Scared? Do It Anyway | Sadie Robertson Huff & Baylee Rayl Christophel

What's up everybody? Happy Wednesday. I hope you're having a great week, but per usual friends it is about to get so much better. We have such a treat today. We have someone that if you're in the fitness world you definitely know her. If you're not you're about to get to know her. She's gonna be your new favorite person. We have Bailey Ralee, Christopher right? Yeah, because she's a married woman now. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. I truly am honored to be here and just thankful for the space that we get to talk about what God's done in our life. So cool. Yeah, thanks for being here. It's funny how I kind of got to know who you are through social media. This is our first time to meet, but Christian came to mayhem and he did like a workout with all these CrossFit people and it was the funniest thing because it was Christian and his best friend and they like this was before Christian got super into working out. They were like working out every Saturday together. Christian works out every day, but like nothing crazy and him and Rich from name became friends and he invited him down. They had no idea. Yeah, I felt I felt a little bit bad because it wasn't just like a normal training day. It was in the middle of games training, which is like all day. It was nice. They didn't know what they were signing up for, but they handled it so well. They did hours a day. Did y'all work out for it? We typically work out like three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon. So they were there for both sessions. I remember his friend was like, do you have any grips? I'm like, yes, I have extra. You're going to need those. But they did so good. And y'all swim in the pond. Oh yeah. Like miles. They were strict. They didn't complain one time. They were just loving it. We were proud of them. They really did have the most fun time ever. And it was so funny because like, so, you know, y'all were posting videos or I don't know who always posting the videos. I'm like seeing all these people and to me that's such a foreign world. Like I've never seen the CrossFit games and the people. And then I saw you as like, this girl is legit. Like you're just like ripped and out there with the guys. And I said, like, followed you. And ever since I've just been like, this girl's awesome. Like you show your faith and your space. You are so dedicated. Like anyone who works out six hours a day, like mad respect for and just the fact that you've taken what God's given you and done it to the best of your ability. And so anyways, we, when we had someone new come on our team who helps on this podcast, one of her first suggestions was you. And I was like, I follow her. Like I love her. And so we're just grateful you're here. And I can't wait to get into your whole story. But before we get into everything, I got to ask you the question we asked everybody. Best piece of advice you've ever been given. Oh man, this is, there's so many pieces of advice. But I think one that has always stuck with me is if you put your peace in people, they have the power to take it away. And I started at, whoa, that's good. I don't know if anybody's ever gotten a boom that's good. But that was just really good. Well, okay, wait for it though, because it was people. And now I'm realizing that it's really anything in the world. So not only people, but if you're putting your peace and things within the world, then it has the power to take it away because we live in that broken world. So we have to find it in that rooted foundation. And so that has been huge in my life and in my journey. That is great. That is so good. I truly love that so much. It's so true. You know, whenever I wrote the book live, it was really stuck out to me because to live was like to remain or to reside and all that stuff. And I was like, you know, what is it? I feel like so many times like we're trying to like live and thrive in spaces that change so often. And that's what you're like with your peace. It's like, you gotta put it in something that can so easily be taken away. And what you realize is even the good things can be taken away. Like literally can only be in God for it to remain and for it to be stable. And I think that's why it's like peace that surpasses understanding is because all the things that would, that you would think would give you peace when they're shaken, when they're not working, it's like, oh, okay, I only have God. And that's why it like surpasses understanding because you're like, how could you have peace? But it's because you're anchored in someone who's the same yesterday, today, and forever. And so I love that. That is so good. Well, I can't wait to dive into the whole story. It was so funny. I have to say too, because our listeners will love this. You were like, so have you done your pull up or you can go pull up? I'm like, okay, no, but I'm so inspired by you because you didn't always like do this. This wasn't something that like was on your radar your whole life, but you were super into sports. So tell me a little bit about your background in sports. So growing up, I'm from Missouri. And so I've grown up with my mom, my dad, my sister, my older sister. So I have like my built in best friend wanted to do whatever she wanted to do. And my family just has a sports background. So we did gymnastics, basketball, we played college golf together. And that's like what we've known. And also just being outside and we lived on land. So we would always clear the land. And I told my sister the other day, I was like, our iPad was us jumping on the four wheeler. It's the best. She's dropping me off at the mailbox, going to school, driving by, and we just like played and we just did sports and we threw the football and we didn't have a brother. So like we were taught like other sports too. So we just always grew up doing that. And I just loved it. And I don't know if it was because that's what my family did. And so like going on the journey, it's funny how I actually chose fitness. And that's like what God's led me to do. I actually got into CrossFit and like heavy fitness through a brain injury. So when I was in high school, I was playing a basketball game and I collided heads with this girl in the game. And I didn't know, like I don't even know to this day what actually exactly happened. But doing sports is how I stayed fit. So I didn't know an actual fitness routine. And back in the day, we didn't, we couldn't subscribe to a fitness program and have somebody tell us what to do or what to eat. And so I was taken out of all sports and that's how I was fit. And you were like a gymnast. You were a gymnast. Like it was hard, like we would go to gymnastics and basketball practice and constantly on the move. And that's how I stayed fit. But then whenever I had that brain injury, this completely shook my world. And I wasn't able to work out or do any sports for over a year. That was when my sister left for college. So I just was so lost. I didn't know what to do. And finally when I got released from that injury, I was like walking down the golf course. And in that time, I