Episode 2 - Leka Fineman and the Mindset of a World-Class Woman, Mom, and Athlete

Leka Fineman and the Mindset of a World-Class Woman, Mom, and Athlete In this Episode of the CrossFit Oakland Podcast, Mike and Ben sit down with Leka Fineman. Leka is an amazing woman, mother to two young ladies, wife (hey Shannon), athlete, coach, author, and so much more. We talk about Leka’s origin story with CrossFit, some incredibly interesting background in how she grew up, and her health practices before CrossFit. We discuss the importance and consistency with which Leka prepares her body for training in her warm-ups, and how she translates that preparation and intention into her coaching and classes. We highlight the amazing members of her Grandmasters group and the positives of such an amazing class. Last and definitely not least, we cover the mindset it takes to be a CrossFit games athlete. We discuss how Leka believes that it is the mindset piece that has enabled her to finish 7th, 11th and 8th in the world in the past 3 years of the CrossFit Games. Leka is an amazing part of the CrossFit Oakland community and we hope you enjoy her story. Also, we hope you can take away some of the great tips we mention on mindset and its importance in life. Below is a list of various items of interest mentioned in the episode. Books on Mindset: The Next One Up Mindset by Grant Parr (Leka’s sports performance coach). He also has a podcast: 90% Mental Mindset by Carol Dweck The Champion's Mind by Jim Afremow The Mindful Athlete by George Mumford Leka’s book (available on amazon): SuperFit at 50, Lessons learned becoming the 7th fittest woman in the world Leka’s website: http://www.lekafineman.com/ Leka on Instagram: (@styleemama) https://www.instagram.com/styleemama/ Video of an early CrossFit workout for Leka https://www.facebook.com/leka.fineman/videos/10153688429920606/ Headspace App https://hdsp.co/e/g8uXbjaoqZ **** Clarification***** We mentioned that Kristen Holte came in third at the 2019 CrossFit Games but she actually finished in second place.