Racing With Rheumatoid Arthritis Feat. Cyclist Kirsty Twelftree

Profound Fitness

English - March 15, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 103 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Kirsty had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis from the age of 17. She tried everything the medical world had to offer to no avail.

Her incredible resilience and determination to never give up lead her to training at Profound Fitness.

Listen in to her incredible story form being in daily pain to performing at a high level in mountain biking.

Kirsty’s shares what the first flare ups were like and how they continued to plague her 20’s

Learn what it might be like to hear a diagnosis. It would be very easy to give up never work and that couldn’t be further from what Kirsty did.

Not only does a Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer have to endure painful flare ups but to take medication that has very bad side effects.

Plus it still didn’t combat the worst of the flare ups which required further injunctions of steroids. This was the final straw for Kirsty..

Kirsty got in touch with Mike and discussed her plan to try and see if making herself strong could help.

She talks about how scared she was. Even getting a gym membership was terrifying, and the thought of lifting weights seemed daunting.

One of the main questions Mike had to go over with Kirsty was "what are the expectations"?.

Turns out she had high expectations.
She wanted to recover, work full time and race mountain bikes every weekend!
Plus make the training schedule that would make her competitive.

Kirsty talks us through her mindset, how she overcame the hurdles, embraced training and how it led her to reduce her medication as she became stronger.

The true test for Kirsty and the icing on the cake was racing in the Red Bull time laps

This is a 25 hour race that demands incredible physical capability from the best of athletes.

Hear her story and more on this edition of the podcast.

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