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Peloton coach and marathoner Becs Gentry opens up to Forbes Vetted's Spencer Dukoff about balancing elite-level training with motherhood. From sunrise runs and recovery rituals to the products she swears by—like her SPIbelt, HOKAs and Normatec boots—Becs shares how she stays grounded, finds time for family and keeps running fun.  Forbes Talks Shop gets up close and personal with inspiring creators, founders and innovators, uncovering the products, tools and rituals that power their success.   Read the full story on Forbes: https://forbes.pub/BecsGentryFTS  0:00: Intro 6:37: Morning Routine  12:42: Nutrition 15:47: Travel Essentials 16:48: Running Essentials 22:38: Sources of Inspiration 24:46: Parenting 32:45: This or That? 35:07 Outro  Shop Becs' essentials: Peloton Tread: https://forbes.pub/PelotonTread Normatec 3 Legs: https://forbes.pub/Normatec Cocojune Yogurt: https://forbes.pub/Cocojune Purely Elizabeth Chocolate Peanut Butter Ancient Grain Granola: https://forbes.pub/PurelyElizabeth AG1: https://forbes.pub/AG1 Clearly Filtered Filtered Water Pitcher: https://forbes.pub/Clearly Cadence: https://forbes.pub/Cadence IM8: https://forbes.pub/IM8 Douni White Noise Machine: https://forbes.pub/Douni The SPIbelt: https://forbes.pub/SPIBelt Oakley Meta Vanguard: https://forbes.pub/Oakley Powerbeats Pro 2: https://forbes.pub/PowerbeatsPro2 HOKA Rocket X 3: https://forbes.pub/RocketX3 HOKA Mach X 3: https://forbes.pub/MachX3 On Cloudboom:https://forbes.pub/Cloudboom Nike Vaporfly 3: https://forbes.pub/Vaporfly3 Nike Vomero 18 SE: https://forbes.pub/Vomero CONCURVE GORE-TEX Jacket Womens: https://forbes.pub/Goretex Women’s Summit Series Superior FUTURELIGHT™ Jacket: https://forbes.pub/NorthFace BOB Wayfinder Jogging Stroller: https://forbes.pub/BOB Nestig The Wave Crib: https://forbes.pub/Nestig Homedics SoundSleep White Noise Sound Machine: https://forbes.pub/Homedics Play-Doh: https://forbes.pub/PlayDoh Frida Baby NoseFrida SnotSucker: https://forbes.pub/BabyFrida  Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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00:00Welcome to Forbes Talk Shop. I'm Spencer Dukoff, and today I'm joined by Bex Gentry,

00:05athlete, Peloton instructor, and mom who's inspired millions through her coaching,

00:10discipline, and positivity. We'll talk about the products that fuel her training,

00:14the tools that keep her grounded, and the rituals that help her balance performance

00:18with well-being. Well, Bex, thank you so much for coming to the studio and talking with us today.

00:28This is Forbes Talk Shop, and I just want to start with talking about how you've built

00:35a global community through your passion for movement and motivation. What originally drew

00:43you into running in fitness, and when did you realize that that would become your life's work?

00:48Oh, gosh. We could be here for hours. Well, first of all, thank you for having me.

00:52Yeah. It's strange. When I look back on it, it was movement for me was escape. It was my form of

01:00getting away from, one, a toxic relationship that I was in, and two, a job that I'd sort of outgrown

01:06with no disrespect to my former employer. I'd had a great run of it, but it was time to move on,

01:13but I didn't really know what to do. I followed the path, the traditional path of school,

01:19university, go and get a job that is linked to the degree, make the parents happy, you know,

01:25all of that. And then all of a sudden it was like, this isn't filling my cup, and I don't know what

01:30will, but eek, I don't want to do it anymore. And my dad was born in the 1930s, so he's got very

01:36traditionalist views when it comes to working and, you know, carrying on with what, just do what you

01:42want to do, dear. And it was tough to tell him that, actually, dad, I think I want to go away

01:48from academia into sport. He's like, okay. And so I think for me, it was about filling my cup when I

01:57realized that running was something as a passion that elevated my life in many ways. It allowed me

02:03to move. It allowed me freedom. It allowed me to escape from the things that weren't making me

02:08happy. And then it took time, obviously, for it to become something I was good at, but I had the grit

