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The Adaptive Athlete Podcast is dedicated to sharing the stories of athletes in the Crossfit space and beyond who have pushed past the limits doctors or others gave them.
In these conversations, you'll hear stories of resiliency, adaptation, grit, and determination. You'll also hear about the ways the adaptive space is growing.
Whether you are an adaptive athlete, a coach, or you know someone who would benefit from adaptive athletics and adaptive fitness, this podcast is the place to hear stories and build connections.
New episodes drop every Tuesday.
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At twelve, Lauren Farhat Googled "what can a 12-year-old do for work," picked caddying, and got pulled off the course on the 12th hole with blisters and blood inside her prosthetic. She called the caddy master, asked for another shot, and worked her way back to full 18-hole loops. Lauren was born with PFFD (proximal femoral focal deficiency) and competes in the above-knee division of adaptive CrossFit. She taught herself CrossFit off YouTube in a 24 Hour Fitness before a local affiliate said ...
Nat Vorel is training for LA28 in swimming and rowing, and still competes in climbing — right now, it's a full-time job. But Nat didn't grow up in para sport. A college swimmer who fell for climbing on the very first route she tried, Nat graduated in 2020, turned 22 a week later, and a week after that took a 30-foot ground fall that fractured her spine. Mat Hotho and Nat talk about the long limbo of a spinal cord injury, why she traded PT for the climbing gym, and what class...
In 2019, Ben Fallon was diagnosed with an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis and told to prepare for the possibility of losing his independence within five years. His answer came one night in Hawaii. Overhaul the way he eats—cold turkey—and never look back. Seven years later, he's a two-time CrossFit Games champion. Mat Hotho talks with Ben about living with MS every single day, the strict nutrition protocol he uses to manage it, and the TV segment on a fellow athlete with MS that pu...
Mat Hotho talks with Alexa Serret, an adaptive CrossFit athlete and third grade teacher who found out she had cerebral palsy at 28 from a PT at her CrossFit gym. Alexa grew up in Spain and in her first season she made the 2024 CrossFit Games in San Antonio in a division that wasn't really hers. That trip ended with a decision to move to Texas. Now she teaches in Odessa, runs a Harry Potter–themed classroom, and doesn't let her students say "I can't." She talks about returning to the Gam...
Mat Hotho and Jed Snelson pick up where they left off—on the thing Jed says separates first place from tenth. Mindset. Jed spent years as a strength coach for pro motocross racers, watching guys who were untouchable on a practice track finish seventh on race day, and he built training specifically to fix it. He walks through the pressure-cooker workouts he designed, the two words he repeated to athletes mid-suffering, and one tip he'd give any CrossFitter that costs nothing ...
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