Soccer Star Abby Dahlkemper In Adidas Tracksuit Is On “Daily Coffee Run”

Soccer star Abby Dahlkemper is a proud partner with Adidas—so of course she had to show off some of her favorite workout outfits from the brand. The San Diego Wave FC defender, 30, shared pictures of herself dressed head to toe in a black and white Adidas tracksuit, her blonde hair pulled back into a low bun. “Daily coffee run,” she captioned the post. “Sue Sylvester vibes 🔥,” a fan commented, referring to Jane Lynch’s character on Glee. Here’s what makes Dahlkemper feel happy and on top of her game.

1. Fresh Air Workouts

Dahlkemper loves working out outdoors. “I like being out in nature, hiking and walking around outside,” she told Manchester City FC. “I think it’s therapeutic for me. It’s very calming and something I really enjoy. It helps me mentally to take a pause from the stresses of life, being a footballer with its ups and downs. I relish my time outside, experiencing different things. I’ve been lucky enough to travel as well, which is something I really enjoy.”

2. Volunteering For Rescue Dogs

Dahlkemper is passionate about animal rights and volunteers with San Diego dog rescue The Animal Pad. “I love volunteering with The Animal Pad and helping them anyway I can. As one of the 2023 @nationwide Community Impact Award Ambassadors, this season I had the opportunity to raise even more awareness for this amazing organization. So glad to have been part of this platform and hope to keep spreading the word for these loving dogs,” she captioned an Instagram post.

3. Enjoy the Process

Dahlkemper has a sensible philosophy when it comes to her game. “Things off the field affect stuff on the field,” she told The Equalizer. “Being happy and comfortable off the field, at home directly correlates to your happiness, your confidence, your joy on the field. All of those things affect performance. At the end of the day, performance is key at this level. It’s professional sports. It’s tough, it’s hard. I think finding joy in hard things is important as well, and I think maybe in the past I didn’t really realize that. Enjoy the process, enjoy the difficult times as well as the good times.”

4. Inspired By Her Mom

Dahlkemper is inspired by her mother, who played basketball in high school. “It’s really cool and inspiring. I love hearing my mom talk about that,” she told US Soccer. “You can still hear the passion and love for the game of basketball. She ended up quitting before college level and said - with a tear in her eye - that it’s her one biggest regret: that when she was faced with adversity, she gave into it. She didn’t have the equal opportunity as I have today with women’s sport. She is proud that I faced adversity but kept marching on and pursuing my dreams. I see myself in my mother and I’m so thankful and proud to have these values instilled in me: being mentally tough, independent and kind.”

5. Adidas Partner

Dahlkemper is thrilled to partner with Adidas. “I was obviously looking for new representation and wanted to find a brand that aligns with my core values,” she told Uproxx Sports. “I value relationships a lot and I want to feel — I mean, who doesn’t want to feel wanted — but I really wanted to feel wanted and cherished and I felt like adidas was the perfect fit. Right from the bat we got along great and they made me feel so welcome and I’m just so honored and humbled to represent such an amazing, globally-recognized brand.”

Long-distance runner Molly Seidel runs hundreds of miles a week, sometimes doing two long runs in one day—and she’s making jokes about her own expertise. Seidel, 29, shared a video of herself wearing black shorts and a matching shirt, running out on a dirt path. “The most effective way to avoid career burnout: When you’re at work get up to stretch your legs. Walk to your car. Start running. Just keep running. Never return to work,” reads the text over her video. “Hard pivot to being an inspirational runfluencer ✨,” she captioned the post. Here’s what Seidel’s training, diet, and wellness routine looks like.

1. Running Twice a Day

Seidel runs every day, usually twice a day. “I'll usually do my longer run in the morning,” she told GQ. “Most easy runs are around 90 minutes. So that's anywhere from 11 to 13 miles. And then I'll generally do four to six in the afternoon. And then as we get further into the build, the workouts get a lot longer, into the 15 to 18 mile range. I'm averaging about 125 miles a week. That comes out to generally 16 or 17 miles a day. Then a long run on the weekends of anywhere from 20 to 24 miles.”

2. Coffee and Eggs

Seidel starts her day with coffee and collagen peptides. “For breakfast, I’ll fry two eggs in butter and have them with toasted Ezekiel Bread,” she told Runner’s World. “I used to eat peanut butter on toast before morning runs, but I’ve found that eggs fill me up better, so I’ve started eating them before workouts and races. On an easy run day, I might skip the eggs and just have coffee with an RX Bar.”

