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John spoke to us at an event for gymnastics club leaders in February 2020.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1763</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25d17c32ad94d4d9d8286917fb81a105.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mental Fitness - Euan Burton</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mental-fitness-euan-burton--22727743</link><description><![CDATA[Euan Burton is one of Scottish Judo's most successful athletes.  World and European medalist, Commonwealth champion, Scotland's flag bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and proud MBE recipient.  Euan has had his share of competition success before shifting his focus to coaching in his role as High Performance Coach with Scottish Judo.  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World and European medalist, Commonwealth champion, Scotland's flag bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and proud MBE recipient.  Euan has had his share of competition success before shifting his focus to coaching in his role as High Performance Coach with Scottish Judo.  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European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic medalist, poster girl for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and Team Scotland's first ever female flag-bearer - Eilidh has seen her share of sporting success but now we speak with the woman behind all the medals to explore how she's overcome life's hurdles and what she does to keep her own mental fitness on track!]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/20045220</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:00:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/20045220/scottish_gymnastics_podcast_eilidh_doyle.mp3" length="99317449" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Scottish Gymnastics</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we are joined in the studio by one of Scotland's most decorated athletes, hurdler Eilidh Doyle.  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European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic medalist, poster girl for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and Team Scotland's first ever female flag-bearer - Eilidh has seen her share of sporting success but now we speak with the woman behind all the medals to explore how she's overcome life's hurdles and what she does to keep her own mental fitness on track!]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3104</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>400m,athlete,body,commonwealth,doyle,eilidh,fitness,games,gymnastics,health,hurdles,medalist,mental,mind,olympics,performance,scotland,scottish,sport</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/25d17c32ad94d4d9d8286917fb81a105.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mental Fitness - Breathing Tools for Athletes</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mental-fitness-breathing-tools-for-athletes--19553538</link><description><![CDATA[Breathing is a vital part of keeping ourselves alive.  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But did you know that the way in which we breath can affect both our physical and emotional health.  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