pasada creo que es algo nuevo o nuevo es como algo cuando bueno cuando el deporte como supongo que la gente mas madura realmente empieza a tomarse cosas ya sabes tomarse descansos en mis tiempos la gente si no no lo hacían si solo continua no

Sí, creo que he visto algunos diferentes como algunas personas comenzaron antes, pero yo sólo sé lo que funciona para mí y sé que necesito un descanso con el fin de seguir empujando aún más difícil, pero no todo el mundo realmente necesita un descanso no es sólo como tipos duros que yo sólo sí, ya sabes, como voy a hacer Murph todos los días durante un año.

Ya sabes, esas personas que nunca se toman un descanso, sólo debilidad, lo que sea, y también necesitan un descanso definitivamente, y también por tener experiencia, sabes que tener un descanso sólo te hará más fuerte, así que sí, ahí es donde te haces más fuerte, te haces más fuerte cuando duermes, sí, excepto que todo está bien, genial.

¿Te has dado cuenta de que estás pasando por los juegos? Me gustaría que te dieras cuenta, es una locura, cada vez que pienso en ello es bastante irreal, pero sí, creo que ya has estado antes.

Usted ha sido un equipo dos veces a la derecha una vez en realidad, porque entonces llegó Corona y Covid así que no pudimos estamos calificados, pero nunca llegamos allí a causa de Covid bien todos los derechos eran un sub en algunos de los años sí y luego yo era un sub en 2017 con el equipo Fabriken oh bien bien

Bien, ya veo, eché un vistazo a esto, estaba como ella, estaba en Fabriken cuando tenía el juego, así que estaba confundido, ya sabes, sí, no volví atrás y miré todas las imágenes, sí, ella estaba allí, ya sabes, 17.

fue que todavía cuando eran 3 + 3 en el equipo sí sí es una locura hacer un seguimiento de que sí ¿por qué crees que hicieron un cambio de seis a cuatro para que sea más como accesible para el público, así que creo y se puede hacer mucho más divertido entrenamientos e involucrar a todo el equipo en lugar de como tener que descansar demasiado y sí creo que se puede ser más creativo Recuerdo ver el invitacional se llamaba así

cuando tomaron como superestrellas ponerlos en un equipo del mismo país o región y fue 2 + 2 y yo estaba como esto es impresionante ¿por qué no están haciendo esto usted sabe y, obviamente, se dieron cuenta de que esto era una especie de tipo de gran

Sí, estoy seguro de que ayudó que era como Annie Thorisdottir y Katrin y... ya sabes, estoy seguro de que ayudó también, pero fue una competición mejor, pero crees que va a ser diferente ir allí, por supuesto que va a ser diferente, ¿cuán diferente crees que va a ser en realidad?

de ser un equipo para ir en realidad como un individuo muy diferente, porque también como ahora estoy aún más como aún más cerca de todas las superestrellas como ahora es realmente como si yo fuera el top 40 en el mundo por lo que es definitivamente otra como la Liga

¿Tienes un poco de síndrome del impostor todavía como ¿cómo llegué aquí tipo de cosa como yo estaba los tres primeros días yo estaba como aquí y todo el mundo estaba diciendo felicitaciones y como todo era tan bueno y luego una semana como una semana entera yo estaba un poco triste

porque había tantas emociones que tenían que asentarse y entender y sí, como mi primer día de entrenamiento que era como que me sentía tan sí un poco vacío huh era un poco vacío tal vez como sí sí tipo de llegó allí lo que ahora tipo de cosa que tipo de sí.

Necesitas un poco de tiempo para reestructurar tus objetivos y hacer clic en "Ahora es lo siguiente". ¿Cuáles son tus objetivos para los Juegos de este año? Bueno, por supuesto, mi objetivo principal era clasificarme para los Juegos, pero durante toda la temporada he intentado tener el objetivo de dar lo mejor de mí y ver hasta dónde puedo llegar.

