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" If you take minutes a day to take care of your mouth, the odds are you'll take the next steps needed to take care of your whole body, like exercising and eating healthy. It's a building block for other healthy habits. "

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" I've landed on my shoulders a lot of times, and separated them and stretched the capsule. I've torn my ACL in my right knee; that took me out for an entire season. "

Gretchen Bleiler

Out

Knee

" For me, vision is just about the most important thing. So goggles play a huge role in my sport. I come to the competition with a bunch of different goggles and tons of different lenses in multiple tints. The weather can always be changing, and you have to have the right thing to make sure you can see perfectly. "

Gretchen Bleiler

Weather

Competition

" I typically have breakfast, have a snack, have lunch, have a snack, and have dinner. "

" If you don't snowboard a lot, then it's a good idea to go to the gym before you get up on those mountains to make for a better experience. Lots of core exercises and squats and lunges would help work the muscles you'll be using. "

" Have a specific goal every time you hit the gym; this way, your workouts have built-in purpose. "

" You've made the time to go to the gym, so don't just go through the motions. "

Gretchen Bleiler

You

Time

" Jumping on the trampoline for even a half an hour is a really good workout. You get really tired. The next day, you're feeling it. And you really have to use your core. If you don't, your lower back hurts the next day. "

" Life is short, and if we enjoy every moment of every day, then we will be happy no matter what happens or what changes along the way. "

" The programs I do with my trainer are amazing for overall strength and have a major focus on building my core. We do a lot of unique exercises that shake up the nervous system, which builds my balance and propreception. That's really important for my sport. "

" I like eating small meals frequently throughout the day, it helps me keep up my metabolism and get more out of my training. "

Gretchen Bleiler

Day

Eating

" When you feel the burn, that's when you know you're doing an exercise correctly. If you're doing 20 crunches, and you're not struggling, make an adjustment so they're harder to do. Don't cheat yourself. If it isn't burning, you're not getting stronger. "

" It sucks. When you're a woman in sports, people want you to show some skin. "

" I care about the way I look, and I want to look my best. My regime isn't crazy. For my face, it's just sunscreen because foundations and tinted moisturizers rub against my neck warmer. But I do like eyeliner, mascara, and a little color on my lids. "

" When I first started snowboarding, nobody trained off-hill. People weren't going to the gym and getting stronger. Snowboarding was more self-expression, like skateboarding. It was just something you went and did. It wasn't something you trained for. "

" When I win, I'm happy. When I lose, I'm also happy. I'm grateful for this life I have to live. It's a great life. "

" Core training is so important. "

" Eliminate the energy vampires in your house. Connect all of your appliances to power strips and turn them off they're when not in use. "

" Meditation isn't necessarily this magical experience where we don't ever have thoughts. "

" When you find yourself hitting up against a wall over and over again, it's time to try a different route. "

" As a professional snowboarder, my livelihood obviously depends on snow. And for me, traveling around the world, chasing the snow, I see the effects of climate change first hand. You can tell the difference. "

Gretchen Bleiler

Professional

World

" I love how snowboarding is like no other sport out there - I mean, some of my best friends are my biggest competitors. And we just cheer each other on. It's a very supportive sport. "

Gretchen Bleiler

Friends

Best

" Building up expectations, creating unrealistic time frames, feeling like our end goal is the end all, be all can all lead to frustration or anxiety. We end up feeling as though we have to power through what we want rather than enjoy the process and just let the result come as it may. "

" My family moved to Aspen, Colorado, where we had 'Avalanche Danger' days that kept us from going to school, climbed 14,000-foot peaks as part of my education, and I learned to snowboard. "

Gretchen Bleiler

Colorado

Family

" I think everyone in snowboarding is close. We've become a big family. It's not a cutthroat sport. I'm competing against one of my best friends, and I think it's cool to be at the top of the half pipe, dropping in with your competitor but your best friend, too. "

" I grew up snowboarding in two of the best states for the sport: Colorado and Utah. The world-class ski mountains in these neighboring states were key factors that allowed me to represent our country in two Olympics and numerous X Games. "

" Being involved in sports, you think less about how your body looks and more how it performs. "

" Get a composter and let nature breakdown your compostable trash and use the remains as mulch for your plants. "

" When I first started snowboarding, it was something that was only really done in the winter. Mount Hood in Oregon was the magical exception. "

" There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. "

" Mission makes athlete-specific products. I always use their sunscreen - it's an anti-sting formula, which is huge for me because it doesn't burn my eyes when I'm snowboarding in warmer temperatures. "

Gretchen Bleiler

Because

Mission