Champion's Mojo for Masters Swimmers
The award-winning podcast for Masters swimmers, adult athletes, and fitness enthusiasts who strive for peak performance and personal excellence. Hosted by world-record-setting Masters swimmer and Health and Performance Coach Kelly Palace, each episode offers inspiring stories, expert insights, and proven strategies to help you unlock your champion mindset—in the pool and in life. With nearly 300 episodes and a track record as one of the top-ranked swimming podcasts, Champion’s Mojo is your go-to resource for motivation, success, and well-being. Ready to dive in? We’re here to champion you!
Champion's Mojo for Masters Swimmers
Sports Agent to Olympic Stars Has a Passion for Swimming: Cejih Yung, EP 269
Get ready to be inspired as we bring you an exclusive conversation with Cejih (CG) Yung, a prominent sports agent and accomplished swimmer, on a special short format edition of Champion's Mojo from the pool deck. Cejih, who represents Olympic stars like Lilly King, Katie Grimes, and many other champions, shares his unique journey of juggling a high-powered career with his passion for swimming. From his exhilarating experience at the Paris Olympics to his recent races at the Nationals, Cejih opens up about the thrill of competition, the art of balancing life as a busy professional and athlete, and the mental preparation that keeps him grounded and motivated.
Join us as Cejih shares his philosophy of enjoying the journey rather than fixating on results, and reflects on anecdotes that highlight the joy and camaraderie found in the swimming community, his insights remind us of the lifelong benefits of staying active and embracing the sport at any age. Whether you're an athlete or an enthusiast, this episode is packed with inspiration and valuable takeaways that will energize your own journey in sports and beyond.
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Welcome to the award-winning Champions Mojo hosted by two world record-holding athletes. Be inspired as you listen to conversations with champions and now your hosts, kelly Pallas and Maria Parker.
Speaker 2:Hello friends, Welcome to the Champions Mojo podcast. I am your host, Kelly Pallas, and, as usual, I am with my co-host, Maria Parker. Hey Maria, hey Kelly, it's great to be with you here today. Yes, and Maria, this is a special edition of Champions Mojo from the Pool Deck and we have a great interview for you today. It's brief, it's short, but it's powerful.
Speaker 3:Yeah, interview for you today. It's brief, it's short, but it's powerful. Yeah, I wasn't there, but I was able to listen to the interview and some great takeaways.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we hope you'll stick around and catch the takeaways. And here we go. I'm on deck at the US Masters Nationals with none other than CG Young from the CG Sports Company, and I'm going to give you a quick introduction that CG is not only a great swimmer himself, but he is a sports agent, attorney and, I would say, the agent for Olympic swimmers. You rep Lilly King and Katie Grimes and you're just the man to go to, but you are also and this is the cool part you're also a swimmer as well. So you've just swam the 50 breast. You're just the man to go to, but you are also and this is the cool part you're also a swimmer. So you've just swimmed the 50 breast. You're out of breath. How was that swim for you?
Speaker 4:The swim was pretty good. I swam the 100 yesterday. That was fun. Really hurt at the very end, but it just felt good to come out and race. So I was actually at the Paris Olympics a couple of weeks ago, so that was good. But I was out of the water for about two weeks but it was really fun just to come here and see a lot of friends get some racing in and I'm pretty happy with that. 50 breaths too, even though I'm still breathing really hard.
Speaker 2:That's what the on-deck is all about catching you. So one of the things that we love to do for Champions Mojo is master swimmers have real lives. So you're a master swimmer and you obviously are a busy sports agent just coming back from the Olympics. I also know you've got apparel at the end of the lot going. So how do you balance your training to be as fast as you are and also run such a successful business?
Speaker 4:Yeah, so right now I'm swimming about three times a week Monday, wednesday, friday mornings typically between 2,500 or 3,000 at the most. But I have a really fun group, a really great master's group, and I coach it also, but I coach from the water, so that's a lot of fun, it's really entertaining. But I like swimming with people regardless of speed or ability. It's just fun to have a group. Otherwise I'm not going to be very motivated if I do it by myself. I try to get in the weight room when I can, but mostly it's just swimming and just enjoying what I'm doing and not worrying too much about like practice times and stuff like that, although I try to, but at the end of the day you got to balance it and then when I'm not doing that, I'm just, I'm just working.