could see my body changing and I couldn't do anything about it. Cause I didn't know it wasn't educated on it. And I was just like, I don't like the trajectory of my life right now. I don't love the way that I look. I don't like how my body's changing. And I feel like I can't stop it because I am not educated on it. So that became just a question. Do you, did you like golf or was that because of the brain injury? You chose golf cause it was a little bit less. Yeah. So my sister played college golf as well. And it's kind of a approach with my family was like, we'll give you the tools that you need. And it's up to you to try to find your way with that. And for me to take care of college, I wanted to earn a scholarship some way. And I couldn't play basketball. And so golf was the avenue that I wanted to take to be able to earn that scholarship and also play with my sister. So it was, it was like a love, but also not a passion. But it was something, but it taught me so much. It taught me all kinds of things of like staying disciplined and something that maybe you just don't love to do knowing that there's something good on the other side of it. And so one, so one day I was walking down the golf course and I was like, I've got to make a change and I have a perfectionist mindset. And so my fitness journey actually started with that change of I needed, I needed to make the change and I have that perfectionist mindset. And so my body became like my project, which is a very unhealthy thing to start out with. But I will say, because that's how like God met me where I was at was it was an aesthetic pursuit. I wanted to change the way that I was looking. I wanted to pursue fitness. And so I messaged some of my friends of like, do you have a spreadsheet of how I can actually figure out how to work out? And I didn't love that. I didn't love going to the gym and not having a community around me. And so we had a family friend and he kept asking me, come to the garage gym, like I'll teach you CrossFit and the typical excuse where I was like, no, I'll just be fit before I can go to your gym and you teach me. I wanted to not make, I wanted them to be silly. But finally just wore me down where I was like, okay, this isn't working. And this is the door that's open. So I'm going to go step into that and learn and put down my pride. And I'm so glad I did because it changed my life. Wow, that's incredible. That's such a crazy journey from like, you know, gymnastics and basketball, it's a brand new to golf. It's all over the different things. But it's so cool. Like one thing I want to ask you, because I love how you said, I don't even know exactly what you said, but it was so good about like not being disappointed with the like, how life didn't really pan out the way that you thought it was going to, but you still like saw the good in it. Can you just speak a little bit to that because there's probably people listening who might have had like an injury or something happened and they're not doing the thing that they thought they were going to be doing. And that can feel like a huge disappointment. But obviously like hindsight 2020, you can see that that shifted your life to be what it is now. I know you didn't know that in the moment. Like what were some of the things going through your head and how did you overcome that disappointment? Yeah, I would say that I know more of now why I was guided that direction. I was really thankful that I had my family there to be like, you have to keep going. Like this is what you committed to and we don't quit. Like the failure isn't giving up and like not trying. And so I'm thankful I had them to guide me when I didn't quite understand that maybe that is not a no, it's just a redirection because what I've learned is it's not about the outcome of what we're pursuing. It's about the journey of who we're becoming and how crisis refining us to get to that point. And because when you get to that point, it's such a fleeting thing like we were talking about if you put your peace in achieving that, you're going to get there and be like, now what? And so I really think it's about the journey of who you're becoming in the process and how like what God is teaching you because he's with you the whole time. It's so true. 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There's some hard roads. There's some times that are a little bit less exciting than the others. Sometimes you're cruising the puzzle. Oh, it's so good. And then sometimes like you have the sky and every piece is blue. And you're like, what do we do with this? Right. But then it comes together and you're like, okay, this is really beautiful. And I've experienced that just over the past gosh 10 years of life, pursuing something that was an avenue that I didn't necessarily think I was going to go down because I didn't even think women's ministry like I didn't even have a vision for that. But the things God put in me made sense. Like I you know, love speaking to people I love studying the Bible. I love doing all this stuff. I didn't know how that was going to look though. And I feel like things have changed, genes have shifted and I've become used to it. Like I feel like used to whenever things didn't go the way I thought I'd be like, God, what are you doing? And now I'm just like, God, I can't wait to see what you're doing because I know you're in it. I know it's going to make sense later, but right now it feels hard. And then when you look back, you're like, man, if that wouldn't have happened, then I wouldn't have come here and I wouldn't have met this person. And it's so cool to see how he was writing like such a better story. So interesting that you said like your body was your project and you had that perfectionism mindset. And I do think a lot of people who do struggle with body image typically have like a perfectionism mindset when it comes to it. Would you say that you were struggling with body image? And like even now, I mean, you're someone who's like so fit and stuff like, what is that journey been? Would just body image as a whole? And how has your perspective shifted from like, my body's my project to maybe what it is now? Yeah, I would say since it started as that pursuit, that's what I became obsessed with that. It's what would affect my mood. That's what would affect my fruit in my life. And you could have looked at me on the outside and been like, oh, she's healthy. So everything else in her life is healthy because the world is like, when you have this amount of body fat on you, or you look a certain way, it reminds me of the fig tree where it's like that tree looks really good, but look at the fruit well in your life, like my relationships were suffering because I wasn't eating enough. I was obsessed with the outcome. I couldn't go on family vacations without having the anxiety of like, when am I going to work out? How am I going to eat clean when other people are not going to eat clean? And it just became a trap, like a distraction for what actually mattered. And along the way is when I found Christ essentially and started my relationship with him. God's been in my life and I can look back the whole