Try telling that to my 6 year old self though!! Wearing splints growing up had a huge benefit to my physical development. The doctors recommended it, my parents knew it, but try telling that to a growing little boy at the height of summer, just wanting to rip it off at every opportunity!! The persistenceContinue reading “The long haul (eventual) benefits of the hot, sweaty splints…”
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Bringing early physio lessons with me into later life…
Cerebral Palsy Physio Appointments. They started from early but I recall them from about the age of 5/6 onwards…. So picking up around 1991/2…8am. Another appointment at The General. Missing the start of school. Month after month. Assessment after assessment. Stretching, pulling this way & that. Checks. Measurements. More checks. This was a monthly (sometimesContinue reading “Bringing early physio lessons with me into later life…”
Harnessing Day One…Every Day
That new programme, the fresh start, the comeback? The leap, the drive, the impetus….The Springboard. Whatever the reason for your Day One, it just feels good, right? I love a Day One, but I’m aware of the importance of trying to attach the right approach to it, a plan to enable that feeling to thrive,Continue reading “Harnessing Day One…Every Day”
Learning Through Adversity or Difference?
As I grew, I found it a great challenge to explain my ‘difference’. Cerebral Palsy is difficult to hide even if you want to, and pull attention away from it. Turning back, I can now sense why it was of interest, but at the time, I simply did things to get around the hurdles IContinue reading “Learning Through Adversity or Difference?”
From rejecting help to embracing the unique path…
On this week’s podcast episode… Today, I start to unpick how I began to accept and celebrate my disability and gratefully turn challenges into opportunities to find creativity…from driving to fitness! Subscribe below on Apple or Spotify! The Disability Bodybuilding Show
One movement back to rocket forward….
That rush… Not to slam through to a PB, not to get as many reps in as possible, but one that builds, that starts to tick, that generates momentum and drives you along for hours. Yes, that magic feeling is back. The one I had often spoke about where the rush of an early morningContinue reading “One movement back to rocket forward….”
My Disability isn’t up to me. My discipline and desire however…
I’ve been trying to unpick the difficulties/challenges of the lockdown, particularly in relation to training. On the one hand is this massive set of restrictions, an inability to access the set up you’ve created and used for so long. On the other is an opportunity of reconstruction of the previous routine structure. My mindset hasContinue reading “My Disability isn’t up to me. My discipline and desire however…”
The building of previously unknown resilience…
I was born with Cerebral Palsy (CP), something which I couldn’t prevent, change or know any different from. Learning how to do simple tasks were tackled in one dimension, the way I could and “adapt” around. Looking back now, the big challenges & hurdles faced were not, in reality, about me being able to doContinue reading “The building of previously unknown resilience…”
Learning to celebrate my disability through bodybuilding…
Bodybuilding: Changing my mindset to my disability. More than lifting… 10 years ago I disliked referring to myself as disabled. I cringe at that now, but, for me at the time it was about a fight for an equal platform, not to showcase with my ability but to prove that I could do things despiteContinue reading “Learning to celebrate my disability through bodybuilding…”
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