TYE 122: A 25-time winner of “the toughest 2 minutes in sports” on visualization and athlete mindset with Amber Bowman

The YES Effect

Amber Bowman is a 25-time Champion of the Firefighter Combat Challenge and was named ·Fitness Trainer of the Year· by the Dr. Oz Show. She possesses the kind of athlete mindset and training regimen akin to sport·s biggest mainstream superstars. And it was all sparked by being told she wasn·t allowed to play alongside the boys. An elite-level hockey player growing up, she was denied the chance to play alongside boys of the same caliber. She credits that discrimination and rejection for helping fuel a commitment and work ethic that not only propelled her world championships, but to eventually teaching her male cohorts. But perhaps her most remarkable feat was returning from a catastrophic head injury to not only compete and win, but break a record once thought unbreakable by a woman. She joins The YES Effect show to discuss how hyper-focused visualization and practice led to her extraordinary success and broke barriers for other female firefighters.