time, but my relationship actually, when I started pursuing him and what his heart looked like is what changed my life. And so I started feeling convicted about that where I'm like, now I'm kind of out of alignment here and I'm learning what my purpose is. I'm learning how God actually sees me and I'm measuring myself based off of a broken standard of the world. And so it started my heart as you get to know Christ, your heart starts to transform into what God's desires are. And so my heart started shifting. I started feeling convicted where I'm like, what am I measuring against? Who am I trying to please? Again, I'm putting my value and worth and along the way you get great validation from people who have great intentions. Like it's not their fault that they're saying, wow, I can see that you're working really hard. And I started having that kind of as my measurement of if my body looks this way, then I'm working hard and I'm disciplined and I'm maybe that's an inspiration or something. I was just finding worth in that versus other things. And something that really clicked for me was one day our pastor was talking about if you're so focused on yourself, you're going to make yourself sick. And so my eyes are pointed down here constantly. And that is just the trap of the enemy, the same thing in the world. He wants to get you so focused on something else that we can't lift our chin up and look at what actually matters and look at it from such a different perspective of like, this is what God sees. This is what he says about me. And also, you know Psalm 139, how such a great verse and talks about how he knows every single intricate detail because he's the one who formed us. But at the bottom of the verse, it also talks about pointing out in me what offends you. And if I'm God, which I'm obviously very thankful that I'm not, but if I created something that I thought was so beautiful and so amazing to the point of at the end of creation, like he saw that it was good, saw that man was not good alone and he created woman. And that was like the bow of creation. Like this is very good. And if I did that and hand it to you, I was like, Sadie, what do you think about this? Like I'm so proud of it. And you're like, could be like a little smaller, it could be this way, it could be this way. I would be offended, you know? And so it started becoming more about taking this standard and like, not offending the Lord with criticizing what he created. And so I wish I could sit across the room and be like, Sadie, this is the path to freedom. This is exactly what I've found freedom in. And I've found freedom in some of the disordered patterns that I had. But it's something I have to fight every single day, especially whenever your career is online and there's pictures within your sport. Yeah. And so it's something that I have to speak life over the lies every single day. Wow. Yeah. Long story. No, not a long story. I could hear so much more. I'm like, keep going. It's so beautiful because it's so true. And most every woman has struggled with that. And I think it's really cool for you to acknowledge that when we're thinking about ourselves like so much, we're actually missing what God is doing. And it's so interesting because I think you said it like, the more, you know, you might have looked healthy on the outside, but you didn't have fruit. Like you were probably like more irritable and all the different things and like constantly thinking anxiety and all that. And I'm guessing that because I've struggled with that. And so like, you know, when you're not eating, you're not happy. Like that's all you can think about. Like the next meal or the next thing or what everybody else is going to be eating or thinking all the different stuff. And it's like, you're so consumed with you that you can't see others. And it's so interesting because I mean, for you, this is your career. But for most people, it's like, for what? Like for somebody to say you look good. And then at the end of the day, what good is that to other people? And I think that, you know, whenever I think about even being an inspiration, because you said that I can think about things that might be inspiring like my discipline or my this or my that, but it's like, do I want people to like look at me and just be like, applauding me? Or do I want people to look at me and maybe be inspired for something they can do in their life? And one of my favorite quotes from Mr. Rogers, shout it out to Mr. Rogers, beautiful day in the neighborhood, but he says, fame is just a four letter word, like tape or zoom or face or pain. It ultimately matters what you do with it. And I love that because it's so true. Fame is only what you do with it. And I think so many people try to gain fame to just gain a following. And at the end of the day, like that doesn't, that doesn't like scratch the itch. Like that doesn't do anything because like you weren't made to receive glory. So likes aren't going to do it. Comments aren't going to do it. What ultimately does it for you in a sense is the purpose of knowing I'm doing something that's impacting people. I'm doing something hopefully that when people follow me, they're not just following me to look at me, but they're looking back at their own lives and saying like, man, how could I implement faith in my life? How could I implement like family in my life or joy or just being silly? Like they're taking something from me. Like we're growing together. Like that would be what it would be about. And so for fitness, it's like, how can I make this not about me? Because at the end of the day, like someone complimenting me doesn't really bless them back. Like how can I inspire them back? And that's what I love about you saying like, you know, because I know the end of the story and kind of where you're at now, like you're taking what you've learned and you're giving it back to people and teaching them how to do it in a healthy way, which we'll get to all that later. So the games you get into CrossFit, so intimidating because like CrossFit, again, like I see you on I'm like, who are these people? What is this world? So you guys started kind of unexpectedly a friend invited you to the gym. Like how did it go from zero to 100? Quick. But it's funny that you say that about I like, what are these people doing? And when I stepped onto that CrossFit games floor to I was thinking the same thing. I'm like, wait, here, this is what you want me to do. Like this is scary. But it's crazy how you say that because I see what you get to do in the way that you impact and inspire so many people and I'm like, that's terrifying. I would be like, that's just cool how it's different realms. Yeah, like that might be something but you didn't just step onto that stage and like be who you are right now, you know, like he pruned and I grew to find and I would love to hear your story too and that. But so back to your question. With the with the home gym. So he taught me him and his wife taught me like the fundamentals of what CrossFit movements are. It's like, you have to learn what a power clean is. You have to learn what a double under is just all these different