#84: Gabrielle Reece

Published: Sept. 8, 2015, 9:17 p.m.

Today\u2019s episode featuresWomen\u2019s Beach Volleyball League legend, fitness icon, actress, author, and social advocate,\xa0Gabrielle\xa0Reece. Named one of the\xa020 Most Influential Women in Sports\xa0by\xa0Women\u2019s Sports & Fitness,Gabby first came into the spotlight for her prolific volleyball career. In 1997, competing with the best global beach volleyball players ever assembled, Gabby\u2019s 4-person team took first place at the first-ever Beach Volleyball World Championships. She continued playing across the next decade until she was five months pregnant in the summer of 2007. Besides her time as a player, Gabby has been featured in feature films, top-rated television shows, and magazines.

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As a role model, Gabby has taken the opportunity to advocate healthier eating for future generations. She has an ongoing relationship with the American Heart Association Teaching Gardens, an initiative benefiting needy schools through the planting of organic gardens, by which she speaks to children about the importance of eating healthy and regular exercise (www.takepart/teachinggarden).

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During today\u2019s show, host Elle Russ talks to Gabby about a range of issues, spanning diet, pesticide use in Hawaii, raising children (with her husband, and previous guest on the podcast, Laird Hamilton), and ballistic training. This episode is an enthralling inside look at one of the most influential athletes of the last 20 years. So you won\u2019t want to miss it!