Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Talks Life After The Olympics And How The Extra Year May Affect This Years Competitors.

Dominic Dolls was my favorite gymnasts growing up up. She grew up thinking about five or six miles from me, back in PG County, and so I got into the school a long time ago by watching her because it was the only one person representing back from when I'm from. So Um, she got plenty of things going on. I actually had a tech summit that I was speaking at about four years ago, and I'll get into it. A

NASCAR does she remember? She probably does it? Um, But Gabby came and spoke right after I got on stage, and it was awesome. Just didn't know she had so many things going on on. Super intelligent and let's talk to you about a SMOOTHI king. You know, she got a huge things she's promoting with SMOOTHI king. We're gonna find out what that is. So here we go, Gabby Douglas, Gabby, Hello, Hello, what's up? What's happened? Then? You know, you know the last time I've seen you, I think was that a

tech summit some years ago. I don't know if you remember that. It was in um it was in Hollywood, Okay, So why did I get up here? And I'm like, wait, it looks familiar, like where have I Where have I seen him? I know him? We both spoke at that at that text summit. I was supposed to come up and say something to you whatever, and I don't even know if I introduced myself. But but what what you got going on? You got you got so much stuff going on? Like what's what's the main thing you have

going on? And taking up most of your time? Oh? My good as well? I have so many things taking at my time, um, which I'm super grateful for. But I would say the one thing is um me, I guess like just with brand things and just getting you know, building even my platform and just so many things, so many things. I know, So how how is it different?

Because I know like obviously you know you're still pretty active and stuff like that is an adjustment not competing because my first two years when I retired, I was like I was losing it a little bit. I was sitting back like man, I'm like, I'm it's not like you're trying to find your identity. It's just that that little thing that wake you up, like that that competition

to get you going was missing. So I got into like m m A just to kind of feel that void a little bit, like what what did you get into? The kind of like Okay, cool, I can I can compete in something a little bit to give me ed still, like where were you got going on? Well that's so interesting and so interesting to hear from. Um just give

different perspectives. But for me, I didn't have that. UM I guess uh miss if you will like on this competing when you know what I'm saying, Like after the Olympics, I got to so many things because there were so many things that I couldn't get into because I was training because I was allowed. And so now I'm like,

I'm a chef. I love skateboarding, I love to play the guitar, I love just so many things that I've gotten into, um, hiking, and just to be honest, I didn't might be into a little bit because there's so many things I couldn't do. That's one of the things I picked up over the last couple of years. It's hiking. Like I never thought I'd be doing so much outdoor shot because I wasn't like an outdoors person at all, and like I wouldn't go camping, I wouldn't do none

of that. But now I'm hiking. If it's in l A and I'm running a Griffin Griffin park, um, you know I'm in I'm in Vegas now most of the time. So there's big heights of red rock in different places wherebo I traveling out on the weekends, I'll go hike. Yeah, honestly, I love hiking. I love nature and especially being indoors

a lot. Like I would always go from the car to the hotel, the hotel, you know, to the gym, and the gym to the so I was always in a building and like now finally get to go outside and enjoy life, enjoy air and not be so confined into into hotels and cars and and gymnasiums. And so that's for me, that's when I really got connected to nature. Was, you know, being taken a break from from nastics. I'm like, wow, I was pretty you know. Okay, So let me let

me ask you this. Um you you offered like plenty of time for Dance with the Stars, right, And my my publicist when when I retired, like a couple of years after I retired, they offered me to come on Dance with the Stars, and I said, I said, no, do not even put my name in it. Don't put my name up for it. I'm way too damn big to be out there with a glitter blouse on and like you know and shimmy in my shoulders somewhere and slide across the floor. I would not do it, right,

So what was what was your thing? Like? What happened with you with that? Well? I was recently on The Mask Dancer, which I just I love that experience because I love the fact of being mysterious and never was like who is it and like throwing off different people like oh I'm a sassy girl. Oh I'm ballerina. Oh like I'm sury Candy, And so it was really fun just to embody different types of characters. While still remaining in the same character. But I've never been on this

with stars. I've been asked to do dance from the Star several times and I said, no, Um, I just I don't know something about the mass answer like I said, that drew me to It was more about a character driven. It was more about having fun than being technical. And the footwork and the fox drawn Oh you get a five.

Oh I didn't like it, you get a nine? Like this is more fan it was more fan base, and I just I'm not known for my dancing background, and so like, I look, if you can't dance, just go ahead and say you can't dance, just it's be so good. We could just keep it wanting if you can't dance, if you will. But like as far as like doing

the dancing in heels, that's another added piece. And so I'm like, and I've already you know what I'm saying, And I've seen those packages on the TV, like you're not getting it right and you're not and I'm like, yeah, I don't think that's for me. No, you would have done well, I mean you would have killed it, my my big gass. There would have been no way that I was, I would have made everybody look small and

probably you know, look look uncoordinated. It looks what is his what is his big self doing on this show? But I've seen a lot of people tall, small, whatever, and I think they look good like it. Really though, it depends on the technique because you can do something slow but it's still like smooth and it's like, oh, that still look good. So I mean, are you are let me ask you, are you happy to be out of this like this whole pandemic? Like how was the

pandemic for you? Well, honestly it was. It was very different. Um. I was traveling so much, um speaking engagements for brands, for shoots, and I was literally I was barely at home, Like I literally my home was in the air. It

was on a plane. And so one day it was like everything's canceled and like all right now everything's on zoom, everything's on video, and I'm just so many people have sent me so many things microphones and cameras, and I literally have become a little camera woman, like okay, we gotta plug in this and the the the USB in the se because I mean you know what I mean, Like people want professional outtakes and they want professional things.