terminologies that you don't know. And luckily with the athletic background and as a gymnast, I could kind of understand like the body awareness of what they wanted me to do. And there's moves in CrossFit that aren't normal. Because Christian, this is what's funny about Christian going there. Like here, Christian is the most fit person any of us know, you know, and he's like so disciplined. So for him to go there and be like, you know, not the least, but like just it's different. Like he didn't know so many of y'all's movements like do you all climb something? Yeah, like the ropes or muscle ups and all hands and stuff. And like there's so much to learn to your point. Yeah. So you want to start a business. You might think you need a team of people and fancy tech skills, but you don't. You just need GoDaddy Arrow. I'm Walton Goggins. And as an actor, I'm an expert in looking like I know what I'm doing. GoDaddy Arrow uses AI to create everything you need to grow a business. It'll make you a unique logo. It'll create a custom website. It'll write social posts for you and even set you up with a social media calendar. Get started at godaddy.com slash arrow. That's godaddy.com slash AIRO. Please stop clear of the gap. Another morning. 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And I was like, whoa, okay, we can do that just because we were a gymnast. Yeah, I was like, I want to see that. I've been like, nope. And this is where I'm in over my head. So luckily we had that. And I was like, okay, we can do this. And I had so much fun doing a partner workout with the community because we walk in there and it's people from all walks of life, whether they're in the legends class and like 80 years old or they're a child, like all in between and they're just there to better themselves. So there was like no judgment whenever you walked in. And I loved that. I love the community support. And while I was in that gym, I went there, did the classes, childcare, and I looked over in that gym and there was competitors. And so having the competitive nature, I'm like, hmm, I wonder where we could take this, you know, and that just, I had a burning desire in my heart. And that's how I knew like that's what something that I want to pursue is let's just see how far we can take it. And I had no like expectation. I just wanted to see because there is so many things to learn. And so I started working out with some of the competitors and they had gone to the CrossFit Games on a team a couple of years. So that was my goal. Was to go on the CrossFit Games, qualify for that team and go and that was going to be so excited about that. And then it just keeps elevating, you know, and so that's kind of how we got started with actually competing. Cool. And the first time we did teams, like, didn't you have to try out and yes, I did. I had to. It was like a weekend tryout. And at the end of the weekend, they were like, I don't know, we had a lot of girls and they didn't know who to choose. And I was so thankful that they took a chance on me. And now I know like what the purpose was. But I mean, that was out of my control and I just got the chance. And I think that's something too is it was so scary. And CrossFit Games is scary and stepping on this, the stage is scary. But if we say no, then we don't allow God's power to work through us. So true. So I'm like, okay. So true. I've been reading about that lately because so this this is going to be a size room, but hang with me because it's really cool, in my opinion. So I've been reading Acts and it's like so cool because I think it's Acts chapter four. And there's like the lame man and Peter and John what pass. And he's like asking them to give him money and they're like money we don't have. I'll give you what we do have, like in the name of Jesus stand up and walk. So bold. So bold. They just like knew that God was going to heal him. He did. So that was great. But then they continue on and like in the face of people trying to rest and they're like still preaching the gospel, they're just talking about Jesus. They like won't deny what God did. And it's so cool because you get to the part where the Pharisees and all the different people are trying to figure out what to do with them because they're disrupting everything because they just healed a man and people now they're talking about the crucifixion or talking about Jesus resurrection and they're like what do we do with them? And it's cool because they're not only amazed that the guy was healed. That was almost like not the even the thing that got them. The thing what really got them was that it says the boldness of Peter and John like the boldness of them. That's what like they couldn't get past. And they're like okay clearly like these people are bold. Like even after they healed even the face of prison like they're not backing down. And obviously like Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit to heal the person but the Holy Spirit had to do the healing and then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit to be bold enough to continue on. And I think like sometimes we think about miracles being like the healing part like the guy got healed but I think like miracles are also in just the boldness because when people see a human who they know because they can relate to because we're all human they go you got to be scared out of your mind but you did it. Like there's a miracle in that. There's like how did you do it? And then whenever you're able to say because like the Lord is with me because I trust a God with my story. You guys put myself out there. I think like that's what shocks people. It's like yes cool stories happen, miracles happen and that's amazing. But because you know like I can't perform a miracle seems undoable. But because you know I can be bold. It's scary but I can. There's something in me that goes okay I got to know how she did that. And I just think that's really cool because you stepped out there and you couldn't like like fate was in their hands. They had to choose you know obviously it's in the Lord's hands but they had to choose. But even in your boldness even in like your willingness to step out then God was able to do something with it and move and look at where it led you to. One thing that I heard you say on an interview I listened to. I thought it was really cool. Would you laugh at that? I watched the interview. It was so good. But you were talking about how you love to suffer for your team. Like suffering for other people with something really beautiful. Do talk about that. Just unpack that because I thought that was super cool. Yeah I it gives you more of a purpose behind what you're doing. And when I started on that pursuit of trying to train and be competitive you have to figure out what your why is. And whenever I found Jesus and we built that relationship and continuing to build that every single day he gives you purpose behind that pain. And it becomes something so much bigger. And whenever you can be that's why I love team. Also as an individual you have a team around you that you're working really hard for. And it's whenever you can look to the left and right and