Speaker 2:I know you take mental preparation very seriously. You have a lot of people that you represent that do a lot of mental training. What about that approach for you?
Speaker 4:Yeah, I guess mentally on the outside. So I try not to take like meets and stuff like this too seriously and try to give myself a little bit of grace. I think that's important too in Masters. It's not always about being faster than last year or anything. I think the fact that you're here and doing it and healthy is the most important thing. I was pretty motivated in He-1 for the men's 50 press. I think the average age was 89 and a half years old and I think that's a great goal that I aspire to, more so than times or first place or anything like that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, has there been any swam here so far? That set itself apart for you.
Speaker 4:Don Hubbard swam the hundred breaths yesterday and he won or two at, I think, 89 or 90 years old. That really really stood out to me. That was really great. On the women's side, a friend of mine, jenna Campbell, who got back into swimming through training for triathlon, so this is just part of her training. She does running and biking, but she threw down a two double. Oh no, a 202 flat long course, 200 meter free as a master swimmer, which is incredible. And I asked her and she was just kind of like, yeah, I swimming is a in as a third of my training. It's not everything I do, but I'm much more relaxed and I'm going very close to my best time. So that was pretty motivating as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yes, I actually interviewed Jenna yesterday and right after that, very impressive, incredible.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So the last question is there anything that I haven't asked you that you might want to share with our listeners?
Speaker 4:Yeah, one of the things that I do for work is it's really important for me as an agent to really get to know my athletes, my clients, to know their backstory, know what's special about them, because a lot of that is what I'm presenting to companies on why they align really well. And a few years ago we found a secret weapon and it was if we booked our clients and our athletes on the Champions Mojo podcast. Kelly and Maria do such a good job of getting these athletes to feel comfortable. Many of them are introverted, but getting them to feel comfortable and sharing their story sharing not just what they do today but why they started getting into it, their family hobbies, all sorts of stuff and we've used that more than probably any other piece of marketing to prepare not just myself, but I have other agents at the business now and it's part of their required reading and homework if they're ever going to represent one of our athletes in the field. So it's our secret to success.
Speaker 2:I love it. You plug me, I plug you. If you know an Olympic swimmer or an Olympic athlete out there, they need to sign up and have CG Young represent them with CG Sports Company. Thanks, cg, really appreciate your time.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Thanks so much for cheering me on. It's great to see you. Stay tuned for the takeaways. Want to succeed like a champion? Five-time Olympic coach Bob Bowman, coach of Olympic legend Michael Phelps, says Kelly's book Take your Mark Lead is a powerful addition to your personal improvement library, and learners from all walks of life will gain key insights and enjoy this inspiring book. Take your Mark Lead debuted as an Amazon number one bestseller in five categories and is available online. And now the takeaways.
Speaker 2:All right, cg Young, a man that is near and dear to our hearts. And Maria, what was your?
Speaker 3:first takeaway oh, he's great, but I love that he said that he gives himself grace. He's out there competing. He doesn't have to do that, but he's out there competing and he says you know, I just come out here, I have fun, I see people and I don't always have to improve. I mean, I think if we do want to improve, there's nothing wrong with ambition to get better. But sometimes you have to give yourself grace and I love that word Like, oh, I'm just going to go out there and do the best I can and I'm not. You know, you work your butt out and you really want to see improvement. But I love that he gives himself grace.
Speaker 2:Yes, that's your word, which you have taught me and I've learned so much from you about giving myself grace. So glad to hear him reiterate that. My main takeaway is that he has so much fun by training in a group. That's why he does it. That's what it's all about. He wouldn't show up if he was doing it alone and I agree so much with that, and you know we encourage you if you're out there training alone, find a group. There's probably a group you could train with, even if it's one other person. So he is just having fun in a group and that's really what Master Swimming is about. So loved, loved that interview, love CG and so glad we finally got him on Champions.
Speaker 3:Mojo, he's great.
Speaker 2:Yeah, all right, love you Maria, love you Bye.
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