New podcast with Para Athlete Katherine Beattie!

I would love to hear more about, like, your journey as an athlete with wcmx. And now you're doing a lot of surfing. WCMX is wheelchair motocross, which is kind of like a play on bmx. You know, anything you would do on a skateboard or a bike, but on a wheelchair. I mean, being from Los Angeles, I kind of grew up in the mid-90s, just, like, obsessed with skateboarding. Like, everyone was here and have always loved action sports, wanted to transition into using a wheelchair just in everyday life. And. And then I realized, like, people were actually, like, taking wheelchairs into skate parks. And, I mean, it makes sense. You've got four wheels every year, so why not? So I got a wheelchair, and the first thing I did was go to a skate park, and at the time, there was 10 or 12 people around the country that were doing this. So, yeah, just kind of taught myself. And it was a lot of going to the skate park and falling and getting back up, and that's a big part of the sport. But, yeah, it's so different from a lot of sports because when you're doing wheelchair sports, you're obviously like, you're just pushing all the time. So, like, yeah, really strong, like, chest and, like, triceps and stuff. But it was like, oh, it started working out with you. And it's like you have all these other muscles, right. Could be activating, and you're not. When we started working together, yeah, we really did focus a lot on core and also, like, those muscles that maybe I'm not using when I'm doing that sport, but because I am using the other ones, like, they were underdeveloped, right. Because I was so focused on what I needed for my sport. So it's like, let's make you a better athlete, but let's also balance out your routine so you're just, like, a healthier, right?