149 | Instilling Confidence From a Young Athlete to An Adult with Olympian Samantha Peszek

Feeling a need to be inspired with confidence? Olympian, Samantha Peszek, shares her journey with confidence and self-talk through her Gymnastics Career. As a high-level and young athlete, specifically, the beam event in gymnastics presented several obstacles that Samantha had to overcome through confidence and the support of others around her. She dives into how one’s environment and parental support influences a young athlete’s ability to approach difficult decisions and navigate a sport as precision-based and skill-based as gymnastics. Touching base on how she coaches through burnout in athletes, Samantha shares her insights on how she preaches goal setting and helps athletes deal with perfectionism in sport. Speaking to the illusion of being perfect, she discusses how skills formed through sport are transferrable to other aspects of life and career pathways, sharing her story with reporting. Learn more about Samantha’s coaching and how she addressed the mental obstacles in Gymnastics. Vivobarefoot Discount: Free up your world by freeing up your feet! VivoBarefoot shoes help you build strength in the foot and teach the foot to accommodate your own body! By learning to adapt to all the different terrains in your surrounding, the feet, and the feet, brain, and body remain happy. A study showed a 60% increase in foot strength by wearing VivoBarefoot shoes for 6 months consistently, and you a little over 3 months to return your shoes. Try them out and invest in your health. Use code ‘TOB‘ to get 15% off! Free Week of the Jen Health Membership: Looking for a movement community that gives you the plan specific to your body? Need accountability and a plan that is specific to your restrictions?! Come grab a free week of our Jen Health Membership! You'll have access to 12 plans that were all currated by Doc Jen, Dr of Physical Therapy. We make sure you get set up with the plan that will be best for your goals and the rest is laid out for you to follow! Come check it out today! You can even get a discount on your first month using code OPTIMAL at checkout! What You Will Learn In This Interview with Samantha Peszek 3:21 - Where does Jennifer's passion come from? 5:25 - Samantha’s story 8:26 - Is Gymnastics the hardest sport? 10:03 - What it feels like to compete at the highest level? 18:03 - How does the environment affect your confidence? 21:19 - Navigating Burnout 25:24 - Goal Setting 29:40 - The illusion of being perfect 32:30 - How to coach passions in other careers 36:07 - How did Samantha have the confidence to keep exploring? 44:29 - Samantha’s podcast 47:45 - Find more about Samantha & her boot camp About Samantha Peszek With her passionate energy and engaging demeanor, Samantha Peszek has quickly established herself as a bright young star both as a sports broadcaster and entrepreneur. Having been a gymnast for 22 years, she loves still being connected to the sport as a coach and founder of Beam Queen Bootcamp and an analyst for the PAC-12 Networks and ESPN. Starting gymnastics at the age of 2, Samantha has always been a sports fanatic. She also played soccer and danced, but her gymnastics continued to excel, making her the youngest member of the national team at age 12. Traveling the world competing for Team USA, Samantha was on the Pan American Games team that won gold in Rio and the World Championship team that won gold in Stuttgart. To learn more about Samantha and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://jen.health/podcast/149 Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to subscribe and leave a quick rating and review of the show!