02:16and I had the drive. I was part of an MMA and boxing gym in my early days of fitness when I still worked

02:23in public relations. And we did the circuit that always involved doing this huge random sprint around

02:31the block where we had the gym. And I'd beat everyone, hands down, every time. Because,

02:37you know, I had the tenacity of like, you're not going to be the one who I'm chasing. I'm going to

02:42be the one that you're chasing. And like, come on. And then it just spiraled from there, that this love

02:48for bettering myself and growing in this almost like Frankenstein way, you know, you can just play

02:56with what's going to get stronger where. And it's not just in running, you know, you could be

03:00rowing, you could be cycling in the gym, doing yoga, whatever movement you choose, you have control

03:06of how strong you get. And that is what really drew me to it and just carried on on that path,

03:13really.

03:14Yeah. I feel like there's often, when you get to a certain milestone, you're often thinking like,

03:21okay, what's the next thing that's coming up? But was there a moment in particular

03:26that you felt comfortable with like, this is the path? Like, you know, I feel like there's an

03:34imposter syndrome that we all have at certain pieces of this. Yeah. But was there a moment where

03:40you said like, no, this is who I am. And this is what I'm going to do and carry it forward.

03:44Good question. I think, I think honestly, when it all started going well, really, when, when all of

03:54the, the blocks fell into place and things weren't a struggle, you know, I wasn't getting the Sunday

04:00scaries that I used to get having a nine to five Monday to Friday job. Yeah. Um, I wouldn't be out

04:06not saying this is a bad thing if that's what you choose to do, but I wouldn't be out all weekend,

04:09like drinking and sort of trying to block out the weekdays and be a totally different person at the

04:14weekends. Yeah. When I started to realize that seven days a week, 24 hours a day, I was the same

04:20person and work wasn't essentially work. It was, and it still is a pinch me moment of I get paid to do

04:27this. Are you kidding? Like what? So yeah, it was when the battles stopped being fought with my whole

04:35body. Obviously it's a job, it's life. There's still battles that we all face on a daily basis,

04:40but they're not defeating me. They're just, they're more just hurdles that you're like, okay,

04:45how am I going to get over this one? Yeah, for sure. And in terms of things that are on your radar

04:51in the coming months, I mean, looking back at just some of the like huge personal milestones,

04:56especially on the fitness side. So like running a marathon on every continent, um, or Olympic trials,

05:03training and competing there, what are some of those like big things that are in, you know,

05:10in the near future or, or down the pipeline, or are you just kind of like doing your thing right

05:15now? Honestly, I'm doing my thing right now. Last year was so huge. It was on a completely different

05:21level to anything I've ever done. And yes, that includes having a child, like, you know, that some

05:26people might be, that might be a bit abrasive to them, but it was, this was fully me. This was really,

05:32truly a wild decision that I made. And my family supported me to train for this huge race and complete

05:40it and do it pretty well. Um, so for now I sort of, I took this year as a, just do what you feel is fun.

05:48Yeah. Yeah. Don't put anything specifically on the books too far ahead. And it's been very

05:54refreshing to do that, but I am ready to go back. I'm looking at trails, to be honest. I started as

06:02a trail runner and I've sort of downgraded my distance and then I've kind of come back up to

06:07marathons and I obviously did the great world race, which was seven marathons, but kind of an ultra

06:12over a week in a way. And now I'm like, you know what? I'm kind of looking forward to this

06:18off the road, back in the mountains, that sort of traversing through nature vibe, um, which does

06:25require a lot more strategy and kit, um, and travel, but they're all things I like. So that's great.

06:33So on this show, we often talk with successful people about their routines and rituals. And I

06:43feel like a help, a helpful way to kind of contextualize that is to go through it chronologically.

06:47Um, so I'm curious, uh, can you tell me a little bit about your morning routine? Like how does the

06:54day typically start for Beck's Gentry? Well, it's normally dictated by my three-year-old, uh, when she

07:00gets up, if she's having a sleep and it's dictated by my two dogs when they want to get up and, um,

07:05be released into the Brooklyn wilderness for their bathroom break. But I, you know, those things aside,

07:13they're part of just, that's just life when you're a dog owner and a parent. But for me,

07:17my general focus is I, I start my day. I was told once by a dentist that I shouldn't really do this,

07:23but I brush my teeth like as soon as I wake up. But a few dentists were like, actually your enamel's a

07:27little soft. As soon as you wake up, you should wait at least five to 10 minutes.