not compare but look left and right and see other people you can work so hard for them. It goes way deeper than anything that you want yourself. And like you don't want to let them down. And I just think it's so beautiful because then you also bond over that where it's like you are going through the suffering. And I think it's really cool how there's a parallel between training and also life. Where you're not only suffering with people training but you also learn how to do that in life too. And that's what brings you closer. We were built for that community. And there's just something inside of us that wants that. Yeah. And I just think it's it's amazing to be able to look left and right and be like I'm working hard not just not for me but for you and for him. It's cool. I love that. I just think there's so much parallels between training and life. And like I think it's amazing even how you said obviously like I didn't just start on the stage. Of course not like there's training involved but for you like you really get to see that training like the hard work the sweat the tears the blood everything like the pain and then but you see what it produces and like what a testament to life because that man life is hard like the day to day is hard. But the reward is so beautiful. It's like people say in parenting like the days are long but the years are short and it's like so true. Like day in day out you can get really tired but then you look at the year and you're like oh my gosh like every birthday you're like no like they're just getting old and then you're like this is the sweetest year. And so yeah you get to see what all those little moments produced and it's like such a beautiful picture. So you got married and he competes too right. So what has that been like? That has been amazing because you get to be with someone who understands what you're doing because it takes a lot of sacrifice and we were sacrificing together and we got to walk that journey together but it's also hard too because you have your pursuits and him and I were actually on the same team which is really cool. But you have to you know whenever maybe you're with Christian and you're vulnerable and maybe like snap or something we have to have that mutual respect of like we're both here we're both in a lot of pain but it's really cool because you constantly get to share the wins and the highs and lows with them and you can understand what each other is going through. That's cool how'd y'all meet? The gym. At the gym? Yeah we were at the I walked in I was doing the class workouts he was with the competitors because he's got athletic background and he just like jumped into competing and we I was getting a drink at the water fountain he told me he liked my shoes and it was and the rest is his shoes. Oh my gosh hey never underestimate a good pair of pink shoes. Never underestimate the pink shoes at the water fountain. That is awesome that's so good. So you talked about your relationship with the Lord a lot and it's really cool how your relationship with the Lord started. Take us back and specifically I want to hear about the scholarship situation. How that impacted you? Okay so I think about that as my start of my relationship with Jesus but then I have thought about this a lot. He was actually over my life the whole time and I experienced his power when I was in the sixth grade. Well I didn't know what happened until I actually looked back and was like oh so when I was in sixth grade I stopped being able to go to school. I felt so convicted as a child and whenever you're in the sixth grade some kids start to be rebellious and take on different personalities and I started I realized now that the enemy was after me in the sixth grade as a child. Well and I had that's when I experienced anxiety the most. I would go to school call my parents please come and get me I can't do it and one day my I just got so bad that I was like mom I can't do it anymore it's too loud the voices are too loud I don't know what to do and she was just like you want to ask Jesus into your heart? I was like yeah anything like please. So we knelt down by the chair she prayed the prayer of salvation and I repeated after her and it went away. Wow. But as a kid you're like yeah okay sweet I get to go back to school and thank you Jesus. I know that you're real I'm so thankful and you just kind of went about my life and like I knew of Jesus I knew I believed in him. My parents did a great job walking that out but I it was always up to me to build that relationship and actually know him not just be a fan of him but be a follower of him. One day I'm walking down the golf course and I get this phone call and they're like hey Bailey congratulations you've been accepted for this scholarship in honor of this guy and his wife who tragically died in a plane crash which I was like that's a great honor like thank you so much but you might have the wrong number because I didn't apply for that scholarship and they're like no you've been selected for that leadership on and off the golf course. I was like okay great like what do I do? So they said come down meet the guy shake his hand hear his story and I said great I would love to do that so I went down there to the office met him got to hear about the amazing story and tragic story behind the scholarship and felt that responsibility of like what an honor that they chose me and he handed me a bag with a book and a bible. It's like interesting at the scholarship meeting and you know normal took the bag home put the book by my bed and just sat there for a couple of months and to this day and anybody who is in the administration office I don't even know if the scholarship got applied to my account because I think that was God's way of just putting that book in my hands. Wow. And I'm so thankful to this day and like thank you so much like that was so cool and one day I couldn't sleep at night so I just picked up the book and like what is this you know no harm can be done if I'm seeing what this book is about that it was purpose driven life by Rick Warren. Oh my gosh. And I opened that book and it totally changed my life. Wow. It actually gave me purpose behind what I was doing like showed me how I was supposed to utilize the gifts I've been given to bring glory to God. Wow. And it just gave me purpose. That is so cool. So like obviously you there's so much purpose in what you're doing and you can see all over that you clearly like know your why and I know within that there's been like some things that you've sacrificed even to make sure that those things remain the same like working on Sundays and different things like talk to me a little bit about what implementing your faith and your daily journey as a crossfit you know. Yes. Like all that just unpack that a little bit. So I think there's there's balance to it but I think the balance is subjective because it's like defining success where everybody has a different version of it you might look at my life during that and you're like this girl's training six hours a day she's eating 4 000 calories that's not balanced but for the pursuit that we were on that's like what has to be