Crossfit shifted my focus to what I could do

Burpees, weight sleds, barbell lifts – AMELIA GARRIS, 28, slays them all. She talks about the life-changing power of building serious strength.

One of my favorite Crossfit WODs is dubbed Grace: You do 30 clean-and-presses, lifting the barbell from the ground to overhead, then lowering back down. The standard for women is to be able to lift 30kg, and that’s what I do, only I’m in my wheelchair. It’s seriously tiring doing a workout like that, but I feel amazing. If I can lift heavy, I feel successful. It ignites a fire in me. I like to say that Crossfit put my head back on after I lost the use of my right leg to nerve damage (I was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome five and a half years ago). When physical therapists told me they couldn’t help me any further in my rehab, my mom looked at me and said, “You’re…

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