07:31Okay. Good to know. Yeah. You tell me when they're starting to degrade from brushing my teeth.

07:35We'll have another conversation. Um, and I just, it's weird because I find that's my moment of

07:43visual contact with myself of aligning with like, okay, what are today's goals? If it's a big day

07:49or if it's a small day, I have at least two minutes to just look myself in the eye and be like,

07:55you've got this today. Or if I need an extra little bit of personal pep talk to two minutes

08:01to be like, all right, you're feeling a bit run down or you're exhausted. How are you going to

08:06get through this? What are the things that you can delete from your day? And I know that sounds

08:10funny to start your day with that, but I'm sure most people listening to this, if they honestly sat

08:15down with their schedules on a daily or weekly basis, would see multiple things that they could

08:19encircle and remove from a planned, uh, to get together, whether it's a meeting, a zoom in real

08:26life, whatever, you could probably delete them and give yourself a bit of breathing space.

08:31And so that's my like two minutes with my toothbrush in the morning where I'm like,

08:36okay, if I need to, what could I remove today? What could I condense today to give myself the,

08:43the moments that I need? Maybe I just need a half an hour to go for a run because I can't see

08:49what that's going to happen in my day. And it's stressing me out or just to go and sit down and

08:53have a cup of tea by myself. So that's sort of my first initial day. And then I always have my,

08:59my, uh, El Gray tea in the morning. That is it. Um, I'm a big fresh leaf and there's, you know,

09:06people have their coffee process to me. It's the, the loose leaf tea, letting it steep, whether it's

09:12a single pot or I have a gorgeous like teapot that I, um, I love to use. And it just makes me happy

09:17to be still having my English traits too in the USA. I try and stay off technology until my daughter's

09:25either at daycare or, um, her nanny arrives. So I'm, I'm present as a parent where I can. Some

09:32days that's not always possible when I'm training, it's sort of toothbrush time, tea, go straight out

09:39for a run. And sometimes it's in the dark, you know, it's before the dogs have even decided they

09:44want to get up. Yeah. Um, and then nine o'clock comes and I'm still, you know, as I said, I had

09:50a nine to five Monday to Friday job. So I am still have that in my brain of, okay, it's work time.

09:57Yeah. Let's focus. Um, but I will always, I always try and squeeze movement in. I'm a bit cranky if I

10:04don't get to squeeze my movement in, whether I'm jumping on my Peloton tread at the house or I'm

10:08popping out for a run on the streets. It's, that's my time to refresh. And I really do need that.

10:15Yeah. Yeah. Um, and it rolls on. My evenings are super, super important to me. And I think they're

10:21the key to a lot of my, I wouldn't say like full success, but my authenticity. It's, we live in a

10:28metropolitan city that is the busiest and the most easy on the planet. Let's be honest. It's New York

10:35city. It's nuts here. And once my daughter is in bed, which at three years old can be

10:40anything from 15 minutes to five hours to getting her down. Yeah. Yeah. But once she's

10:45down, it's, it's about disconnecting and switching off from everything else because you know, you're

10:51a parent, you're a partner, you need to reconnect with your partner too. And your personal success

10:57is huge, but for most of us, it wouldn't be there without that person, without that rock,

11:02that support. Totally. So it's that moment of, again, we both have our phones set to about

11:08eight 30 where it goes into sleep mode. And of course, you know, you're on it every now

11:13and again, but we have intention to be present together and relax. And people think I'm always

11:20on the go, but seriously, look at my Netflix account. I watch everything new quickly. My feet

11:28are up. I've got my like Normatec boots on and I am relaxing with whatever, you know, magnesium

11:36supplement or whatever is currently helping me on my training process or relaxing process

11:41to wind down before bed. And we have a strict no screens policy in the bedroom. There's nothing

11:47in there. We have our phones for our baby monitor, but before Tallulah, we didn't, we left our phones

11:51charging in the bedroom. We had an old, um, old fashioned alarm clock to wake us up. So it's very

11:58much a restful rejuvenating place. And I feel when I don't have that, I, I notice it. Yeah.

