The Adaptive Athlete Podcast
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.
The Adaptive Athlete Podcast
What It Actually Takes to Be Inspiring (Feat. Aaron Trent)
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Mat Hotho sits down with Aaron Trent, a former para cyclist who placed second and third at the UCI Para-Cycling World Championships in 2009 and spent two and a half years as a resident athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Aaron has hemiplegic cerebral palsy affecting his left limbs which makes for a perfect conversation to kick off CP Awareness Month in March
They dig into what it actually takes to compete at the international level with a physical impairment: the bike modifications Aaron had to engineer from day one, the experience of living and training full-time at the OTC, and the grind of building toward a Paralympic qualifying standard. A significant portion of the conversation centers on classification — how it works in para cycling, what the process looks like in front of a panel, and what happened when the CP classification categories were restructured in 2010 and Aaron found himself competing against below-knee amputees. His take is candid: classification is the reason para sport exists, and it's an ongoing effort to make it more fair.
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