But I love running a class because I love seeing people have that aha moment.

You know, I love when the new people come in and they're kind of skeptical and they don't know who I am.

And they're like, this girl's going to teach me how to do what?

You know, and I'm like, just give me like five minutes.

I promise I'll, you know, get you to where you want to go.

This is episode number 37 with cross fit trainer and adaptive athlete Steph Hammerman.

Welcome to pursuing health. I'm Julie Fushe, medical student and former across the games athlete.

Here I bring to you information and inspiration from experts and everyday individuals for how to use lifestyle to maximize health.

Thank you so much for joining me. Now let's get started with this week's episode.

Welcome back to pursuing health. In this episode I sit down with Steph Hammerman, who many know

as an adaptive athlete and Cross Fit trainer. However, Steph is currently in the middle of a very tough battle with lymphoma.

She was gracious enough to give us all a glimpse of what she's going through now and how she's been able

to consistently overcome obstacles since she was born.

A little bit of background about her.

She was born three months premature and has been defying the odds of what it looks like to live

with cerebral palsy ever since.

She had a background in hand cycling and finally stumbled

upon Crossfit in 2012. It wasn't long after that that she became the first female

adaptive athlete to earn her Crossfit level one trainer certificate and

begin coaching.

I first watched staff compete in 2013 and since then she has worked to advocate for opportunities

for adaptive athletes to compete at large events, including the first ever adaptive athlete division, which occurred at Watapalooza in 2015.

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