12:05Yeah. Maybe that's a part of it. That's, I mean, thank you for the encapsulation too. And I feel

12:09like that's a very, I, I feel like on my front, we're definitely trying to aspire to that boundary

12:16setting with screens and technology. And especially, I think, I think what you're saying

12:21about, uh, connecting with people is huge, but I also think as parents were modeling that for our

12:27kids. And I feel like that's been a new responsibility is one. How does it make me feel?

12:32But also, you know, what is my son thinking if my face is buried in the phone all the time? It's like,

12:37that's a normal thing, you know? So, um, totally feel you on that on the, on the nutrition side of

12:43things. So you're talking about your tea in the morning, but what is kind of a go-to like this

12:50that you're like whipping up? Oh my gosh. Probiotics because all runners know our stomachs are pretty

12:55terrible. Um, and especially like you're a couple of weeks away from a race. So you know that

13:01you've stressed your stomach out. Your cortisol levels are high. Your stomach's like, ah, what is

13:06all this sugar you're giving me on these long runs? And so I start the day always with, um, Coco June

13:12coconut probiotic yogurt. I love it. I'm addicted to it. And then like I add the naughty in the

13:19purely Elizabeth granola. It's always like that chocolate peanut butter, which I love. Um, and

13:25bee pollen because I travel so much. My immune system needs all the help it can get to stay high.

13:30Um, generally AG1 as well. Get that in during my day, um, in the morning, as soon as I can,

13:37preferably before breakfast, but I'm not perfect. We forget. And then I just, I'm like, okay,

13:42have it better than not having it. Um, and depending on where I'm at in my life of travel

13:50training cycle, I supplement when I need to. I'm not somebody who supplements all the time

13:56all year. Um, you know, when the seasons are changing, I'm definitely upping it on that

14:00like vitamin C, vitamin D3, K2, all of that levels. Then in summer, I feel like I need it

14:06that much, but more like magnesium before bed, melatonin when I travel for sure. Um,

14:13vitamin B12, but that's more of a like aesthetic thing of like, keep your hair looking good.

14:18And like, but those are the, those are the things that I keep with me. Um, and electrolytes.

14:23I'm a big, um, again, not every day, but I, we filter our water at home in Brooklyn and we

14:31use clearly filter because I'm so, so scared of all of the microplastics and everything. And

14:36that's worked really well for us that we love that brand. And I've heard that it does take

14:42out quite a lot of the essential minerals. So adding in some electrolytes can help too. So

14:47I'm always trying all different brands, like whether it's Cadence just brought out a really

14:52cool new one, which is beautiful. Whether it's, um, there's been another one I've tried recently.

14:58Uh, gosh, IM8 was quite interesting. Yeah. There's lots of hydration. They're all great to add.

15:06So for me, that's like, I try and set myself up at the top of the day because I'm sure, you know,

15:12as your day gets busier and rolls, you just start decreasing on the self-love.

15:17Totally. Yeah. It's, it's often about the night before being prepped so that when my brain is not

15:23fully turned on, I've already made all of those decisions, you know? Um, so you're talking about,

15:30you know, bouncing around a lot. There's a lot of either you're going from point A to point B

15:34within the city or traveling a lot as well. Is there one item that you're like, if I'm not

15:41traveling, especially like out of town and I don't have this, like I'm losing it a little bit.

15:46Oh gosh. Um, or more than one. Aside from melatonin, I, if it's, if there's a time difference,

15:53melatonin is the one thing where I'm like, Oh no, this is not going to be good. Yeah. Um,

15:59my compression socks are flying. I will lose it if I don't have those with me.

16:05So we've talked about the morning, the evening, you talked about nutrition.

16:08Oh, can I add?

16:09Of course.

16:10Sound machine.

16:11Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

16:12My, not, not that I carry my actual doing me sound machine with me, but my app, I have

16:18to have it, my white noise. Yeah. If I don't have that. Yeah. I used to have, I had a go

16:25to podcast, like they have those sound machine, nature sound podcasts. Brilliant. And, but

16:31the problem would be that if I slept too long, there would be ads that they put at the end.

16:37So I, so I'd be suddenly being sold, you know, a hamburger, a sedan or something like that.

