For this episode we speak to Games Athlete Jacqueline Dahlstrøm.
Jac competed at the 2021 CrossFit Games, finishing 17th.
She is originally from Norway but now lives on the island of Mallorca in Spain.
We talk about her early years as a pony mad teenager, her studies as an engineer, her switch to professional sportswoman, her struggles, her injuries and her triumphs.
This episode was recorded on Jacqueline’s actual birthday, a couple of weeks before she went on to place third at the Madrid CrossFit Championships.
As the episode is released she and her training partner Gabriela Migala are in Texas in the US, preparing for the Rogue Invitational.
So good luck to both of them for the coming weekend,
Intro
Minute 5,00 Showjumping nerding out
6,20 Hardwork
6,40 Developing as a rider
9,00 Why aren't there more women competing in showjumping?
10.00 Maths and physics?
11, 00 Jac's reflection on life at 30
11,40 Bodybuilding success
13,30 Jac starts CrossFit
14,20 Jac decides not to compete
16,00 CrossFit in Norway
16,40 Kristin Holte first Games was in 2014
17,30 Gymnastics
17,50 Jac's previous life
18,20 Jac quits her job and starts her life as an athlete
19,40 2017 Women 38th 7th Europe
20,14 Jac's family's reaction and her Dad's pov
22,30 Jac meets John Singleton, who becomes both her coach and her partner
23,30 CrossFit divides Europe into two sections
24,30 2018 failure to get to the Games
25,00 Life in Mallorca and the decision to live on the island
25,50 rest days and the sun
27, 00 Mallorca training hub
28,00 2019 Games and qualifying strategy
30,30 Deadlifts versus Thrusters
31,00 The French Throwdown injury
32,00 The Ruck Run
33,00 Injury details
35,00 Adrenlin rush at The French Throwdown
36,20 Recovery
38,00 Bolted weight work
38,30 Injury depression
39,00 Losing a competition year
40,00 Training as a woman, hormones and training cycle
46,00 getting into the USA
47,00 The off season strategy
Outro and goodbyes.
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