Aly Raisman

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644 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jun

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Call Her Daddy · Aly Raisman: Thirty, Single & Thriving (FBF) · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

And it was hard coming back and hearing everyone talking about how fun stuff was.

And I remember being very insecure.

I just didn't think that any guy in high school thought I was cute, which makes me so sad when I look back.

And so I just remember...

Any little thing that was wrong, I just felt like everyone was looking at it or everyone was noticing it.

But in gymnastics, it's a subjective sport.

So I was taught from a young age that every little thing is picked apart.

And it's actually really hard for me in life now to realize that people aren't looking at me like that.

No one cares.

So it was very interesting.

But in the moment, I was so in the thick of...

what insecurities when you're talking about boys versus then what you're working towards on like in the gym like what were the insecurities for you personally yeah it's really interesting so I when I was younger I used to get made fun of all the time for how muscular my arms were and I remember when I was in fifth grade

The boys would make fun of me and told me I looked like I was on steroids.

And they would call me roids.

And it made me so sad.

And this has affected me so much that at 30 years old, I have just started to be able to wear sleeveless or tank dresses.

And it makes me so sad that I wasted that much time.

But it's really incredible how, I guess incredible in a bad way, how when

people make fun of you how it can really stay with you and then I remember in seventh grade so vividly I was wearing a tank top and some guy told me that I look disgusting and some of my arms were disgusting and so I literally actually this was a big moment for me at Olympic trials last week I wore a dress that totally showed my arms and I was saying to my mom I was like this is like such a big deal for me that I'm doing this because I would have been so

self-conscious and worried and now I'm just trying it feels so freeing to just try not to worry as much but it's just so I think that like as I do more therapy it's amazing how much stuff sticks with us and I think that's also why I have anxiety or social anxiety because I'm like I hope I've never said something that would ever stick with someone I would feel so bad and I know sometimes I

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