16:42Why can't, why am I so hungry?

16:43Like, Oh my gosh. So I had to switch to the apps. Um, but I want to talk, I mean, I feel

16:49like it would not be Bex Gentry interview podcast for the people at home watching or listening

16:55to this. If we didn't talk about running gear and I want to hear about shoes, gear, anything

17:02that you feel right now in the moment you're like obsessed with. Okay. Um, I will never go

17:08for a run without my spy belt, which is, uh, it's just, it can put everything in whether

17:14it's just like a teeny tiny lip balm and your credit card. That's all you're taking with

17:17you. Great. Yeah. Um, but for me and as a female who runs quite often in the dark in Brooklyn,

17:23I've got my phone in there. Um, and it's just safety. Um, so I, it doesn't bounce. It doesn't

17:31cause chafage on me. It's adjustable for whatever your size is as well. So that is something that

17:37I'm to everyone, like go and look at it, please. It's fantastic. Um, I've recently been lucky

17:44enough to try the new Oakley meta vanguards and I'm going to test those out soon. I'm

17:50very excited about it. They're so good. Yeah. I like, yeah, tell me about it. I just, just

17:56they're geniuses. I was lucky enough to go out to, um, the meta HQ a few weeks ago where

18:01they launched it at an event and we went on a run and we got to wear them and I have a

18:06pair again, safety wise it's bone conducting. So there's nothing in your ears. You're not

18:13blocking out noises that could save your life of someone screaming at you or a car

18:18coming. Um, the sound quality is unreal. So, you know, they've, they've put in the capability

18:24that if there's wind, headwind coming towards you, you don't hear it. Whereas you do with

18:28like AirPods, you still hear that like, totally last you are beats. Like I always normally run

18:33with beats, but no, not anymore. I'm going to be in the middle of winter on a gray day with

18:37these glasses on just being like, don't care what you think of me. These are great. Um, and

18:42the photo quality being, um, completely touch free is just great. Cause if you see something

18:47fun on your run, you didn't have to fumble into your belt to grab out your phone.

18:50I did that this morning. I was running along the water, taking pictures of the skyline

18:55as a, I used to live in New York and now I'm in Virginia and I was like, Oh, I'm going to

18:59take some pictures as I'm running. But I just was like that guy with the outstretched arm.

19:03And I was like, somebody could totally get clotheslined by me by accident.

19:06Yeah. Yeah. Or someone could just sprint past and grab your phone gone or you're too busy

19:10looking and you just bam into a lamppost, which is never fun. Um, so they're my two like

19:16recent, I'd say additions to the normal running, uh, kit shoes. Great question. Everybody always

19:23thinks I'm sponsored by, um, by Nike, to be honest. Um, I used to be a trainer for them

19:29many, many years ago, but I'm a completely free agent. Hello. Um, but that enables me to

19:37try so many different shoes and the technology and shoes right now is astounding.

19:40Yeah. Every brand, even the brands that you think you're, you know, your parents used to

19:45wear the Sorkinese, the Brooks, they're coming in to the game with such advancements in their

19:52super shoes that I'm just, you're on the floor every time I see something new. Um, I've been

19:57really, I've been really loving hokers again with that mindset of like, perhaps I'm going

20:01to go back to trail running more next year. Uh, but the Hoka road shoes have been fantastic.

20:06The rocket X threes, unreal, the Mac X threes, um, on got some really, really good technology

20:13in those shoes too. Um, the cloud boom, really liking those. I'll always be a Nike vapor fly

20:21three. Yeah. They're no more. So I'm sad. Um, I haven't really ever gotten on board with

20:27alpha flies. I know like, you know, I watch marathons. They're everywhere for me personally.

20:32I've just, I stuck, I'm stuck on the vapor fly threes. Yeah. So, um, right now they're

20:38not the one, but recovery wise, I love to still wear sneakers when I'm recovering and

20:43not necessarily always like a fashion sneaker because sometimes they're too flat. When you're

20:46in peak training, you still want to drop really in the shoes. They're putting on like

20:51an air force one or a Jordan. Sometimes it's just too flat. Yeah. Um, and so then the Nike

20:57Vomero, the 18s have been really, really awesome. And then some other of the Hoka's just there

21:03like more casual shoes I find really like, okay, these are great to run around. Um, but

21:11also interesting. I was like the full kit is on the seasonal change right now. We've gone

21:15from, you know, running in the skimpiest outfits you can possibly find in New York because it's

21:19as hot as the sun to now looking at what's available on the tech front because the wind

21:26and the rain are about just around the corner. Yeah. And you want those, like the sealed zips.