Quiero aplastar cada entrenamiento tan bien como pueda y entonces no importa lo que los demás hacen así que mis objetivos para los juegos es que quiero aparecer y quiero demostrar que pertenezco allí y que puedo seguir a lo largo y quiero tener algunos entrenamientos que yo sí que puedo hacer muy bien en ¿Estás nervioso por esto?

como siempre lanzan una gran llave inglesa como en los engranajes para el atleta cada año como siempre como bien vas a caminar sobre una montaña o vas a tener que averiguar esta habilidad de gimnasia que es imposible o eres como un poco como bien esto es no creo que sólo lo hace más divertido

porque eso es lo que me atrajo a Crossfit es que era sólo un patio de recreo para mí y eso es realmente lo que los juegos es porque hay tantos elementos diferentes y la gimnasia y técnica y sí, así que sí estoy deseando que va a ser una locura sí, así que estoy esperando personalmente a la espera de ver lo que es la capital de este año

como el evento de la capital el año pasado fue épico sí yo estaba como lo que va a ser este año derecho sí exactamente 10 veces peor si realmente vas a hacerlo sí así que estábamos allí usted sabe al margen el año pasado en la capital

y es como te puedo decir que es como si fuera tan intenso que estábamos justo en el entonces el segundo último tramo de escaleras y ya sabes la gente sí, ya sabes, era para que usted pudiera sentir el dolor que estaban en es como que no podía, literalmente, dar un paso más oh sí, es como si

Creo que ha sido uno de los mejores eventos en los que he estado, y también creo que los atletas probablemente pensaron que era una de las mejores experiencias, es como cuando haces el...

las cosas raras que haces esas son las cosas que recuerdas nunca recuerdas ya sabes thrusters y pull ups bien no no hacer burpees en como en el agua de apoyo modelo o ya sabes lo que sea eso es algo diferente sí sí eso es lo que recuerdas

Creo que si si si lo siento ya sabes y espero como desde el año pasado y sé que siempre van a traer nuevos elementos y y como lo que ya vimos de los juegos del año pasado y abierto y la calificación fue que es bastante bueno en la programación de algo muy diferente de lo que hemos visto antes.

pero espero que no van a traer como el traído en el cruce doble termina por primera vez, que es que es genial, pero no está bien cuando no se puede resolver como un atleta de élite y luego tienes una y muy un elemento muy fresco donde tienes que hacer L sentarse a parada de manos, pero nadie viene allí

Sí, nadie llega allí, eso fue un poco de desperdicio, sí, es un poco de desperdicio, un poco de sobre programación, seguro, no lo han probado lo suficiente, supongo, sí, porque somos atletas de élite y somos muy buenos para adaptarnos a nuevos movimientos, pero tal vez fue un poco demasiado circo.

dos en una fila como no repartirlos en varios eventos y así sucesivamente sí ¿piensas mucho en lo que va a ser o tratas de ponerte un poner cierta distancia a lo que la programación va a ser como por supuesto como ahora cuando es real que estoy pasando por juegos

Por supuesto que especulas sobre lo que va a venir y si voy a entrenar lo suficiente y si voy a tocar todos los elementos, pero yo confío mucho en mi entrenador y confío en el programa, así que sí, sí, voy a entrenar duro y ya veremos. Ayer tuve esta epifanía.

anoche en realidad como yo sé lo que el levantamiento pesado va a ser por supuesto que está mal ya sabes, pero yo estaba como por supuesto pensé que era un genio por supuesto que es pesado voltea como con el dolor y sólo aumentar el peso y luego me di cuenta de que es como

por encima de cierto peso la gente va a ser aplastado como de verdad que van a caer bajo y morir a veces no como un 400 kilo flip o lo que sea volver a bajar que no sería bueno no espero que lo hacen saco de arena el año pasado

Hablé con algunos de los atletas y era como la prueba de fuerza más agotador que han hecho porque era como usted sabe cada repetición es como 30 segundos es como y es como que es una especie de máximo muerto si usted limpió toda tormenta es de dos años sí que era una locura para ver sí oh como

Ella lo ejecutó perfectamente, sí, por supuesto, sí, claro, así que estás entrenando ahora en el laboratorio de Butchers, así que cuando hiciste cuando hiciste el traslado de Suecia a Dinamarca, que fue después de CrossFit Fabriken ese año, así que me llamaron del laboratorio de Butcher y me preguntaron si quería estar en su equipo en su lugar.

