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FITNESS
Going for Gold:
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H E A LT H
How to Place in Life
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FINANCIAL
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MIND & BODY
By Tiffany Gust, BS, CPT, USATC
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males are Ryan Duckworth, Justin About the Author Bandley, Erik Sorenson, Rich Bruin, Tiffany Gust received her Josh Leishman, Brian Dower, Matt Bachelor’s of Health Science Degree from Utah State Hammons, Curtis Spragg, Brad Stewart, University. She is an ACE Scott McLaws, and David Palmer. The Certified Personal Trainer and females are Diane Tracy, Tara Morris, a USAT Certified Triathlon Megan Andersen, Melissa Spragg, and Coach. Tiffany has competed in over 70 triathlons and has Tiffany Gust. qualified for World Nationals in As an IRONMAN All World the Olympic Division in 2012 Athlete, I believe this concept can be used and 2014. She specializes in weight management, triathlon, for everyone to feel success in their lives, and fitness coaching. As the whether it be a race, educational goal, or owner of TG Triathlon and daily workout. If you give yourself one Fitness Coaching, Tiffany helps clients to unlock their potential goal, then you have a million ways to feel and journey towards a better unsuccessful. If you give yourself three or self. https://www.facebook.com/ more goals, then you have an increased tiffany.gustcoaching desire to reach your Gold, Silver, or Bronze goal. I have used this concept with clients who are doing a 5k, marathon, IRONMAN, or a day-to-day workout in the gym. I’ve also used this concept with my kids in school, work, dance, piano, soccer, etc. It can be adapted to fit any situation. Many of us have “light 1 Originally from: http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/organizations/all-world-athlete.aspx#ixzz3VvBRYfWR switch” thinking and often correlate with a “Type A” personality. We are either “ON” or we are “OFF”. I’ve most recently seen this with my weight management clients as well. If things don’t go as planned, we give up. But, if we focus on the middle, there isn’t “black or white” thinking that gets us stuck in a continuous cycle that makes us feel like failures. So this year, work hard, and set a Gold, Silver, and Bronze goal. Make your dreams come true by becoming the best that you can be and finding multiple ways to feel accomplished. They get a medal or award for placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Many hours of blood,| sweat, and go into becoming a world-class C U tears LT U R sacrifice E athlete. “Last year, IRONMAN announced the All World Athlete program, | WELLNESS which allows athletes to take their competitive drive up a notch by pitting their best results against their fellow competitors. Athletes are rewarded for their top three performances throughout the year with the combined points determining the champion for each division.”1 There are three levels associated with the All World Athlete program: GOLD (top 1%) SILVER (top 5%) BRONZE (top 10%) All World Athletes receive a variety of benefits from IRONMAN, including priority access to registration, banquets, and early entry to races. The AWA logo can be found on swim caps and bib numbers, allowing the athletes to receive recognition by fellow athletes and spectators. The Southern Utah Triathlon Club has over one hundred members, and this year fifteen of them were awarded All World Athlete. The
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