Snowboarder Hannah Teter has literally done it all: she’s won Olympic medals in halfpipe—gold in 2006 and silver in 2010—modeled for SI’s swimsuit issue and even had an ice cream named after her (Ben & Jerry’s “Maple Blondie”). But there’s one thing that still bugs her about her career: she didn’t make the podium at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing fourth.

“That didn’t turn out in my favor,” she said. “I wouldn’t call it ‘out for revenge,’ but I definitely want to end everything with a podium finish.”

So before Teter, 29, pulls the curtain on her competitive career to ride powder into the sunset, she wants to make her fourth Olympic team and end it on the top three steps. To get there, her training includes perfecting her “corks”—inverted, spinning aerials considered the sport’s most difficult tricks—to the trampoline to training that will protect her body from injury. And to do the latter, Teter uses a combination of gym work and cross training like mountain biking and standup paddling.

When she does go to the gym, she uses circuit training to keep things fresh, moving from station to station at a high-octane pace. “I’ve been circuit training since I was 13 years old,” she said. “It’s is so good for athletes. It’s really fast paced for the body and mind and you have to give it all you have at each station so training doesn’t’ become monotonous.”

Teter hits the gym twice a week and does six stations. Following a 10-minute warm-up on the bike, she’ll usually do each station four times, sometimes three, depending on her energy level on that particular day. She’ll change up her stations to keep things interesting, but here’s a look at one of Teter’s favorite circuit workouts:

1. Burpee or burpee variation

I’ll use a bosu ball when I go down to do the pushup to create a more difficult pushup, then as I come up, I raise the bosu ball overhead to get extension, then go back down. I usually do around 10 of those before moving to the next station.

2. Weighted sled pull

Seated or standing, put as much weight as you can handle and then pull it across the room towards you. Depending on how heavy it is, I’ll do that a couple of times. It usually takes about 20 seconds each time.

3. One-legged split squat

In the third station, three, I set up a one-legged split squat. Using a 20-pound dumbbell, with my back foot on a bench or box, I squat down with one leg, knee parallel or behind ankle line. You don’t want the knee to go over the ankle line because it could strain that joint. I feel that this exercise really tones the leg. I do both sides, about 10-15 reps on each leg.

4. TRX pike push-up    

For the fourth exercise I integrate the TRX strap—a strap that hangs with stirrups on each side—and do tight pushups…

Swimmer Katie Ledecky famously credits her success to hard work and perseverance; but the 19-year-old athlete's upbeat, carefree attitude also reminds us not to take life too seriously. As a five-time Olympic gold medalist, nine-time world champion, and the current world-record holder for the women’s 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky has clearly found a winning balance. Here are just a few of the times she inspired us during this summer's Games in Rio.

On aiming high

"I just work hard and try my best every time I step up on those blocks. I'm very goal-oriented. I've always set high goals for myself. When I was little I never dreamed of going to the Olympics, but once I did I wanted to do my very best at that level. Four years ago, when I was visualizing my final, I never envisaged anything other than winning gold. Once I get to that level, I'm able to set the goals for myself and go out and achieve them."

—Press conference

On her teammate Michael Phelps

“[Phelps] has had a huge impact on a lot of the young swimmers on the team this year. … I started watching him when I was six years old when I was first starting to get into the sport, and to be on the team with him has been such an honor. Not only to see his impact in the pool, but out of the pool as well. He’s really been a leader on this team and that’s why we came away with all these medals.”

—Today

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On prioritizing fun

“I had a ton of fun. I had my goals in the water, but one of those goals was just to have fun, and I couldn’t have asked for a better time here with my teammates. … It’s fun to swim fast. I'm happy with how this whole week has gone. … It's never easy to break a world record, and it takes a lot of hard work and every day getting in the pool and giving it my all. [The 800] was the last race of my meet here and I wanted to remember it really well.”

—Today

On beating her personal best

“We set our goals for the week. And to finally hit one of them feels really good. Everyone wants to swim their best at the Olympics. I was just trying to set a personal best time, and for me that just happens to be a world record.”

—Washington Post

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On setting 'unreasonable' goals

"Goal setting has definitely stuck with me. Those 'want times' were always very ambitious. That part has carried on. I try to set goals that seem kind of unreasonable at first. As I work toward them, the more reasonable they look."

—ESPN

On her final races in Rio

“I don't know why I'm crying, but there were nights where I would go to bed and think about this day and how much fun I've had these past four years and I would start crying in bed…

When we’re on the receiving end of condescending or curt remarks at work, we may think we can brush them off. After all, they’re not as openly hostile as threats or outright bullying. But a new study shows that subtle incivility in the workplace can deplete employees’ mental resources—and makes us more likely to act rudely to other coworkers, as well.

This is how toxic culture can spread through professional networks, say researchers from Michigan State University. Workplace incivility is estimated to have doubled over the past two decades, they write in the Journal of Applied Psychology, and has an average annual impact on companies of $14,000 per employee due to loss of production and work time.

To look at what might be fueling these behaviors, the researchers surveyed 70 employees, three times a day for 10 consecutive workdays. They found that incivility tended to “spiral”—with one unkind act leading to another—and that it often occurred unintentionally.

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The reason, they say, has to do with mental fatigue and a subsequent loss of self-control. “Incivility can be somewhat ambiguous,” says co-author and management professor Russell Johnson, PhD. “So when you’re exposed to it, it can take some mental energy to understand why you were targeted and whether there was a negative intent.”

It’s depleting to manage those emotions, he adds. “You feel frustrated, angry, and anxious—and, somewhat ironically, when people are depleted like that they are more likely to pay it forward to others, even if it they don’t mean to.” He compares the phenomenon with someone who hasn’t gotten enough sleep, and is more likely to snap at others as a result.

One way employees can stop the cycle, he says, is to make sure they’re always working “with a full tank of mental fuel.” To replenish that tank, he recommends taking five-minute walking breaks to blow off steam, leaving the office to have lunch with a friend, or—if your company has the facilities for it—taking a quick power nap. “Sure, you’ll lose 30 or 40 minutes,” he says, “but you’ll be more refreshed when you return and less likely to succumb to other people’s incivility.”

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When workers are confronted with put-downs, sarcasm, or passive-aggressiveness, he says, the best thing to do is address the matter upfront. “Confront that person and ask what they meant or why they treated you that way,” he says. “It’s better than sitting around wondering about it, since that rumination seems to be what leads to those detrimental effects.”

The study also found that workplaces with “politically charged” environments—those where employees do what’s best for themselves and not for the company, and where rules and processes are not clearly laid out—had the highest levels of incivility-induced mental depletion…