done and so the balance to me is making sure you're not burning out on that calling in that pursuit where is if I'm training six hours a day I have to eat that amount of calories I have to have a recovery protocol I have to have rest days and be outside be around my family and friends but then there's also alignment and I think that if we're in alignment it also translate to if we're balanced or not and so for me my alignment and to ensure that what I was doing was honoring the Lord and that was his calling for me was first off being in constant communication back and forth because the pursuit started before my relationship actually started with Jesus so I'm on this pursuit and I'm like okay Lord is this what you actually want me to do I want to make sure this isn't selfish and this isn't just my own desire because if it is it's not going to end I want you to be all over it and my purpose is to glorify you and what you want me to do and doors kept opening and it just was confirmed that was what I was supposed to do and then so from there I would try to if my purpose is to honor the Lord love God love people reflect him and all that we do that's the overarching why behind everything and then how we can walk that out as different to us like you go on the stage and you do this incredible ministry and everybody is shaped with different gifts and then when we use that to serve people we're serving God and so that's the overarching why but if the pursuit becomes more of an idol in our life which starts affecting our fruits and that becomes more important than my relationship and my why then I'm out of alignment I'm out of balance so the first one is remembering that always like what you're actually doing that for second one would be to surround myself with so many people that are on that same mission that maybe if I say I can't train on a Sunday morning because I'm going to church you don't feel weird about doing that because they're at church with you and we all have the same mission and that's the overarching goal which is what I loved about mayhem like faith family fitness service that was the main priority and then you have people surrounding you because you're going to get lost in it you're going to get lost in that pursuit sometimes and you have to have people to pull you out and be like hey I think you might be focusing too much on this and like remember what your why is so surrounding yourself with people and that community that keeps your eyes on what's actually important and doesn't let you get lost and it's so true that everybody does have a different balance like even right before this I was putting my element packet in my cup you're like how many do you drink a day I'm like one how many do you drink you're like well with my fitness routine like I've drink one before and one after I was like if I drink two elements in a day I would be so loaded I was salt like my fingers would be so solid but like that speaks to everyone's balance is different even in the little things I mean me and my husband we did this life planning thing one time and we went through a series of questions trying to get to know like who we are and one of the questions he asked is he was like okay let's like pretend that you have like goldfish in a jar and he's like every goldfish you put in the jar is like a new idea or a thought and he's like how many goldfish could you have one out of ten at the same time for you to not feel overwhelmed you know like how many ideas and things can you have going on at one time and you feel like at peace with that and I had like nine in my jar and Christian had like two you know and it just but it was so good for us because that actually has helped us so much in our marriage because it helps me understand how he's thinking whenever I'm throwing out another idea when we already have like four or five things and then it helps you know him understand where I'm coming from where like it just helps you so much to understand and respect each other's balances too and I think so many times like you look to the left to the right and you go oh well they're doing that I need to do that it's like no you don't need to do that because if you did that you would be slap exhausted if I drink two elements a day I would be like you gotta be smart like you gotta do what's good for you and so that's such good advice there was a moment and it's just kind of a specific moment so I had to put you on the spot but it was like a moment during competition where you weren't getting like the lift that you thought you were gonna get which that was like a really cool story because like you even had perspective in the moment like a lot of times we have perspective hindsight to say oh it's fine I'm not defined by that but you felt it in the moment can you share that story yeah so obviously if you if I'm standing in the corral with all these other athletes I'm probably not the one that you're gonna pick out that's gonna win the max lift or something that's super heavy that's one of my weaknesses in the sport and so one of my biggest fears at the CrossFit Games or any competition is just to be standing there and not be able to like pick it up because it's too heavy I mean that thought kept me up at night so many times like that's gonna be so embarrassing like what am I gonna do if that happens and so you know the Lord puts us in uncomfortable situations and one of them one of an event like that was released it's called a clean ladder so you have to go to one bar pick it up the next weight pick it up pick it up pick it up until you go and you finish and so not only was one of them released but we had another one too so it was two events kind of rude you know like that's rude that's on them yeah and so I remember like you know what I'm gonna go out there and do the absolute best that I can and it's gonna be what it's gonna be so I think that's a huge testament to there is going to be storms in life and we have to step into them afraid knowing that again our piece is not found in that storm and so walking out on that competition floor I'm going I'm going I'm like this is going pretty good we're doing we're doing great and then I get to one bar and it just stops me in my tracks and at that moment you're facing your fear like that bar and that moment of just being around thousands of fans that are screaming and they want you to be able to pick up the bar and you want to be able to be like yes this is great but I couldn't get it and I kept trying and trying and trying and in that moment I realized that that was my Goliath and the Lord was having me face that knowing that I wasn't defined by that barbell and that was a teaching moment for me in one of the most surreal times that I've gotten to feel the Lord's presence because I felt like everything went silent he was like Bailey you are not defined by that barbell your identity is not and if you can pick that barbell up it's found right here in me and no matter what that cannot be shaken and it was like that day I defeated that Goliath with the Lord that's that little rock that is so cool and it's so true to what you said earlier like success is not always picking up the