3. Mindful Meditation

Seidel meditates to get through the discomfort of long runs. “Trying to take some time each day to shut down one,” she told GQ. “To try and practice getting into that focused awareness—or focused disassociation almost. I guess people would refer to it as a flow state, just being in the moment. I find if I try to practice that outside of running, it does help. My best races are races where I feel like I'm able to get into that state of letting your body do what it knows how to do. You're not overthinking it or going, oh God, I still have so many miles to run.

4. Beer and Dinner

Seidel loves to finish off her runs with an ice cold IPA. “After having a beer, my sister and I will start cooking dinner, which is always some combination of carbs, protein, vegetables, and fat,” she told Runner’s World. “We make a lot of potatoes and chicken with a salad. I also love to make shakshuka, which is a dish made with eggs—yes, I love eggs—served in tomato sauce simmered with other veggies.”

5. Living With OCD

Seidel has OCD, and finds running to be beneficial for dealing with the symptoms. “A lot of times, my brain feels like it's going a million miles an hour,” she told GQ. “I deal with OCD. You feel there's a TV at level 10 volume in the back of your head at all times. When I'm running, it's the only time that I feel like my brain and my body sync up. That's why I love it. It is that flow state, and feeling like your brain fits inside of the vessel of your body finally.”

English professional soccer player Rachel Daly doesn’t take a break from her training, even over holidays and vacations. Daly, 32, shared a picture of herself wearing a black workout pants, shorts, and shirt, lifting heavy weights over her head at the gym. “You’re so tough,” a fan commented. Daly works incredibly hard to be a part of the UK national team as well as the Aston Villa team—here’s how the Lioness stays fit and at the top of her game.

1. Running and Strength Workouts

Daly incorporates different types of workouts into her exercise and training regimen. “If you play sport like football, you should use different fitness strategies to support and improve your performance,” she told Women’s Health. “I do several types. Running and strength are the biggest components of football, so we spend a lot of time in the gym doing weightlifting and strength training, and different kinds of cardio, too. Yoga is also a great tool we use for recovery and staying flexible.”

2. Athlete’s Diet

Daly and her teammates are on the same page when it comes to nutrition and optimum performance. “We often have nutrition meetings to learn about performance and recovery through food, and what I eat changes according to whether or not I’m training on that day,” she told Women’s Health. “A standard day might look like this: Breakfast: poached eggs and avocado on sourdough toast. Lunch: poke bowl. Dinner: this changes almost every day, depending on what I feel like and what day it is! I always make sure I get at least five varieties of fruit and vegetables a day to cover all the vitamins and minerals needed to stay fit and strong.”

3. Girls In Sports

Daly wants there to be more encouragement for young women to play sports both for fun and on a professional level. "There needs to be more access routes for girls,” she told Marie Claire. “Whether it's grassroots clubs, professional teams, or academies, it's about highlighting that it's fun to play football and fun to be a sports person."

4. Rest and Recovery

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Daly drinks a glass of milk and some cherry juice after every match to encourage recovery. “I use lots of different rest and recovery strategies and, admittedly, these include things like ice baths, massages, hot and cold water therapy and leg compression boots,” she told Women’s Health. “But I also find that simply going for a walk with my dog is a great way for my body and mind to relax.”

5. Follow your Dreams

Daly has advice for anyone who wants to pursue a career in soccer. "Follow your dream," she told Marie Claire. "If you've got a dream and you work at it every single day, good things will happen. It's a tough place to be, and there are going to be ups and downs - in any career, you're going to face challenges and setbacks. But having that passion to want to achieve something and be a part of something big is important. Just go do everything you can to make it happen."

Australian soccer star Ellie Carpenter is down, but never out. Carpenter, 24, shared a picture of herself wearing her kit on the pitch after the Matildas lost to the U.S. Women’s National Team. “I gave it my all but it wasn’t enough. Still on a roller coaster with all the emotions I’ve been feeling and trying to process. So grateful for all the support we’ve received, thank you 🙏🏼 All the best for the remaining teams and let’s go for all my fellow Aussies in these Olympics 💛💚 Proud to be an Aussie,” she captioned the post. Here’s how the athlete stays fit and healthy.

1. Sydney Breakfasts

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Carpenter always visits The Boathouse Balmoral when she’s home in Sydney. “Whenever I get back to Sydney I’m always jet-lagged, so I’m awake and about at five or six in the morning, and I love that coffee shops are open,” she told The Australian. “In France they don’t open until about 11… Whenever I come home from overseas which is about twice a year I go there. Their avocado toast and poached eggs are my go-to for breakfast; it’s so big but so good, and for lunch I always get the classic fish and chips.”