comenzó muy divertido sabes Joakim Loveng sí él era el dueño de Northern Spriit entonces él sólo iba a Copenhague para un viaje de diversión y él era como ¿quieres unirte sólo puede entrenar mientras tengo la reunión con los chicos y luego después de la reunión fue como

bromeando y dijo no quieres ir a Copenhague estudio fue como mmm no he pensado en ello, pero como bien y luego como una semana más tarde en realidad dijo como que en realidad quieren que en su equipo por lo que era una especie de serio

la pregunta de si te quieres mudar a Copenhague, sí, fue como por qué no, vamos a probarlo y luego me quedé atascado en lo que pienso cuando pienso en saltar de nuevo aquí a Berlín, ese salto loco que hiciste en el último evento para llegar a los Juegos, sí, ¿sabes cuántos?

¿Recuerdas cuántos puestos superaste en ese evento? Muchos. Yo estaba en el 13 y estaba a sólo cinco puntos. Estaba yo y otra que estaba a cinco puntos y la que estaba en el puesto 12 estaba a un punto, así que todo estaba empatado. Sí, así que era como la que ganaba.

nuestro calor conseguiría el lugar que era como lo apretado que era sí me acuerdo porque había tantos lugares hasta el No. 10 a la derecha tantos puntos sí era como imposible llegar allí, pero 11 estaba en el alcance

Sí, pero como lo hice tan bien, obtuve el segundo lugar general en ese evento, me acerqué a los puestos 10. En realidad, sí, estaba diciendo que era absolutamente una locura. Entonces, ¿qué pensabas? ¿Cuáles eran tus pensamientos al entrar en ese evento? Yo no sabía todo esto que te dije ahora, siempre miraba la tabla de posiciones al final de la noche.

Cuando hice las tres pruebas no tenía ni idea de en qué posición estaba cuando entré en la prueba, pero justo antes de entrar en la pista mi entrenador Andre habló con otro entrenador y estaban especulando y sí, oh, tengo un atleta...

Ella tenía un lugar contendiente y luego Andre estaba como señalando a mí como sí tenemos Rebecka aquí ella es sólo 5 puntos fuera de la derecha y luego miro a mi otro entrenador que estaba como es cierto que yo estaba como mierda que es bueno o malo que era bueno.

En realidad, como usted va sí como por lo general tal vez habría sido como conseguir demasiada presión o algo por el estilo, pero ahora yo estaba como bien no importa lo que pase ahora, porque sentí que ya gané sí sentí que ya había hecho un buen trabajo durante toda la semana y así estar en 12

como 13 puntos con cinco puntos fuera no importaba lo que pasaría ahora así que sí un poco usted puede ser que vaya a los juegos es un poco sí pero como intenté cambiar mis metas a como importa lo que pongo hacia fuera en el piso correcto no importa qué colocación consigo usted es tan maduro

oh gracias es como que esta es una respuesta tan madura es como que es algo que toma como sabes 10 años para darse cuenta si lo hace es como que es tan duro pero yendo a eso has tenido problemas con eso arruinando tu día teniendo como

mala practica etc o o has tenido experiencia en el pasado cuando te centras demasiado en los resultados en el marcador si si solo mira el open y los cuartos de final ese es un ejemplo perfecto como creo que los cuartos de final de este año tuve la presion del año pasado porque me puse enfermo para las clasificatorias el año pasado asi que ni siquiera llegue a las semifinales

Así que eso fue un factor y luego ir a los cuartos de final de este año que tenía demasiado en mi cabeza como que quiero calificar para los juegos como sí yo estaba demasiado obsesionado con ese pensamiento que yo sólo bajo rendimiento así que sí eso es un ejemplo perfecto de usted diría que bajo rendimiento de este año porque nos dimos cuenta de que estaba clasificado 55 en cuartos de final

Sí, y aún así, picas el billete, que es sí, pero eso es una locura, porque eso es lo que quiero decir, que me sentí por debajo del rendimiento de los cuartos de final, porque pensé que me habría colocado mucho más alto y eso también hizo que me diera cuenta de si llegaría a los Juegos, como si tuviera lo que hay que tener cuando me coloque en este deporte.

