I think we've seen a lot of these two-be athletes, these persons with disabilities, be told

no or that they can't and then they just give up or they stop and they've never actually tried and they're only told no because you know

of some statistic that says they're probably not going to but they've never tried for themselves and I've always thought that was kind of weird

and what we're finding is that when we get these people to try, those statistics are wrong

and that they're based off people who don't want to do any better and so they have this whole vast life of functionality that they haven't even began to tap because someone somewhere along the road said hey don't do that or hey, don't do that.

Or hey, you can't do that, or you should be careful

because you're already broken.

And I think my big goal is to allow them to understand

that, like, yeah, you may have some broken parts and

pieces but you know it doesn't mean that you shouldn't try to better those things

you shouldn't try to push the limits of your athleticism just because someone told you no.

I mean, imagine an able-bodied person.

Imagine the Cross-at Games of half of these athletes

had been told no and they just stopped

and hadn't push the limit.

This is episode number 124 with Kevin Obar.

Welcome to Pursuing Health.

I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident

and former Cross-fames 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

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