barbell it's finishing it's like continuing on and not letting that define you I can think of a story um it's so funny because for so long I had so much anxiety around the track because I like like the running track yes because I did track in field heavy on the field I really did feel it did not attract and I really had told the coach before I even went out for it I was like hey like I really don't want to run but I love the field events he's like yeah like you can just do the film great well our school is small we don't have a ton of people and we had this opportunity to go to state but first you know you have to get past your district your regionals and stuff and track like every point matters so you have to give it all to your team and he was like okay uh so the problem is like we we need extra points and I'm looking at this and we need someone to run the two mile and when he said it not one thought like not one ounce of me thought he was gonna pick me for this like I was just looking around like oh yeah who's gonna do it like one of the distance people one of the people that runs track and he's like so I've been thinking about this and he's like Sadie you're gonna do it and I start everyone's are laughing because clearly we thought that was a joke and he was like no you're gonna do it and I was like I haven't even ran the warm-up lap like I am a thrower I threw javelin had a shot put I did triple jump like I was not the two mile girl so it's like what I was terrified I can I can just remember the anxiety I had to do that and I was also just embarrassed because it was like three girls who did cross country well no that was the same as two girls who did cross country one of the girl who ran distance and then me but that's why he put me there because there was only four girls running it so no matter what if I finished we would get the point for our team so he's like all you have to do is finish which was a struggle because it was very hard so you know I'm running around the track and everything's going relatively fine and then the worst thing in my mind happens I get overlapped by everybody which is like the worst thing ever but the really the thing that sunk in in that moment when I got overlapped was I am going to have to run the last lap by myself and everybody at this regionals will be seeing me not to mention Doug Dynasty was already out there so people like knew who I was yeah I was like this is just great yeah and I was so embarrassed but I remember it's actually one of my favorite stories of my life because when I went to run that third I mean that last lap I was so embarrassed and my brother John Luke like comes running from the stands and he ran it with me in the middle because he couldn't get on the track he was in the grass and he played it's the heart of a champion and we all need a John Luke in our life it's like the greatest story ever and then like he made it just fun so by the time I was on my last 100 I started telling all the crowd to stand up on their feet everyone's clapping like it was hilarious actually made for the best memory and that I think about that all the time because again like what is success like it was not I never thought I was going to win that race it wasn't winning it was finishing it really was finishing and you do have to define what success is going to look like to you because again some people would say success would be this many followers but then you get that and what is that or success would be my body looking like this and then you get that and what is that like it has to be bigger you have to have a wide behind it and that was such a good reminder that it wasn't just like the task at hand it was like the journey it was that last lap and like the joy that I found in that and the overcoming and my brother being there and the crowd being as funny as they were and finishing and it's funny because I've had people say to me since like hey like I was there actually this is really funny my nurse in the hospital having Haven was one of the girls that overlapped me yeah and I was like you know what that is just hilarious like some some of those things those moments that you're like so embarrassed about they're they just stick with you in life and you got to find a way to overcome them I think it's so cool that even in that moment you had the perspective to say this is not my identity the Lord was speaking to you could move on and it didn't like shake you the way that it would have shaken other people there was a moment and your story that I think is really cool and you said it was like one of the first moments you saw the power of the Lord moving your life is when you went from like eighth to first oh yeah what was that how how did that even happen and tell me that story the Lord yeah yeah um but I also wanted to go back into what you were saying you probably didn't know that was going to happen like you didn't envision like if you were just to finish that lap and you would have been great like this is really cool but how many people were so inspired by your simple act of obedience and then you had an experience like the crowds coming up and you just don't know what God has in store for you you just got to keep walking even if you think oh it's so true you don't know you have to like see it through because if I would have like gotten embarrassed and walked off like then that would have been the worst story ever I would have probably never talked about it the girl would have never told me at the hospital that she was there like what do I mean just awkward yeah it's the finishing and like again that when people see another human being human and seeing them overcome something it's inspiring yeah I remember my coach told me you know years later he's like you know why I chose you for that I was like no I really I really it's beyond me why he chose me for that he said because I knew you would finish he was like I knew you'd finish he's like I had seen your character all year and I wasn't worried about that and it was just funny because I'm like I didn't even know I could finish you know and it's cool when someone else sees something in you that you don't see in yourself and man I could talk about that forever because whenever I was speaking for 10 minutes at winter jam while they were moving the stage behind me it's when Louis Giglio saw me for the first time and was like hey god's gonna use your voice to speak to this generation and I'm like I don't know about that and he's like oh for real and he's like come speak at passion not conference the church and I was like I've never spoken at a church before I've never prepared a sermon I've never done anything like that I don't know passions the place to start and but they believed in me and it wasn't even they believed in me they believed in god like god in me they believed in the faith that I had and I believed that I would do it and that god would move through me and he did and I feel like your story is so similar people saw something in you like the team chose you you know you kept getting opportunities to go out there and god did something in you that was bigger than yourself yeah that I totally I relate