es como si tu si tu llegas a la siguiente fase de clasificación no importa es tal vez pero lo hiciste si es mas emocionante quien llega a ser undécimo o si quien gana porque eso es lo real eso es lo que es exactamente

y también sé que trabajo un poco bien cuando tengo público y como toda la cosa espectador sí y cuando es todo como en vivo en el escenario en lugar de en línea, así que estaba yo traté de como sí tener esa confianza Berlín era una locura que estábamos allí era super ruidoso

like I had yeah pain in my ears and even you know that the whole arena was like metal in like plates all around it so when somebody screamed it just bounced around yeah that was cool it’s good to have the warm up area of the athletes area it was pretty quiet in there

I liked it yeah it was a good setup wasn’t it like they had all the gear I think that you needed yeah definitely except some sleds but it’s like I think it was good good setup yeah

yeah our arena was much bigger than the US arenas they were like you know high school basketball course something like that yeah saw the first one set of stance no vibe yeah at least not on the broadcast so yeah it looked very weird on the live stream yeah yeah so if you

if you compare this arena to be the one in Berlin in 18 what do you think about the setup think it was quite the same I would say yeah wasn’t it the Velodrome in 18 yeah yes I think that I think the competition floor is like similar but from a spectator standpoint I like in 18 we had a velodrome in between down to the actual state

because it’s and put some distance between and the athletes but I think from the from athlete perspective I think the the scene was really good in 18 as well yeah it was yeah but it was crazy this year we sat you know

with the rope clamps in the rig we sat on that side of this of the stadium so we were like four meters away where you know athletes life fell apart basically when they couldn’t make the rope climbs or whatever so sorry for laughing oh my God but my spouse will kill me like 3 meters away

and you see somebody’s face like I’m not gonna make it yeah it’s over it’s like oh my God yeah horrible and some people made it awesome you know what I mean it was such drama it was really cool to be that close that’s nice yeah

like what would you say was your favorite event obviously sick it was pretty good but like I think ah it’s a hard one because of course like when you do good it’s it’s always good right but I think the snatch event it wasn’t my favorite going into that event but I think it’s my favorite because that’s where it all turned

that’s where like I felt like myself again and looked up and really tried to enjoy the whole yeah the whole thing the nerves went away there yeah the nerves and yeah because I remember after her Linda I was so done I didn’t want to continue I told my coach

I don’t even want to snatch now I’m out I don’t want to do this Crossfit it’s too much all the hard work for this was so done you didn’t finish it yeah no I didn’t finish it had you finish it in in training no I never I never done a single event in training actually I just did intervals

yeah really interesting approach because everybody else that we talked to have like we’ve done it like this they have like set up multiple scenarios and tested and retested and have their but you just like no yeah intervals and then trusting like for example

at that last event if you do one round you know the split times and then yeah for example but only no end roles so but the events or just random intervals or what are you like yeah yeah no no off the events yeah

sure interesting yeah yeah and is that like to put put away some pressure on you know nobody likes to do Fran in practice like five times right it’s like you want to you want to save your mental energy for the game for when it matters

exactly and then it’s always tough when you come into the competition floor and it’s like oh I did this on training I did that and then it’s just negativity there’s Round 3 where I always fall apart awesome like you don’t want to have that you just yeah yeah yeah alright so so you said you had a bit of difficulty leading up

to the snatch event yeah so then did you have difficulty day 1 as well no that was like all right I think I had in the first event I think my runner was a little bit tough to run on. I had hard time to hold to my paces that I knew that I was able to hold from training and so yeah like and it’s not a wheelhouse workout anyway

so it was okay placement but I also worked hard for it so I would have I wanted to place higher on that one and then the second event tough judges a very tough I got not on a lockout but on my dip so it was that she wanted me to to like

go straight up like this in a dip I wasn’t allowed to like do the the muscle up kick just then she thought that I was just leaning my upper body which I didn’t it’s just a matter of you know what they think so first round I did six complexes

because yeah I had to do one extra then I walk into the pistols and the judge is like super strict with my pistols like I had to be completely still each rep at the top like if I wobbled a little no repping really it’s a downside to having these events in Germany I’m joking but yeah

but I was like laughing at it to myself like hey like this is the standard then I walk back to the judge for the muscle up and I asked like why do you No Rep me like what am I doing wrong I don’t understand

because she was like shouting the hip while I was doing the muscle up I was like what with my hip and then she showed me and I was like oh this changes the whole workout if I need to change my dip mm hmm so yeah I did it correct on the second