2. She’s a Runner

Carpenter loves to run. “I couldn’t even imagine my life without doing some sort of running,” she told whimn.com.au. “If I’m in a bad mood, I just go for a run and feel instantly better. Running speed and endurance is such a huge part of my game. Football is explosive – we cover a lot of distance, then we sprint to get to the ball first. We run a lot in pre-season, which can be super tough, and in-season we are running more than 12 km per game.”

3. Family Support

Carpenter says her parents have always supported her soccer dreams unconditionally. “No reservations at all,” she told Women’s Health Australia. “We have always been a ‘Give it 100 per cent or not at all’ family. It is just the way we do things and it’s not for everyone. My close friends have been super supportive of me and have actually been there the whole time. I don’t see them as often as I would like to. However, the friendship is still the same, if not stronger.”

4. Morning Routine

Carpenter has the same routine pretty much every day during the week. "I wake up at 7:30 every morning before training," she told 9Honey. "I set one alarm but snooze about three times, haha. I have to shower every morning as soon as I wake up. I always have a coffee when I wake up before training. [Breakfast is] poached eggs on avocado toast, or raisin toast."

5. Ignoring the Haters

Carpenter doesn’t let criticism get to her. “Others think because I’ve had a good run with my career and nothing has really gone wrong yet (that they can see) and I’ve managed to pick up a few endorsements, it’s all been handed to me on a plate,” she told AthletesVoice. “It hasn’t. I know what I’ve done and how I got here, everything that happened behind the scenes. Critics can say whatever they want, but they don’t know the back story. I do."

Nicole Briscoe is running a marathon in her workout gear. In a new social media post the ESPN star shows off her fit figure in a two-piece exercise set while running, sharing a photo of a recent run. Marathons are hard, but one of the most special parts of the chaos? Is meeting people. I did not know @annie.loves.chocolate until I stepped into that @chimarathon corral a year ago. But we bonded over nerves, ambition, kids and a love of Australia. She’s an Aussie. I married one. One year later, we still keep in touch, and hopefully we toe the line again someday. New York? Boston? Sydney?” she captioned the post. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.

1. She Wakes Up Early

Nicole wakes up around 3:00 to 3:35 am and gets her day started. “I actually have four alarms set on my phone. Every day, I play a game with myself where I try to get up before the second alarm goes off. I’ll get up and stumble for the next 20 minutes through the whole brush-the-teeth, wash-the-face and get-out-the-door thing. I try to be out of my house every day by about 3:25am,” she told Sports Business Journal.

2. Coffee

Nicole enjoys the perks of caffeine. She walks out the door with “coffee in hand and breakfast in my bag,” she told the publication. According to the Cleveland Clinic, there are several benefits of drinking coffee in moderation. “It acts on your brain to improve memory, mood, reaction times, and mental function,” they say, citing a study finding that caffeine can improve endurance and performance during exercise. It is also antioxidant-rich, can ward off diabetes, prevent neurologic disease, lower cancer risk, and ward off depression, they point out.

3. Sleep

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Because she gets up so early and understands the importance of sleep, Nicole is in bed by 8:30 pm. “The kids go to bed and then I fall asleep. There are times where I'm putting the kids to sleep, and I blink and start falling asleep. So, by the time I climb into bed and everything is done, that is all she wrote,” she says. What are the health benefits of sleep? According to the Sleep Foundation, getting enough z’s is a mood booster, promotes heart health, regulates blood sugar, improves mental function, restores your immune system, helps relieve stress, and aids in weight loss.

4. Endometriosis

"I had severe endometriosis. I lived through 10 years of infertility, countless miscarriages, an abdominal ectopic, two healthy pregnancies, and no one had ever uttered the word 'endometriosis,' " Nicole told People, revealing that she was diagnosed after undergoing surgery following a pregnancy loss. She says she had "terrible periods" her "entire life” but nobody ever diagnosed her before this. "There's an anger that comes with it," she said about the diagnosis. "It's like, 'Why was I even in this situation?' If somebody else had, early on, taken a look at this situation and said, 'You know what? This is the easy answer, but let's take a look at a few other things just to make sure.' ... But no one ever did that. No one ever took one extra step."

5. Running

Running is Nicole’s go-to workout. According to the Mayo Clinic, running is great for cardiovascular health, muscle building, and weight loss. “For every mile run, the average person will burn approximately 100 calories,” they say.