to that so much because that was what kept me going too I'm like am I are we sure about this you know they're like yeah we believe that we believe in you and so I relate to that so much and same thing going back to you the question of from eighth place to first place I wasn't even supposed to be there it was during the qualification process I took a bad placement in a front squat it's like a max lift again we're going back to max lifts keeps putting these in my path I'm like come on so I take a bad placement I'm out of qualification for a semi-final semi-final you compete there and that's who makes it to the CrossFit Games it's my first year like okay you know this this is this hurts you know I didn't make the semi-final I thought I had trained enough to where I could and it was just kind of one random score that put me back but I also look at the journey too of if our overarching purpose is to glorify god we can do that whether you're on the stage or whether you're in the valley and so I want I was praising like I know you have a plan with this I don't know what it is but this is you have a plan and I didn't get put in that semi-final and we were just going to keep working and I got an email a couple of weeks later and it said you received a backfill invitation meaning that someone declined their spot maybe they went team or they weren't ready for it and the the invitation went to me because it goes back so I'm like okay well I'm on it I'll take it I'm definitely not equipped but we will go and we'll do our best and it ended up being at the same semi-final they seeded us in different ones but the same one that Tyler was going to and it was online because of COVID and so he was going to mayhem with another guy they both got put in that and so I was like I'll just go I'll do it it's gonna be set up but I'll do it and stay out of the way just so I can get the scores in and get some experience so that's what we did and by the end of the weekend two two scores are released at a time and so we were waiting for five and six for the leaderboard to be refreshed and I'm telling my parents I'm like expecting Tyler to make it and us be happy and I'm just telling my family probably eighth is great like I'm really happy with that so the leaderboard comes out and we're refreshing it and my dad's like hey Bailey I think that might be like a glitch or something but it says you're in first place I was like no way and I went to the bathroom just to be by myself for a second and be like whoa like how did you take I was not supposed to even be here and we just took first place in the semi-final whoa that was God like that was not me I just put I just kept walking kept trying my best and I was like this is the first time I'm like look what you can do that's so beyond me that is so cool yeah it's so cool because like you know people whenever people say like oh like people are commenting you and you're like no it's God it's God yeah okay but for real no but then there's sometimes like no I feel like for real yeah it was the Lord for real this is the Lord I cannot do that I can't do that am I human strength like that is the coolest thing ever I love that story so now you know we've talked about how you have a lot of purpose and your why behind it you've started something called to be tell me a little bit about that and how the girls listening can get involved yeah so with the competition that's what set my heart on fire was competing and I've got to see God work in that not even just that year but years after that just impossible stories where you're just like that is all God and I came to the past year and something else was setting my heart on fire and that was using the experiences and what God's taught me along the way to be able to give back to other people and create a community around that that can equip others to step into their calling and feel confident knowing like maybe we didn't believe in ourselves but there's somebody else out there that does so we went out and we visited different gyms and I just wanted to hear people's stories and be able to share mine if they ask and in that my heart was on fire to create I look at it as like three different pillars so we have our purpose in our calling we have the cup that we can pour from and then we have the well and I look at called to be as like a well if you need fitness and movement in your life so you can take that put that into your cup and then go and step into your calling that's what I want you to utilize called to be for so we've got fitness programs we've got help with you need to help knowing how to fuel your body properly with nutrition recipes wellness challenges I love merchandise and having that expression you never know things but you never know even on your well that's good merch too you know you don't know what that can do for someone it's not just a reminder for you but if you walk into a coffee shop and you have the good news on your shirt so cool I love that so it's like come and take what you need so you can fill your cup and you can go and step into your calling and serve others the best of your ability with the gifts that you've been given so true so good seriously I mean pink shoes are what led you and your husband I'm saying you never know never underestimate what people can notice right clothing that you're wearing yeah that is so cool or like even tattoos like Christian has a foray on the back of his arm yeah people always like what's for me in the airport everywhere we go yeah he's like oh it's from a verse for smithy foray and he's always able to say like bodily trainings of some value but godliness is a value in every single way right and you know for someone to look like Christian you tell he's physically fit but for him to be able to like declare that it's actually like uh spiritual training that's the most important thing to him it's so cool it's your testimony all the time yeah I have a simple question right because of a I love that arm yeah it's so cool it's the same with shirts and I love the shirts that you gave me too I can't wait to rep them and after I have this baby when I get cleared to work out I need you to train me yes I'm gonna be getting that pulled to be at my number two yes we will do the pull-up with Sadie progression anybody who wants to pull up do Sadie's program honestly a lot of people might join that so girls if you're interested that's what I need actually I need accountability that's what like anytime I've worked out with a trainer I'm like all in but if I'm by myself I struggle so girls do this with me we're gonna do a pull-up together and Bailey is gonna help us do it I got you I've got you I will also note that this podcast will be releasing in the midst of my postpartum so it won't be today but when I overcome this scenario we're doing it yeah we're doing it together that's what I love about it you don't have to be alone you know awesome you can pursue those goals and step into your calling together that's awesome we're gonna get your pull-up and I believe in it I believe I believe we can do this we can do it and we're going to do it together anybody who wants to join us I did I need to pull up