I didn’t get a No Rep but then in the third round I was blown out yeah yeah I just couldn’t hold on yeah it’s it’s really it’s really hard it’s like and the issue is when the judging is isn’t like consequent across the lanes which I saw so many they got away

you know with the classic this thing in the in both the muscle up And no end it up ended it it’s also frustrating because I know Andre is very strict with standards and he looked through all my videos and saw me doing the complex it’s perfect mmm yeah yeah this is the level of like

humanity that comes into it because it’s not a machine that’s judging you it’s a person a person for a bad day Ms don’t want to create like drama but I saw definite examples of like that’s a superstar in the rings and we’re gonna cut them some slack but it’s that’s I guess it’s a part of it

we’re gonna have to accept for the time being I don’t know I know I guess it could happen to some it could happen to your competitors as well in a way and I also heard from other competitors that they also had tough judges which is like then it’s all right because as long as it’s the same standard for everyone

yeah it’s fun yeah so since Andre is a coach is he able to like coach you during this event or do you have like an assistant coach no then I have an assistant coach yeah and he’s from my gym so yeah sometimes he jumps in for my sessions at my gym so what’s his name good his name is Patrick Taylor

hmm okay yeah yeah well another name to remember of course yeah very successful this weekend there definitely yeah so how’s your how’s your training going to look like now leading up to the games and what what are your travel plans the training

obviously is going to be a lot more technical a lot more like a little bit all over you know trying different setups like the CrossFit part is not going to be as structured and then travel plans want to try to travel yeah a little bit earlier maybe mid July but we’ll see it obviously costs a lot of money to travel to the States so yeah during Games it’s Crazy

yeah me and John we were checking maybe you were wise and booked our BB like long time before we didn’t and we’re like yeah good it’s like only I was like 12,000 or something like that for being there a week yeah good oh a day a day

yeah so everybody is like forget about it it’s like it’s crappy hotels all the way for us yeah cause we are gonna live at the ethnic hotel and then we get a special rate for the athletes which is two hundred thirty nine dollar per night and it’s it’s also expensive yeah it’s nothing special about that unless it’s normal so are you gonna stay in Chicago prior or are you gonna be somewhere else

we’re trying to look at maybe go to Mayhem in Tennessee I think it is yeah that would be a cool experience be there for a week and then we’ll meet up with the rest of them shoguns in Madison leading up to it mm hmm so are you then are you gonna travel with the team as well I mean or are you gonna go separate yeah we’re gonna go separate

because they can’t travel that early yeah I’m a little bit more loose so I probably travel with my boyfriend only the first and then we’ll meet up with the rest yeah go to Mayhem and get all the star struckness out of the way just watch like this spot yeah so you have been to the you know the warm up area and everything so do you feel like that you know

your way at the games already or it’s like it was so long long time ago so it will be completely new everything I think it will feel new kind of because when I did team you always had someone else around you you wasn’t alone if you didn’t knew like no stuff but now I am completely alone

so it’s definitely gonna feel different and be a little bit nervous but I also think I mean semifinals was also new and I figured that out yeah and we all gonna have a briefing for the games and like a walkthrough where things are so mean like all the competitions on you this is gonna be new so it’s not you

in that you’re gonna have a coach on site yeah I’ll try to have Patrick Taylor if we can figure that out yeah that’s awesome somebody like like we spoke about in a recent podcast like somebody who can keep a know control about where you need to be what you need to wear

what’s gonna happen and just so you can focus on recovery and then refocus the next event stuff like that yeah gonna make a tremendous difference there yeah I don’t do that alone you’re like I don’t understand it is you just like I gotta be here then

okay where’s my shoes like what yeah I actually been to French Throwdown last year that like completely alone yeah but we figured out like with Andrew we did the whole plan and the whole schedule before so it was kind of like I wake up this time I eat breakfast this time