So it's like I'll become a cameraman. So anytime you need get down something, just you know, call me up. I got you. I'm gonna hit you up. And I guess I got a lot of stuff coming. Um. I was just actually in Texas about three about four weeks ago. Now I spent a lot of time in fristcal Um. I got some guys in Houston I worked with and the UM. One place I'm gonna go check out as Austin. I've never been to Austin. I've heard it popping. I've never been Austin. Yeah, I heard the same thing. So

they pushed up. Then they pushed the Olympics back right a year because of the whole pandemic and everything that happened. Um, how is how does that in you opan different? Because I know in football and I said that when they come out of this pandemic, there were going to be a lot of injuries, right because there was no really

no all season, no training camps all that stuff. What what happens in you know in your sport when something gets put because you already got to wait with four years, right, so now you get it pushed back a whole fit year. What do you what do you think is gonna happen with that? Honestly, I just I mean for me, if you know what I'm saying, like putting myself in it. Um, I would just be concerned with burnout because we go so hard every single day and we don't have one

day off. Um. And so now it's it's been pushed back a year, and so you have to decide either burnout or being extremely lazy, you know, because you don't want to push yourself to the maximum because it's not time yet. And then if you kind of scale back, Oh how much do I scale back? Oh? Then you risk the chance of being lazy. Your endurance is going to be shoddy. Um. And so I don't know. I guess it just depends on the athlete, depends on the mindset. But I would say burn out or just get completely

complacent or lazy. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app search f s R to listen live. In your opinion, there's no one between right, You're going all the way in or you're just kind of gonna step back. Yeah, we're trying to go all the way in or you know what I'm saying, like to take a step back. But when we do take a step back, it's one day, it's not a long period of time

because gymnastics is all about muscle memory. Do it over and over again so you don't mess up. And so it's just do I go doing not? Is Hulympics happening? Is it not? And so it's it's really difficult, especially as an athlete because this is your whole life, right are they still asking you to be involved? Like how involved are you now? Are you just completely away from the sport? I do mentor um people who are and youngers who are trying and buying a spot too, and

Pete for the Olympics. So I do keep my feeding so um, I'm grateful that I can share my experiences and help these younger gymnasts um achieve something greater than themselves. Who do who do you? Like you got any favorites business coming up right now? Like if you look back and you say, okay, who's the who's the Gabby Douglas like of that time because you was the first ever a whole lot of stuff, and you kind of set

the tone for a lot of things. And who do you see if you look back right now, that that's the young Gabby coming up. If oh, man, see that's so hard because um, there's so because I know a few people and there's so much talent and um, so much tenacity and encourage. So I don't I don't know if I can really sing out single out anybody, because you know, as an athlete, everyone works. Not everyone shouldn't say, but you know, majority of people work so so hard to get to point A to point B, and so

I don't know. Okay, Well, look, last but not least, I gotta ask you because he's one of my favorite James. I love Smoothie King. What you got going on with with Smoothie King, Well, I'm glad you're King of Smoothieking because I've been a long time fan of Smoothie King for so long. Even after practice, I would get Smoothi King with my best friend. And I'm just really excited to team up with a brand who believes in clean

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Warrior a couple of years ago. And you know, I'm big, right naturally, I walk around about two hundred seventy pounds and my shoulder is big, so I'm looking at all the ninjas that's on the show. So for one week, I had nothing but Smoothie King. Every day I didn't I didn't eat, I didn't do anything at the grain juices, the you know, the veggie juices. For one whole week I had Smoothly King. I dropped seventeen pounds, right, and I go on this show just to find out I'm

still way too that big. So just heynds, it's a big, big shout out the Smoothly King. Well, Gabby, I appreciate you. M hopefully I run into you again. This time. When I see you, I'm gonna come up and talk to you, because I was a couple of feet away from me right after you went off the stage and we were back there, I think, chilling in the green room, and I still didn't get a chance to talk to you. But when I do, since you already offered the camera and you got the skills I need to I need.

I need your assistance, need your help. Let's go off. I'll help you with dancing as well. So I got you. Okay, listen, I'm on it. I'm on it them because you know you give me, you give me, give me the right away. I'm hitting you up. Let's go. And I remember this because I'm like, oh yeah, this HM call that's right, okay, cool, Hey, take it easy, guy. I appreciate you. Thanks for your time. Thank you so much. Have a good one. Thanks guys for listening to another lights Out podcast with me, Sean

Merimon and man, Gabby is cool, right, super super cool. Um, I'm still upset I didn't go up to talk to her and introduce myself. UM's got a ton of business things going on, and I'm definitely gonna take her up on that offer. She's a videographer and really good to camera. So I got a bunch of things coming up, a bunch of different shows, and you know, shoots and things like that, so I'm definitely hitting her up. UM, good luck with the Smoothie King partnership. We're sure nothing but

the best. And uh, thank you for guys who listening there to another Lights Out podcast me Sean Merriman. We're gonna be back next weekend. I want to give another thank you two guys. Um, seriously, we just crossed over two hundreds and thousand listens a month, and uh, it's really because of you, guys, obviously, you you like what we're doing, UM leaving those great reviews and comments. UM, I don't get a chance to respond to them all,

but I do see them. So we're gonna keep pushing and keep going this thing and keeping big because that's what we do. Thank you. M