American artistic gymnast Aly Raisman published her autobiography, Fierce, in November 14, 2017. In the book, she details her gymnastics journey beginning at 18-months old, and culminating in 2 Olympic gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Games.
In today's podcast, I share my thoughts surrounding the book and themes that resonated with me, including those of mental health, perfectionism, and abuse in gymnastics. This podcast episode was originally published as a post on the Athlete Voices' blog in 2018. Much has changed between then and now, and USA Gymnastics has made necessary institutional changes to better their athletes. Still, more needs to be done to rectify cultural norms of gymnastics training that continue to harm athletes physically and mentally.
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