21:32You want things that are going to be water resistant, not waterproof friends. Please don't

21:37run in waterproof stuff because you're wet and you're shaking and it'll be brutal.

21:40Great. Great disclaimer. Yeah. So you want water resistant, um, and breathable.

21:46Yeah. So you've got brands like Gore who are coming out with things that are suitable for

21:50runners, not just adventure hikers or mountain trails, North Face even brought out some really

21:58cool stuff for runners that allow you to move at a higher heart rate where you're sweating

22:02possibly a bit more. Yeah. But you're not drowning inside in your own sweat. Yeah. Um, so that's,

22:08I'm excited to see what's like on the shelves for this year because I really, in New York,

22:13you need it. You need those layers and the breathability and a good hat, just a really

22:18good beanie hat. Yeah. I'm seeing our gear editor tonight for drinks. So I'm excited. I'm logging all

22:23of this and going to be kind of pitching him on that. Yeah. Yeah. Our, our, uh, our closet at home

22:30has just been slowly taken over by running shoes. So I'm like, I've added this all to the list.

22:35Great. Um, but switching gears a little bit, I feel like obviously training, you know, being in the

22:42right mindset, but a huge part of what you do is inspiring other people. And I'm curious where you

22:47go for inspiration. What are the places when you are trying to, you know, change up your routine or

22:54your mindset that you're kind of pivoting and saying, this is, this is where I'm going to find

22:59inspiration. I'm, I'm a big rich role, um, podcast listener and not just for his interviewing style,

23:07which is to me really, really one of the top out there. It's very personable, but his guests,

23:13the people he has on who respect him, know him, however, he sources his guests through his team

23:20are always very varied and it's not always the same elk of person. So you can go from one day having

23:27one of the best neurosurgeons on to having some dude from the UK who's just done like a crazy

23:34challenge, who's literally not known by anyone other than his family and friends, but boy, what a

23:38story. And just being able to search through his catalog, I'll often find something that will give

23:44me a really good way to re-inspire myself. And whether it's that podcast or I end up just looking

23:51at their Instagram, you know, read the transcript of the podcast if I'm short on time and then go to

23:56their Instagram or their website and I'll find their story as a way to boost me. Um, sounds cheesy,

24:02but my colleagues, I work with over 50 of the world's best instructors at Peloton and I, they're

24:10all so unique and also wonderful. Um, and I often just go to them because nobody understands our job

24:18other than them. Yeah. So when we are having those days where we feel low, where we're feeling

24:23unable to fulfill X in our role, the best person isn't my partner for that. And I wouldn't put that

24:29burden on him, even though he knows very well the job after all these years, it's my colleagues for

24:35them to truly understand, see where I'm at and offer me a resolution or a suggestion. So they really are

24:42like, people think it's, it's a joke that we're all close friends, but you know, we're not all besties.

24:47We wouldn't all live in a, in a house together, but there are certain ones who I definitely have

24:52on speed dial for days where I need, you know, boost. Yeah. Yeah. And, um, before we get to our

24:59last segment, we've talked a lot about what you need for recharging and recentering and, um, talked

25:06about you as an athlete and as a coach, I want to talk a little bit about you as a mom and kind of

25:11lessons that you've learned in this first year. You've been very open with people on Peloton about being

25:17a mom, but kind of how has being a mom changed you? Oh gosh. For the best and the worst in many

25:23ways. Um, yeah. T's three. She's a force, uh, which is probably unsurprising. I don't know why

25:29I'm constantly shocked. People are like, see yourself. Yes, of course she's a force. Um,

25:36it's patience. I don't think I was ever a patient person. I have a sister. She's my half sister. She's

25:4124 years, my senior. We never lived in the same house. So essentially I am an only child. She was

25:47there all the time, but she was in her twenties. Like she was having a great time in the nineties,

25:52eighties when I was born nineties, as I was growing up. And so I wasn't, I had that only child

