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
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[Music] you
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