I walked to the arena this time this is the cold time you know everything it’s the best so then I yeah then I just look okay this is what I’m gonna do so he’s kind of having a coach on paper yeah so do you have like a strategy to like

to get down in between events it’s like I mean so where I’m going is like so what I’ve seen over the years is like that all rookies at the games they fall apart in the last days you know because there are so many sorry it’s like sorry but it’s like you know but it’s it’s like

and I think I mean one of the one reason for that is like because it’s like oh Rich Froning oh Matt Fraser oh it’s like there’s so many impressions and you never like cool down mentally because it’s like there’s so much new everywhere so fun to do the workouts

it’s so fun to see all the people it’s like so are you thinking on like trying to get like sort of a you know blackout therapy or something like that just to like cool down but I’m blind yeah blind I mean what I did for semi finals is I just went straight home between the events

I stayed there until I had to go again and and I go to the next event exactly when I have to start the warm up so I don’t spend any other time like there and then I try because I still want to soak up the feeling and the whole experience and what I did for semi finals on Day 2 there for the snatch event that I looked up like I soaked everything in

and it just gave me more power so it doesn’t make me tired which is good and then on the female side I’ve been competing with a lot of the girls already yeah so like I’m not working that sense I’ve been to Dubai and Madrid and French where a lot of girls have been already yeah just another competition

yeah a little bit bigger but yeah I don’t think it’s gonna feel like just another competition when you get to gear for like you know two three grand or you know and when they get to it and you feel like a superstar it’s like it’s something to pamper you it’s so it’s so it’s they are

so what can I do for you they really I mean to feel like that it’s like it’s pretty rare it’s gonna be cool yeah and yeah you’re just gonna like you’re really gonna feel like an athlete yeah yeah professional athletes yeah and it’s yeah

and it’s true though like getting to that state you are a proper professional athlete is this thing they used to say a long time ago when they said you know how good you have to be to suck at the Crossfit Games that kind of thing it’s like this this is the very very Pinnacle

so it’s really cool yeah it’s pretty insane yeah so if you would like pick a few things that you think that you are you know exceptionally good at and some things that you like has you have potential in what would that be um I think like gymnastic work the skill work you put skills easily

because I also grew up with gymnastics so you have that body knowledge thing yeah my foot is over there I have no idea where my body parts are when I’m like on my hands or whatever it’s great yeah you got that thing so that would be yeah something that I can manage

weaknesses none really I think I’m gonna crush it this year no but we always had things we have to work on of course so it’s more like the longer workouts the more grinding like just take event one from semi finals for example you are more quick twitch power athlete yeah I would say so yeah it’s which is like funny because like

your stature is like someone you perceive as someone is like yeah that person likes to run you know 10 k yeah I mean it’s like you’re not like you’re not short and you’re no and you’re long limbed it’s like yeah yeah and that’s so dangerous

because I remember in Dubai I don’t remember what year maybe 2019 I think so we had to run in the desert mm hmm and right before the run like I’ve never had issue with running it’s fine and then right before the running and Adrian Manuel it comes up to me and says oh you have long legs

you are a good runner you’re gonna go do good in this event and that just caught me somehow and then that was like the most horrible experience in my whole life doing that run and I think for everyone because it was in the sand of course in the desert but didn’t you have to wear a vest as well

yeah it was 5 k with vest and then 5 k back without or 3 k with and 3 k without yeah and the way back I was it was horrible and since then actually my run have been horrible because it’s always been like yeah but it’s like

been a lot of anxiety every time I had to run yeah kind of any therapy yeah yeah okay so Adrian it’s your fault if you ever see this no but that shows how much it really matters to put yourself in the right mindset for every event and so yeah it does if you can wreck it like you’re gonna win this one thanks

thanks thanks yeah so I hate when people say that like oh yeah that’s your event you’re gonna do good in that one it’s like right yeah so do you work with this do you work with like a mental coach or something or do you have

