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
If You Can See It, You Can Be It (Feat. Natalie South-Law)
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In this episode the Adaptive Athlete Podcast, Mat Hotho sits down with Natalie South-Law, a UK-based adaptive athlete with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy who has competed at a serious level across many parasports.
The conversation moves from the lived reality of being an ambulatory wheelchair user — including the looks you get when you stand up in a shop — to the "furniture surfing" Natalie does at home just to get around safely. Natalie shares what it was like growing up in a mainstream school in the UK, pushing through without any mobility aids, and how a 2022 ankle fusion surgery became the unexpected turning point that helped her see equipment not as a concession but as freedom.
From paradressage to para air pistol shooting to adaptive CrossFit and Wodaptive pairs competitions, Natalie has logged serious time across the parasport landscape.
Natalie also shares that she's launching her own podcast — the Para Sport Pod — built around the simple idea that adaptive sport is far bigger than most people realize, and she wants to be the resource she never had growing up.
Recorded during CP Awareness Month, this one's worth your time.
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