Aly Raisman
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644 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 26 Jun
Aly Raisman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He's like, you're way too low.
And I was 16.
And then when I was 22, about to leave for the Rio Olympics –
I remember my body fat was at five percent.
And I remember the person who works with NFL players was like I he was like, this is not OK.
Like you can get seriously hurt.
And this is this is terrible.
He's like, I've never seen.
He's like, even the guys sometimes being this low.
He's like, you're lower than me.
some of the men on the team and I remember I was like I just need you to there's nothing I can do about it because like this is what the judges and the coaches like need for me I was like I just need you to be supportive and tell me it's going to be okay he's like I can't like he's like this is so dangerous for you and I actually feel like my body has never recovered from being that
thin and like fighting against that so it's very it's very interesting because I can remember I would still eat and feel my body but at the same time there was this like trying to like I can there was so much pressure I can remember like this is so gross now I'm like I've become more of a germaphobe as I've gotten older but this is so gross but it just like desperate times call for desperate measures like I remember times like
Literally because there was so much pressure to be thin I had to be careful what I ate in front of you know people on on the staff and I remember like I would go into like the airport in the plane bathroom which is disgusting and like eat a power bar so like no one would see me where that is just like so gross to me now but when you're so hungry.
it doesn't even seem gross but it was just so I remember like I would try to eat but there was so much pressure to be thin that it just was very very hard so I was very insecure about that in high school of course because I thought oh well the guys think that I'm big too so that's why they're not interested in me no and Allie like it it's it's not gross like it's so sad like that I like my heart breaks for you that you had to go into that bathroom and to like eat
I think at that point, because the Olympics were so soon, I was just consumed with anxiety and stress all the time.
It's just so – I just constantly had butterflies in my stomach and I was so nervous that – I also think part of it in a way was probably – I don't even remember.
I think I was just – at the time, I had actually had a really –
sore Achilles and I was really stressed about that that's obviously a terrible injury and if you know something happened I would be out so I was really stressed about that and I remember every morning waking up and like it was so stiff in the morning and I'd have to like brace myself to get out of bed like there's just so many things I feel like now that I'm done I'm so much more relaxed but I remember just being so stressed hoping that my body would keep it together but I think one of my biggest concerns with competing was I hope my muscles don't cramp up I
And I feel I'm so exhausted.
So that was what's so interesting to me is that I was so good at gymnastics and successful in the sport while I had like so little energy.
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