{"id":87007,"date":"2016-08-23T02:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=87007"},"modified":"2016-08-22T14:45:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T21:45:01","slug":"alex-morgan-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/alex-morgan-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"What Team USA’s Alex Morgan Is Up To After the Rio Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rio Olympics came to an end on Sunday night, but one\u00a0Olympian is far from finished with her golden goals.<\/p>\n

Striker Alex Morgan and the US women’s soccer\u00a0team, who\u00a0were 2012 Olympic gold medalists, unexpectedly lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals. Nevertheless, Morgan is\u00a0staying positive and not letting the loss bring her down.<\/p>\n

I think it’s important to keep things positive,” she told\u00a0PEOPLE<\/a>. “Sometimes you don’t win, and that sucks, and you work on improving.”<\/p>\n

As Morgan continues\u00a0to to train, she’s also determined to be an inspirational role model to\u00a0young women everywhere with Always<\/a>‘\u00a0#LikeAGirl campaign. We briefly chatted\u00a0with Morgan about\u00a0what’s next and how she’ll continue to keep playing regardless of\u00a0wins or losses.<\/p>\n

How do you keep things in perspective and stay positive despite disappointments in the season?<\/strong><\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/em>We have so many fans behind us, so we want to do well and stay positive for them!<\/p>\n

Why did you partner with Always and the #LikeAGirl campaign?<\/strong><\/em>
\nIt encourages girls to keep playing, even in the face of obstacles or losses like I experienced here in Rio. I was shocked to learn that half of girls will quit sports by age 17 and I hope that girls see my journey and know that they can do amazing things and feel empowered to continue playing #LikeAGirl.<\/p>\n

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As a role model to young girls everywhere, how do you send the message to #KeepPlaying?<\/strong><\/em>
\nBy leading by example. It doesn\u2019t feel good to lose and it\u2019s not always easy to keep going, but you eventually need to face whatever hurdle you meet head-on and just #KeepPlaying.<\/p>\n

How will you \u201ckeep playing\u201d even after the Olympics?<\/strong><\/em>
\nBy defending our World Cup title — our next major competition — and proving that we are the best in the world!<\/p>\n

Was there a time when people doubted your ability because you were a woman?<\/strong><\/em>
\nWhen I was 13-years-old, I started playing club soccer and my coach didn\u2019t believe in me. It was really difficult for me to hit that barrier while going through puberty and everything else, but I was able to overcome that with the help of my family and team by realizing that my confidence couldn\u2019t be wavered just because of one person.<\/p>\n

Can you share some of your best workout tips?<\/strong><\/em>
\nAs much as I hate running, there\u2019s no better workout. I also love to do is circuit training: I like to run on the treadmill, then do burpees and jump squats, and then get back on the treadmill. I like that you\u2019re always surprising your body with that.<\/p>\n

How do you like to relax and unwind after a game?<\/strong><\/em>
\nI\u00a0love to see my family and go out to dinner with them. When it\u2019s a late game it\u2019s sometimes hard to turn your brain off, so I\u2019ll also just binge watch shows. Right now I\u2019m watching Stranger Things<\/em> on Netflix and The Night Of<\/em> on HBO.<\/p>\n

xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"The Rio Olympics came to an end on Sunday night, but one\u00a0Olympian is far from ...","author":422344,"featured_media":87013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,271],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/22142112\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-22-at-2.06.49-PM.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/22142112\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-22-at-2.06.49-PM.jpg","formated_date":"August 23, 2016","category_name":"Fitness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"Monica Chang","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#c0c2f7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/422344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}