like procedures yeah I had a mental coach for yeah almost a year now maybe a total yeah so yeah it makes a huge difference doesn’t it that’s what I noticed because I think I have the capacity I think I have the strength and all the skills so for me it’s just a matter of can my head be

be there as well yeah but athletes don’t train their mind they just train their body so this is this is such an untapped potential in most it is yeah how long did it take for you to like sorry for interrupting you so how long do you think it took for you to like make any change at all by working with your coach your mental coach I think it takes some time doesn’t it

yeah I think I think actually after the quarterfinals so yeah it took maybe eight months because that’s when I realized like aha this is what I have to think this is what I have to do because I thought I thought leading up to the quarter finals I thought that I had everything like in place

that I knew what what I was gonna think if this was happening or that or you know but it wasn’t till I finished the qualifying it’s like oh okay this is what it is all about you know we need to implement the lessons you can’t just hear it sounds good but then when you actually get there then you can start applying it you know

all those classic quotes there is that you like oh that’s cliche and because you just hear it but you know like oh yeah of course but then it’s all about like actually what I call like doing the quote like actually I’m standing

yeah performing it yeah I’m living it sort of like likeness of like when I was when I was trying to get my driver’s license for for a while I only took like the theoretical classes got nothing and for a while

I was only driving and never understood the rules it was when I did them together at the same time that I actually started getting it so that’s that’s you can’t do one without the other you have to compete to be able to get the lessons of the coaching yeah exactly so fire your mental coach in your offseason I’m kidding never mind

yeah yeah exactly so John’s wife is a mental coach and that’s why he has some insight into it else can’t help but hear some yeah and I’ve gone through the process as well with my spouse and she’s been working a long time and from what I what I’ve been seeing from the sidelines it’s like it’s like

it’s sort of like when I saw that say said that you’re so mature I think it’s that is part of it it’s like when you’re mature into being an athlete sort of like on all levels both here and in performance yeah because the opposite can be perceived as immature even though it might not be just like as immature as a person

but like when you see an athlete that’s a bad event start throwing bottles and belts and screaming and that kind of stuff yo okay you’re not doing yourself any favors at this no you know exactly yeah probably not gonna make it very far yeah I don’t think we have an example in Crossfit of an athlete that is like that that have done really well

I have haha I have a top 5 athletes in the world right now that is like that so but obviously I think that person could could do better there’s a lot of insecurity going on and perhaps punch the actual goal the gold medal if the person gets

if everything falls into place yeah that person is someone who like calls calls people named during workouts you know it’s not because oh you’re in the way you’re you know but it’s it’s like a tantrum things it don’t mean what they’re saying but they are like you know you know

when something is really really difficult and hard and you’ve you know throw excuses at the world yeah yeah yeah yeah and probably your boyfriend had experienced this if he’s been away maybe I don’t know always get no but I definitely know what you mean

their excuses all but I just get this when I get very tired it’s not an excuse you can still work on that yeah and in that case they will win despite this not because of it in any way so yeah yeah so how would you

how would you like perceive yourself to perceive yourself at like an like a calm calm person or like that you get like inspiration from extrovert stuff like being in a crowd or do you get like oh so do you get energy by going to a party or does it consume energy from you

good question like if we’re talking alcohol like a real no no no no no no not that not alcohol I mean people this is like so yeah so when someone invites you to the party if you like

or it’s like yay fun no I think it’s yay fun like I can be drawn into it but I still need my own time so I think it’s a little bit of both I would say yeah yeah I think that’s like one of the things that you have touched on it like when you look to the crowd and you suck everything in I think being a person that likes to go to party

is not drinking alcohol I think that’s a plus being in that kind of setting beating if you are the other kind of person I think you need to be on this bad setting many times to be able to not get impacted by it yeah and being able to just like be in your zone and think about it yeah so did you hear any did you hear him

do you know what music that was played in Berlin uh no I can’t exactly exactly that that’s pretty cool I feel no clue no like when I walk into the floor and like before I’m starting like I cannot oh this is nice but then I can’t remember anything

and that’s obviously a sign that you’re doing the right thing but I can hear the speakers I do listen sometimes I stay in my zone but at least and so instead of like looking at my competitors I try to navigate what’s happening by the stuff they all do that

you all do that don’t you like I haven’t heard about an IMB by maybe one or two let’s say that you don’t care at all what’s going on but so many are listening for some clues to what’s happening on the field yeah like yeah because sometimes that’s what happened yeah that’s what happened in the last event at semifinals because going into third round

