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Pushing Limits With America’s Strongest Disabled Woman | National Geographic


I’m a very strong person and I’m not

I’m a very strong person and I’m not just talking like muscles I’m I’m a very

just talking like muscles I’m I’m a very

just talking like muscles I’m I’m a very stubborn person and stubborn is a really

stubborn person and stubborn is a really

stubborn person and stubborn is a really good word for me because I just don’t

good word for me because I just don’t

good word for me because I just don’t give up and I love when someone tells me

give up and I love when someone tells me

give up and I love when someone tells me oh you can’t do that

oh you can’t do that

oh you can’t do that oh really watch me so when I was eight

oh really watch me so when I was eight

oh really watch me so when I was eight years old I was diagnosed with Ewing’s

years old I was diagnosed with Ewing’s

years old I was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma

sarcoma

sarcoma which is a rare form of bone cancer they

which is a rare form of bone cancer they

which is a rare form of bone cancer they decided they were gonna give me

decided they were gonna give me

decided they were gonna give me chemotherapy for two years and amputate

chemotherapy for two years and amputate

chemotherapy for two years and amputate my leg from the knee down I’ve been in

my leg from the knee down I’ve been in

my leg from the knee down I’ve been in APG for 29 years I work out five days a

APG for 29 years I work out five days a

APG for 29 years I work out five days a week kind of a typical day for me would

week kind of a typical day for me would

week kind of a typical day for me would be me getting up really early

I get up at 3:45 in the morning I head

I get up at 3:45 in the morning I head over to the gym I get about an hour

over to the gym I get about an hour

over to the gym I get about an hour workout and then whenever I get home I’m

workout and then whenever I get home I’m

workout and then whenever I get home I’m making breakfast making my husband’s

making breakfast making my husband’s

making breakfast making my husband’s lunch getting my husband all to deliver

lunch getting my husband all to deliver

lunch getting my husband all to deliver we just gonna be a fast some days

we just gonna be a fast some days

we just gonna be a fast some days sometimes I hit the gym a second time

sometimes I hit the gym a second time

sometimes I hit the gym a second time come up to refuge barbell which is my

come up to refuge barbell which is my

come up to refuge barbell which is my strongman gym every person I’ve ever met

strongman gym every person I’ve ever met

strongman gym every person I’ve ever met a strong man is absolutely mental but

a strong man is absolutely mental but

a strong man is absolutely mental but you know this community is great and

you know this community is great and

you know this community is great and then being able to spend time with my

then being able to spend time with my

then being able to spend time with my girls I’m raising two girls who will

girls I’m raising two girls who will

girls I’m raising two girls who will understand what it’s like for someone

understand what it’s like for someone

understand what it’s like for someone with a different ability level to be

with a different ability level to be

with a different ability level to be them

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[Music] when I was a kid it was a lot harder to

when I was a kid it was a lot harder to

when I was a kid it was a lot harder to be an apt growing up I had a lot of body

be an apt growing up I had a lot of body

be an apt growing up I had a lot of body issues because I didn’t look like

issues because I didn’t look like

issues because I didn’t look like everyone else when someone doesn’t

everyone else when someone doesn’t

everyone else when someone doesn’t understand something they tend to fear

understand something they tend to fear

understand something they tend to fear it and we all go through it some of us

it and we all go through it some of us

it and we all go through it some of us just go through it a little harder

just go through it a little harder

just go through it a little harder because we’re dealing with something

because we’re dealing with something

because we’re dealing with something extra

extra

extra you never know we’re all going through

you never know we’re all going through

you never know we’re all going through something our two daughters and they see

something our two daughters and they see

something our two daughters and they see me doing all of this stuff and you know

me doing all of this stuff and you know

me doing all of this stuff and you know lifting heavy weights and cycling and

lifting heavy weights and cycling and

lifting heavy weights and cycling and running and they get to see me doing

running and they get to see me doing

running and they get to see me doing that they’re not gonna put any

that they’re not gonna put any

that they’re not gonna put any misconceptions on someone else and I

misconceptions on someone else and I

misconceptions on someone else and I think that’s awesome

think that’s awesome

think that’s awesome [Music]

do you think that do you think that

do you think that do you think that you’re at a disadvantage yeah sure but

you’re at a disadvantage yeah sure but

you’re at a disadvantage yeah sure but we all are

we all are

we all are [Music]

[Music]

[Music] I want to see what my body can do why

I want to see what my body can do why

I want to see what my body can do why not and I want to push the limits

putting limitations on someone before

putting limitations on someone before you can see what they’re really capable

you can see what they’re really capable

you can see what they’re really capable of is denying that person of becoming

of is denying that person of becoming

of is denying that person of becoming stronger and so I want those individuals

stronger and so I want those individuals

stronger and so I want those individuals that are watching to realize like

we’re all absolutely abled we just have

we’re all absolutely abled we just have different ways of doing it that’s it

[Music]

[Music] you

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