25:58impatience and needy sort of level. So to have this other human in my world, who isn't my chosen

26:05partner is hard sometimes, you know, she'll go and grab my childhood bear that was passed down

26:12through the family. And it's like in tatters and she's just so violent with it. And I'm

26:17like, don't break it. And I could just see Austin looking at me like, let her be, but he's my

26:25bear. Yeah. But it's that level of love of like, what are you going to do if she does break

26:31it? He's your child. You're not going to, you might be mad for a millisecond and you know,

26:36she's going to be more upset because she's so empathetic. It would break her heart to know

26:41that she'd broken anything. Um, but it's also taught me a lot about who I am in relation to

26:49what I can do. I never thought I wanted to be a mom. So the whole fact that I became a mom,

26:55um, was a 360 in my own world. And now having Tallulah gave me the strength to do the great

27:04world race before that, I probably wouldn't have thought, Oh, I can do that. Because if

27:10you birth a child, you go through that, like, Whoa, I can do anything now. Look what I just

27:15did. I grew that. I birthed that. Seriously, I'm untouchable.

27:19Yeah. Yeah. And she's just, she's taught me what it's like to have a best friend who's

27:25there all the time. Like this teeny tiny best friend from, from the time when she was a sack

27:30of potatoes, really, you know, you know what it's like. Yeah. I was like, Oh, that's so

27:33cute. Like, you know, they do nothing. Yeah, totally. Literally do nothing. Yeah. But they

27:38keep me up all night. Don't really understand. But now she's at that sassy three year old age

27:44to where it's full conversations, it's full opinions and that you just have to learn how

27:50to explain things. And that is very difficult in the given world right now. Understand even,

27:58you know, she just went through the phase. I'm sure you, you went through of mommy, is

28:02that a boy or a girl? And being like, it doesn't matter. Yeah. It doesn't, if they want to tell

28:08you, great, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't affect who they are. Okay. And teaching them all

28:15of these things about the world is very, very humbling, very difficult, requires a ton of

28:22patience and a ton of education because I think I know a lot, but because she's my child, I want to

28:30make sure that what I'm saying is worded correctly. Yeah. It's passed on correctly. So I'm making sure

28:36I'm educating myself, keeping up to speed with, you know, legislations, what's not right, what should

28:42be fought for, et cetera, moving forward. So it's been, I'd love to just sit and educate myself about

28:48movement and sport and running. Yeah. But it's teaching me to pivot and, and be that, be that

28:55guide for her, which is something I didn't expect really. Yeah. Well, and it's, I mean, it's, there's got

29:01to be an interesting juxtaposition between you have this platform and there are all of these

29:06people that you will probably never meet who have this very strong connection to you through

29:12what you've done in your career, but you're also doing that like very deep level of coaching

29:19and protecting and supporting with this little person. Yeah. And so it's, it's interesting,

29:25like the relationship between those two. It is. And I'm, I'm a fierce mom when it comes

29:30to certain, certain things, you know, Austin's the one who, if she's had an incident at school,

29:34and he's like, you're not going to pick her up. Nope. Yep. Yep. Yep. You should. Because

29:39I'm kind of aggressive, but I'm, I'm not confrontational. I'm just honest. I hate fluff

29:46around stuff. I mean, just tell me how it is. Yeah. You know, did she bite that kid? Yes

29:50or no? Yeah. Okay. There's going to be some biting sometimes. Totally. Exactly. Like, do

29:55I need to apologize to the parent? Yes or no? And not this like his letter. It's all soft and

30:00gentle. I'm like, we say no in our house. I'm sorry. Yeah. We do. There are certain

30:05things like if she's on the top of the stairs and she's about to like jump. Yeah. It's no,

30:09it's not like, let's sit down and talk about this. It's a hard, no girl, you're not doing

30:13that. Yeah. Yeah. Any products that have been lifesavers for you as a mom? Oh my gosh.

30:19How long have you got? I'd say my Bob jogging stroller or running stroller, I should call it

30:25by its name in our house. Yeah. Yeah. We call it Bob, but it B-O-B. They're unreal. Yeah.