I could always hear Sara and Jacqueline it was the only athletes they were talking about and and then I could hear and saw the hand up for those athletes so I knew when they had five cals back and that’s what when I knew that now I push yeah I thought when I’m there listening to the MC that like okay you just told everyone on the floor where that guy is

exactly I’m not sure you made him a favor Bergman has 2 calories left like all the other athletes are just like you know exactly like you’re really calling somebody out it’s not it’s not fair because yeah that’s it’s good to be underdog because they don’t talk about you so you’ve just

I’m coming for you did you have an underdog feeling going into the competition and I don’t know maybe a little or did you put the or did you put the pressure on I mean you know being there okay I can like blend in you know the spots are not on me

did you feel that was like good or bad I more felt like a underdog on day 2 because on day 1 everything 0 0 anyway from the quarterfinals so you don’t know yeah so it was more on Day 2 we were like okay now it doesn’t matter what happens let’s continue to just be proud

of every work you do for every workout and yeah let’s take it from there wow I would I would I would sure like to know what’s going on in your mind for sure I guess it seems that you’ve been doing so much so much of the good work and you should there’s a like super cool film that’s called the Project Iceman

they just put it out so you can stream that film and you should give it a shot because it’s the best movie I’ve ever seen wow yeah it’s he like it’s a guy that wants to do the Iron Man at Antarctic if it’s called like that and it is yeah and it’s impossible but he like

learns and and takes in like how it is to have a limitless mindset and it’s just it’s so cool it you have it yeah it’s on if if you want to know what the mind can do it’s yeah you should see that one awesome yeah so we’re gonna be there in Madison rooting for you

obviously well one thing first are you Swede or Danish now this is important it’s so that’s actually super tough like obviously I’m still from Sweden like in a passport but the Danish community is awesome so I really feel welcome and I really feel like a Dane in that sense like a lot of people always like

why don’t you talk about Rebecca when it’s like a Danish podcast or whatever and then like always because she’s actually not Danish you know so I’m kind of in between it’s it’s very tough and that’s the thing when you move between countries that you don’t fully merge over to the new country but you can’t really fully go back cause a part of you is gonna be Danish forever

a little bit in the middle but these countries are very similar sides yeah it is because I also experienced a lot it’s better now but previous years I felt forget forgotten in Sweden I lived in Denmark now so it was like kind of out of the Swedish yeah so it was only when it was open when okay

there is Rebecka’s name kind of it’s very strange how this works because it seems like even though my wife is a former elite athlete and she’s the same for her she moved from Iceland to Sweden and there are cameras there are news articles and there are things like there’s nothing really happening

nothing’s really different but still when you move physically you lose touch still yeah no it shouldn’t be but yeah you do it’s weird yeah it’s really strange by as long as we can say we got three girls that qualified

we’re happy so 100% and I’m pretty proud to be one of those three girls I think it’s incredible that we have three Swedish Swedish people to the games that’s insane yeah yeah so for sure gonna be on the sidelines and now we win we know where to put our cameras it’s like but you probably have as well as good cameras we do I’ve seen your gear yeah

yeah so you’re going sort of you’re going as a solo artist so to speak to the games it’s not gonna be like a Butchers Lab kind of community no I think it’s because it’s so expensive it’s hard for people to go I had there were so many people going to Berlin which I’m so thankful of it was amazing here in the crowd and everyone you knew cheering at you

so of course gonna be a little bit emptied the games but I also understand it’s it’s hard to travel yeah there will be distractions yeah yeah yeah I think it’s like it’s gonna be like by 5 to 7 Kus I mean it’s like it’s crazy expensive for those who want to go there yeah anyway so thank you for this 50 minutes of interview already wow

all right yeah yeah time flies when you have fun yeah and good luck to you in Madison I’m sure it won’t be lucky if we ensure it will be well earned and for sure and see you there thank you thank you for having me bye bye have a nice one bye and bye