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The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

The World's Strongest One Armed Man Logan Aldridge

The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8874 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

At 13 years of age Logan lost his arm in a wakeboarding accident - has that limited his life? Nope- not at all! You may not be able to control the adversity you face, but that doesn't mean you don't control your destiny! In this interview, he discusses how he will never accept the expectations of others and is dedicated to spreading awareness and opportunities through education. Logan says you have to accept the reality of the situation, be grateful for the abundance that you have, be mindful what you focus on, and always keep learning. As he states, "the deterrent or the interest (of what I do) does not come or stem from having one arm or what I'm capable of doing- it's just what I'm interested in and I will figure out the rest later." As his mom said right after the accident- "Logan, it's just an arm." You are more capable than you believe and can conquer any obstacle on the course or in life. 

 

LESSONS

  1. Accept the reality of the situation
  2. Be mindful of the words you use 
  3. Be grateful for abundance 
  4. Be mindful what you focus on 
  5. Live in a "growth mindset" 
  6. Always keep learning 
  7. Don't accept the expectations 
  8. You're more capable than you believe 
  9. Conquer obstacles on the course and in life 

 

This episode is brought to you by 5.11 Tactical https://www.511tactical.com/

 

LINKS
- Adaptive and Inclusive Training Certificate Course
https://www.adaptivetrainingacademy.com/adaptive-inclusive-training-course/
- Adaptive Training Academy homepage
https://www.adaptivetrainingacademy.com/
- ATA Instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/adaptivetraining/
- My personal Instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/aldridgelogan/

 

 

TIME STAMPS

0:00 Sefra Alexandra introduces this episode at Bob Ross's lake 

0:34 5.11 TACTICAL intro 

1:00 Joe introduces this weeks guest 

2:00 Losing his arm at 13 

3:15 Accepting the reality of the situation 

4:30 Dealing with initial disbelief 

5:45 It's just an arm 

7:45 Having a supportive community 

9:15 Fixed versus growth mindset 

11:15 Adaptive athletes in competitions 

12:20 5.11 TACTICAL Break 

13:40 Weight training & corporate America 

15:00 Starting a 3D printing company with prosthetics 

16:00 Working to inspire others around health & wellness  

17:00 Functional training for quality of life 

19:00 Spreading awareness and opportunity for adaptive education 

20:40 Demonstrating what's possible & motivation 

22:30 Believing in your capabilities

24:00 A tale from Normandy beach  

25:30 Unstoppable ambition 

27:00 Adaptive Training Academy goes online 

29:50 Sefra the Seed Huntress reviews lessons learned 

31:30 5.11 TACTICAL Close 




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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Hosts: Joe De Sena & Sefra Alexandra 

...Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye are social distance canoeing

Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra

Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty

 

© 2020 Spartan

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Spartan up the podcast. I am Separ Alexandra Seed Huntress here today at the site of a Bob Ross painting.

0:07.0

Joe and the Colonel and Johnny are not with me. They're out social distance canoeing.

0:12.0

But today we're bringing you a great interview from

0:14.1

Logan Aldrich at 13 years old he lost his arm what did he do with that adversity

0:19.3

he's done amazing things he's created educational content and been a mentor to a ton of adaptive

0:24.0

athletes. Just because you're facing adversity doesn't mean it has to control

0:27.9

your destiny. So enjoy this episode and we'll have a chat after.

0:31.2

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by 511,

0:34.8

the official plate carrier sponsor of the 2020

0:37.7

Spartan honor series and stadium events,

0:40.7

511 tactical.com.

0:43.0

SPAR11 tactical. SPAR10, we are here for Spartan Up podcast and we have Logan Aldridge. Did I pronounce your name right?

0:59.0

Sure did, thanks Joe.

1:01.0

And the only thing that I know that's special about you as of right at this moment is I don't know 20

1:07.3

certificates behind you on the wall what are those?

1:10.8

Are you smart or something?

1:11.9

What is that? Oh no it's very deceiving well this is just

1:17.0

so I look good when I'm doing virtual meetings you all think I'm well educated.

1:21.0

No I do I mean yeah I've got a college degree. I went to college, four-year

1:25.2

degree, business, studied additive manufacturing and 3D printing. I've had some cool

1:30.1

opportunities since my dive into adaptive fitness I've been

1:36.1

featured on some magazine covers so pretty fortunate and grateful to have the

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