Iindlela zokuziKhathalela uGabby Douglas unqwenela ukuba aqale kwiminyaka edlulileyo

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Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe we-gymnastics yeminyaka eli-14, eyona nto wayegxile kuyo uGabby Douglas yayikukugcina impilo yakhe yomzimba ikwimo ephezulu. Kodwa phakathi kwerejimeni yakhe engqongqo yoqeqesho kunye neshedyuli yokhuphiswano, i-Olimpiki iyavuma ukuba impilo yakhe yengqondo isenokuba iwele ecaleni kwendlela; uthi akazange abeke ixesha lokuziqhelanisa nokuzinyamekela okanye ukujolisa iimvakalelo zakhe emva kosuku olunzima kakhulu, kwaye ngenxa yoko, akazange aqonde ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukukhulula lonke ixhala lakhe kunye noxinzelelo.

"Kwakukho uxinzelelo noxinzelelo oluvela kwiindlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo - ezivela kum, kubaqeqeshi, kwihlabathi langaphandle, kubaququzeleli abaziintloko," uxelela Ubume. "Kwaye ke ukuba bendithathe ixesha kwaye ndikhuphe nje yonke into, ndicinga ukuba ngengqondo ngendikwimeko engcono kakhulu yokuphatha izinto ezithile, ngakumbi kwilizwe langaphandle nakwimidiya yoluntu."

Kodwa ngexesha lobhubhani odinwa engqondweni nasemzimbeni, uDouglas uzimisele ukunika ingqondo nomzimba wakhe i-TLC abayifunayo- kwaye yenze umahluko omkhulu kwimpilo yakhe yengqondo, utshilo. Ukuthomalalisa ingqondo yakhe, uDouglas uthi ujika kwi-oyile yokusasaza ioyile, iijenali, kwaye acamngce, egxile ekubeni ufuna ukuba ngumntu onjani, ufuna ukuba ubomi bakhe bube njani, kunye nokuba angabuphila njani ngokupheleleyo. "Yonke imihla, ndifana, 'Kwakutheni ukuze ndingayenzanga le nto xa ndandiziqeqeshela nzima?'" uyaqhula.

Umqolo wendlela yakhe yokuzinyamekela, nangona kunjalo, uyolula. Ntsasa nganye nasebusuku, uDouglas uthi ubeka umculo othile kwaye wolule amalungu kunye nezihlunu, ayeke ukuhamba koxinzelelo ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwasemzimbeni ngaphambi kokuba aqale imini yakhe okanye abethe ifula. Kwaye endaweni yokulandela inkqubo ebekwe ematyeni, uDouglas uhamba nayo nantoni na efunwa ngumzimba wakhe okwangoku. Ukuba uziva enamandla ngakumbi, unokwenza izinto ezintsokothileyo ezinzima, ezinje ngokwahluka kokulima. Kwaye ukuba uziva ngathi uyayithatha ngokulula, uya kukhetha iijikelezo ezimbalwa zepiki, ukwahlukana, kunye nokuphefumla okunzulu, uyachaza. "Ngokwenene konke malunga nokumamela umzimba wakho kunye nokulandela isikhokelo sakho sangaphakathi," wongeza uDouglas. (Eyeleleneyo: UBrie Larson Wabelane ngeNdlela yakhe yokuTlula intsasa yonke imihla)

Le ndlela yokunyusa ubhetyebhetye ayivumeli nje kuphela uDouglas ukuba anelise umnqweno wakhe wokuhambisa umzimba wakhe "kwiindawo ezingaqhelekanga, ezijijekileyo," kodwa ikwanika ithuba lokuphonononga iingcinga zakhe, iingxaki kunye nokuzazisa, utshilo. Kungenxa yoko le nto iOlimpiki ikhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba enze ixesha lomsebenzi. "Ingaphezulu kokuzolula-kukuya ngaphandle ngokwakho kwaye ungene nje ukuba ungubani njengomntu," uyacacisa. "Ndineentsuku ezininzi ngaphambili apho bendihlala nje ndiphambene, kwaye ngoku ndinje," Kulungile, masolule, sikhulule uxinzelelo, kwaye masibe banye nomhlaba. ' Ngokunyanisekileyo, kuyamangalisa. "

Nokuba ungaphumelela njani na ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ sihambe ngokwendlela yakhe yokwolula engqondweni, nangona kunjalo, uDouglas akanako ukushukumisa loo midlalo ngengqondo. Nangexesha lobhubhani, ubetha kwindawo yokuzivocavoca okanye atyhale kwindawo yokuzivocavoca eyahlukileyo yeYouTube - nokuba yiHIIT, iiklasi zokudanisa, iiseshini zetrampoline, iividiyo zebhokisi zikaBilly Blanks, okanye iitoni zikaPamela Reif kunye neMadFit kunye nokuzilolonga - kakhulu yonke imihla.

Kwaye njenge "nut yezempilo" ezichazayo, iOlympian ixhomekeke ekutyeni- kunye nejam yakhe egcwele iziqholo, iipowder, ioyile, kunye neti - ukunceda umzimba wakhe uphile emva kokuzilolonga ngamandla kunye neeseshini zokolula. Ukutya kwakhe kufuneka kube nokutya okusebenzayo: I-Tart cherry powder, ayithatha ekuseni nasebusuku ukukhuthaza ukubuyiswa kwemisipha kunye nokunciphisa ukukhathazeka emva kokusebenza, utshilo uDouglas, osandula ukusebenzisana noSmoothie King ukumilisela umgca omtsha wohlobo lwe-collagen Yolula kunye neFlex Smoothies, enye yazo ineziqhamo.

"Ndifuna nje ukwandisa ukusebenza kwam [ekusebenzeni] kunye nobomi bam bemihla ngemihla kuba andifuni ukuvuka kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ukusukela ngoku kwaye ndibuhlungu kwaye ndixineke, utshilo. "Ndisafuna ukuba ngumthi, ke ndenza yonke into endinokuyenza kwindalo yendalo ukugcina amalungu esempilweni, ulusu, iinwele, kunye nokusebenza kwengqondo ... Akusoloko kufuneka ufumane le gadget yeedola ezingama-500, le $ 30 irola ukubuyisa kwakhona xa unokufumana ngokoqobo kukutya kwakho. "

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