30:32It's just, you do. We have one at home. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So you know,

30:35they're great. The brakes are right there. The adjustable hand. Totally. So good. I would,

30:42her crib from Nestic has been her crib since she was brought home and she's, you don't judge

30:48me, but she's still in it. She's never. My son's almost four and he's, as long as he'll stay

30:54in the crib. Yeah. We're down for, he can get out of it and he treats it like a jungle

30:57gym, but. Yeah. But she doesn't get out at night. Yeah. She knows that when lights go

31:01off. Yeah. Like, I don't stand up and try and get out. Yeah. Yeah. I also told her there's

31:06alligators underneath. So whatever. You gotta do what you gotta do. Yeah. Totally. So her

31:12Nestic crib for sure was something that she really, really loves. And then I would say, and

31:18it's not available now and I don't know why, but there was this Frida baby sound machine and

31:23it was a, not the travel one. It was like a high one. Yeah. Yeah. And it's just been

31:28the best thing ever. And weirdly not to berate, I have a hatch in our room that I love and I

31:34got the kids one. Yeah. And I was like, I don't need this over complication for my daughter's

31:38one. I don't need an app. I don't need 50 extra sounds for her. We had the same thing.

31:43It's in our room. It's great. We are basically using that one. And then we have a home edX or

31:49like a very old school analog one. Yeah. Does it look like the conference thing?

31:53Yeah, exactly. It's not very aesthetically, but it does what it needs to do. And it's

31:58like, turn the knob up, turn the knob down. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. And you know, there's

32:02things that you go through with kids of all the different ages. Like she's having a

32:07relationship with Play-Doh. Yeah. And that's fantastic. Going back to things that I used to play

32:12with when I was little. Yeah. But when I, when she was really tiny on a gross level,

32:17the snot sucker. Yeah. Only parents would understand how you feel nauseous as you're

32:23about to go and like administer the snot sucker. It's extremely satisfying. So satisfying.

32:29And those poor little things, they can't regulate like that. They don't know how to clear their

32:33noses. Totally. And then they're relieved. Yeah. And like, even though you're like,

32:36you've done this just very intimate thing. Yes. Yes. So whoever invented that, great parenting.

32:43Well done. Totally.

32:47Well, on that note, on the snot sucker note, we're going to do something that we do at the

32:52end of each episode, which is a quick lightning round of this or that. So as much context as

32:59you want to add, if it's a one word answer, that's cool too. But we'll kick things off with

33:04sunrise start or sunset finish. Sunrise start. Ice bath or sauna?

33:14I'm going to go ice bath because I'm really into it right now. Really into contrast therapy. I know

33:19it's been around for so long. I've probably been doing it for a good year now. Sauna is easy.

33:24Yeah. Pleasurable. Ice bath sucks.

33:27Yeah. Yeah. There's, there's a practice to it. There is. Yeah. We've just, we went through

33:32this, um, breathing workshop with it the other day, my partner and I. And so now that feels

33:38like an added level to the journey, which I like. I'm like, okay, are we doing the breathing

33:42right? Yeah, for sure. Yeah. I feel like when I'm, when I do a sauna, I start to get bored

33:48at a certain point with the cold plunge. It's like, there's no time to get bored. You just have

33:53to think about surviving. Yeah. Um, EDM concert or night at the symphony? Night at the symphony.

33:59God. Yes, please. New York city marathon or London marathon? New York city marathon.

34:04Good answer. Um, cooking dinner or ordering takeout? Cooking dinner.

34:10Fontaneous trip or fully planned itinerary? Fontaneous trip. Nice. What's, what's the next trip you

34:16have on the radar? Um, I might be going to Vegas for the formula one. Sweet. Yes. Okay. Very

34:23cool. Um, Pilates reformer or strength circuit. Oh my gosh. Oh, that's difficult. Probably Pilates

34:34reformer, but it's gotta be a hard class. None of this easy, you know, stretching, stroking

34:40with a feather level. I want it to be like, I want to be shaking when I'm coming out of

34:44that. Yeah. Um, Sesame street or bluey? Sesame street. Never watched bluey. Yeah. No, never

34:50seen it. Okay. So, uh, foam roller or massage gun? Massage gun. Reality show binge or documentary

34:57binge? Documentary binge. Nice. And then the last one, coaching others or being coached? Coaching

35:04others. Nice. Yeah. Bex, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me.

35:10We've linked Bex's favorite gear, recovery tools, and wellness essentials in the description

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