Snapshot · The Mel Robbins Podcast
Shelly-Ann was scheduled for surgery in January 2018 on her fractured sesamoid toe until she discovered she was pregnant — rest during pregnancy allowed natural recovery and preserved her block power.
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With Mel raising the topic of pressure — noting that the number one word listeners use to describe their current state is 'exhausted' — Shelly-Ann offers a reframe that reorients the entire concept [1] — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce "Pressure expands when you're living in the past and the future simultaneously. But if you shift your frame — pressure means someone believe…" 1:15:30 . Pressure is a privilege. It means someone, including yourself, believes you have more to give. And then the proverb: nobody throws stones at green mangoes. You are being targeted because you have ripened into something people want. Pressure only expands, she explains, when you try to occupy two time zones at once: the past (where the mistakes and regrets live) and the future (where the anxiety about what comes next lives). Your feet are here, in the present — compete where your feet are. The past is information; it is not your current address. You cannot go back and change it, so stop paying rent on a place you've already left. The future is where you're headed, and the only preparation that serves it is what you do right now, in this moment, at this starting line.
Shelly-Ann was scheduled for surgery in January 2018 to remove the fractured sesamoid bones from her toe — bones essential for block power. Then she found out she was pregnant. The surgery was cancelled. Rest during pregnancy healed the toe. She went on to win two more world titles. Her son didn't end her career. He saved it.
Thomas's wife is already ranked in the top 2,000 CrossFit athletes in the world — roughly the top 1% — and Thomas wants her to pursue the sport professionally now that he is graduating law school.
Research shows athletes who mentally imagine practicing basketball or soccer have better performance than those who do not include imagination in their training.
Shelly-Ann went from being the 6th reserve (last on the relay) at the 2007 Osaka World Championships to winning Olympic gold in 2008 — all by changing her mindset and becoming consistent.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has won 19 gold medals in track and field, including 3 Olympic golds and 10 World Championship titles.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first Caribbean woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters when she won in Beijing in 2008.
Shelly-Ann won the 2022 World Championship at age 35, becoming the oldest man or woman ever to win the 100-meter world title.
Shelly-Ann is one of only approximately 2 to 3 women ever to win a global sprinting championship after giving birth, making her 2019 World Championship win historic.
At age 35 in the 2022 season, Shelly-Ann ran 10.60 seconds or faster in the 100 meters six or seven times — an extraordinary level of consistency.
Shelly-Ann won World Championship gold in 2019 and 2022 after giving birth to her son Zyon in 2017 — feats almost no other sprinter in history has achieved.
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