Fitness Unarmed

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This is Barbie Thomas from http://www.fitnessunarmed.com/

She's a Fitness model who lost both arms in an accident at age two. She is also a dancer, a model and a mother.

She has a blog called 'footnotes' (funny!!) http://barbiethomas.blogspot.com.au/

I find her inspiring. There are pictures on the blog of her on a climbing wall and competing in a body building competition.

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  • RekindledRose
    RekindledRose Posts: 523 Member
    Amazing woman.
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    This is awesome. I love no excuses stories.
  • misssiri
    misssiri Posts: 335 Member
    I've seen her before. She's awesome!!
  • Sox90716
    Sox90716 Posts: 976 Member
    Truly inspirational!
  • Wow, that is amazing - SHE is amazing.
    Now I feel like an idiot for whining about how I didn't want to do the climbing walls in high school because I didn't think I could.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    Wow, that is amazing - SHE is amazing.
    Now I feel like an idiot for whining about how I didn't want to do the climbing walls in high school because I didn't think I could.

    I was a bit disappointed to read on her blog that she wasn't allowed to continue climbing the climbing wall because she wanted to use her legs to pull her up the wall, but there were safety concerns about the fact she wasn't vertical in the climbing harness.
  • Fr3shStrt
    Fr3shStrt Posts: 349 Member
    Wow!
    So inspiring, so amazing!

    Thanks for sharing.
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    Love this picture. It shows her sense of humour...

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