The Adaptive Athlete Podcast
The Adaptive Athlete Podcast
Podcast Description
The Adaptive Athlete Podcast is dedicated to sharing the stories of athletes in the Crossfit 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 Monday and Thursday.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of resilience, adaptation, and determination in the lives of adaptive athletes, highlighting their unique stories within the CrossFit community and beyond. Episodes cover topics such as personal training challenges, community connections, and innovative approaches to workouts, with examples including Elina Villemure's exploration of movement adaptation and Jocelyn Casker's embrace of her genetic condition in CrossFit.
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.
At twelve, Lauren Farhat Googled ”what can a 12-year-old do for work,” picked caddying, and got pulled off the course on the 12th hole with blisters and blood inside her prosthetic. She called the caddy master, asked for another shot, and worked her way back to full 18-hole loops.
Lauren was born with PFFD (proximal femoral focal deficiency) and competes in the above-knee division of adaptive CrossFit. She taught herself CrossFit off YouTube in a 24 Hour Fitness before a local affiliate said yes. She won the 2023 WheelWOD Games in a tie-breaking final event, fueled by Taylor Swift's Reputation album, then won the Adaptive CrossFit Games in 2024, 2025, and 2026.
Now a DM she almost ignored has her in a sit ski. Lauren tells Mat about a para Nordic development camp in Oberhof, Germany: learning to shoot an air rifle on the exhale, eating it on downhills with no brakes, and getting classified LW12. She talks about spending her childhood trying to be ”normal,” why so many adaptive athletes don't find sport until their 30s, and what she wants to do after her final competitive CrossFit season: be the person she didn't have growing up.
This episode is proudly sponsored by Equip Products.
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