This is the fortieth edition of The i’Mpossible Project: A series where anyone can share a personal story of inspiration or an event in life where they overcame tremendous odds. Everyone has a powerful story to tell and something to teach the world. (See HERE for guidelines on how you can write for The i’Mpossible Project.) Here we have Megan Densmore with Training Pain Free
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My name is Megan Densmore. I have a blog. It is mostly about kettlebells and Kettlebell Sport and occasionally other
inspirational tidbits or fun things that I feel like posting. To say that I am obsessed with kettlebells is a gross understatement...as I train for my second Kettlebell Sport competition to be held in NYC on Saturday April 6th, I realize that every day of my life revolves in one way or another around my sport. Three to four days a week I make time for kettlebell workouts that last about an hour and half and often include me running anywhere from 2-7km after the kettlebell portion of the workout. I also make time for two light Pilates workouts per week to keep my body feeling limber and healthy. Every single day of my life requires me to plan meals and food intake and not just for my sport. I am intolerant to gluten and severely hypoglycemic. I am also hungry, let’s be honest more like starving, almost all the time. My workouts burn an extremely high amount of calories and my body fat is very low which means my metabolism is very fast. It never seems to amaze me that my body is able to handle all of these demands with no problem at all. Especially since I have Fibromyalgia. Yes, you read that right, I have that widely misunderstood and often misdiagnosed condition called Fibromyalgia or Fibro for short. I was conclusively diagnosed at age 13 and have received confirmation from two other highly regarded specialists since then. I was told as a pre-teen that I was going to be in pain for the rest of my life, was given prescriptions for scary medications like Celebrex and Vioxx, and was told with complete certainty that I would never be a competitive athlete. Well, I am 29 years old and I am a competitive athlete. Never say never because anything is possible.
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Why is this "The i’Mpossible Project?"
Inspired by Josh Rivedal's book and one-man show The Gospel According to Josh: A 28-Year Gentile Bar Mitzvah. Gospel (non-religious) means "Good News" and Josh's good news is that he's alive, and thriving, able to tell his story and help other people.
On his international tour with his one-man show, he found incredible people who felt voiceless or worthless yet who were outstanding people with important personal stories waiting to be told. These personal stories changed his life and the life of the storyteller for the better.
Josh's one-man show continues through 2015 and beyond and he is looking for people in all walks of life, online and offline, to help give them a voice and share their stories with the world.
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