Join us on our journey to unlocking higher levels of performance at https://join.whoop.com/HPP and get started for free 🔥 5x Paralympic Gold winner Ellie Simmonds OBE joins us this week 🙌 Ellie won her first 2 gold medals at the age of 13 🤯 In this episode Ellie discusses what it was like to deal with immense pressure at a young age, the sacrifices required and how crucial a good team is 💪 She was born with Achondroplasia (a form of Dwarfism), and discusses with Jake and Damian why it is so important to talk about disabilities in an open and upfront way 🙌 Let us know what you think of this wonderful episode 🙏 About: The High Performance Podcast offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of high-achieving, successful individuals. It doesn’t matter where our guest has excelled - in sport, music, business or entertainment – they all have first-hand experiences and lessons to share. Find out what non-negotiable behaviours they employed to get them to the top, and keep them there. Hosting every conversation is sports broadcaster Jake Humphrey and leading organisational psychologist Professor Damian Hughes. Jake is currently BT Sport’s Premier League anchor and former face of BBC’s Formula One coverage. Damian continues to work with leading sports organisations and teams to create a high performing culture. Watch full unseen interviews from the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhEga43DyktQKiqShJ75awYPgShWWAxko For more episodes of the podcast, listen here: http://www.podfollow.com/highperformance #highperformancepodcast