2022-07-19 14:10
I started as young as you can be as an athlete… At the age of three, I started skiing and every other sport you could put a toddler in there I was. I was the only girl growing up in m… Read More
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2022-07-18 01:13
I’ve always been a very athletic person. As a kid growing up I played every sport possible. I wasn’t as much into working out but more just being active outside with my friends… Read More
2022-07-11 05:16
When I was 2 years old and still barely knew how to speak at Christmas, the gift I asked for was a blue skateboard with pink wheels and that was my first contact about wheel! A penny board t… Read More
2022-07-08 15:31
It is never too late to live your dream life. I wasn’t sportive at all when I was a child, always wanted to but it happened only when I stopped depending on my parents money and starte… Read More
2022-07-07 14:18
No Limits! When Caleb was born with Down syndrome 15 years ago, we decided to raise him like a neuro-typical child as much as possible, which meant trying new sports and activities too. We n… Read More
2022-06-24 01:44
Drawing is her second great passion, she attends a course weekly and much of her free time is spent drawing or releasing her creativity with crafts or other handmade things. Animals is anoth… Read More
2022-06-19 01:44
I was born with the fitness bug, because no one in my family was ever into being active like me, other than my brother, nature over nurture for sure. I don’t have a formal background i… Read More
2022-06-17 13:54
Ever since I can remember, whenever I listened to music, I just had to dance. It was instinct! My younger self would dance in front of the mirror for hours on end, basically until I tired my… Read More
2022-06-16 14:34
I started playing flag football 9 years ago when my eldest son Ian started playing football. After a while, I switched over to rugby and I loved it. I kept playing both sports for years unti… Read More
2022-06-15 13:50
I’m ten years old and reside in Puebla. I began skating with my aunt ten months ago and then joined my team, the Roller Wolves. I’ve learnt a lot of stuff, but my favorite part i… Read More
2022-06-14 14:14
Acropiter is a pair acrobatics for everyone. A mixture of classic circus acrobatics, acrobatic rock and roll, acroyoga elements, exercises for strength, coordination, strengthening joints, s… Read More
2022-06-13 14:28
Formation as a dancer began with school years. First is fitness. Later, when it became possible to choose the direction, place, choreographers, preferences, styles, plans, dreams changed. On… Read More
2022-06-07 14:39
In 2014, I took my first aerial silks class and it changed my life. I started taking classes 3+ times a week, and not only did I get much stronger, I also became more confident, determined a… Read More
2022-06-01 23:05
I began participating in running contests while I was in elementary school and won the 100m dash. Since then, I have developed a passion for sports. I wasn’t particularly gifted in oth… Read More
2022-05-30 14:33
My fitness journey started since I was in middle school in 8th grade. I had a health teacher who encouraged me to be part of her gym group. I felt inspired every time we went to the gym for… Read More
2022-05-26 00:33
I am a professional dancer as well as a dance instructor. Before that, there were skiing, swimming, and a music school, and I started dancing at the age of 16. I am now the leader and a memb… Read More
2022-05-24 22:52
My fitness journey started while battling with depression. I started going to the gym and taking Zumba Classes. I am not going to lie… it was difficult for me to get up and go to the… Read More
2022-05-22 22:53
I have had health problems for the past 12 years. It started with a double disc herniation, having migraine attacks, massive iron deficiency and 5 years ago, I had a car accident. My hand wr… Read More
2022-05-20 22:38
All my life I was fighting to lose weight. I knew that cardio training helps together with diet. I did jogging – it was effective but it was a routine in a negative way, it was b… Read More
2022-05-19 22:35
It all started 2 years ago when I had a car accident. After having 2 operations made on my wrist, my hand wasn’t as flexible and it couldn’t support weight. However, after 2 year… Read More
2022-05-15 00:02
I was looking some exercises that exclude high impact and cardio. Getting started is always not easy. March 2014, I carried my 1st yoga mat bought by my hubby and attended my 1st yoga class… Read More
2022-05-13 00:13
I started pole dancing around 5 years ago to get fit in a fun way after having my last baby. The pole studio is the only place I have ever walked in and thought: “Wow, I’m… Read More
2022-05-05 14:37
Being a Zumba instructor is an interesting feeling for me and I never thought that this job would be so special in the true sense of the word! About 8 year ago I went to the “first Zum… Read More
2022-05-01 00:08
I’d tried my hand at a whole host of sports over the years, more prominently Soccer as well as dabbing into Rugby Union. To be fair even at one point I was in training to be a Pro Wres… Read More
2022-04-29 22:46
I am a believer, a mentor, and a competitor. I own a marketing firm in addition to playing professional basketball. I collaborate with Make It Work Global to provide sports equipment and ass… Read More
2022-04-27 22:57
I dabbled in dance lessons not as a child or teen, but in my 20s. My favorite rhythm was/is Bellydance. I danced for 15 years at ethnic festivals and Middle Eastern restaurants, and even put… Read More
2022-04-26 23:13
I am working as a lecturer, journals editor, a translator and now I am also a Ph.D. student in Animal Structure Biology. My research is about diabetes, and I am trying to explore a new drug… Read More
2022-04-25 22:46
Almost 3 years ago, I wandered into a pole studio that had just opened in my town. I was excited to dance and have fun but little did I know it would become a huge passion of mine. 3 years l… Read More
2022-04-24 22:53
We are all here on a complex journey, one we learn from in order to grow. Although I have done a lot of different things in the fitness/sports world from being a martial artist, a bootcamp c… Read More
2022-04-24 00:38
It all started with a tragedy. I was diagnosed with an ovarian tumor. After two surgeries to remove this tumor, one of my ovaries and 2 months of total inactivity, I had lost a lot of weight… Read More
2022-04-22 23:17
I have been engaged in wrestling for 7 years now, 2 of which I was learning in wrestling school. Over the past 5 years of performances, I have been tag team champion, women’s champion… Read More
2022-04-17 23:20
He learnt to swim front crawl at the age of 15, but he lacked the endurance to compete with others. As a result, he decided to take up running and ran his first half marathon in under 1:30… Read More
2022-04-14 23:50
We all desire to to be happy and healthy. Don’t we? My voyage to a healthy and happy journey was supported by one simple thing since I was a teenager. It was motion. My inner pea… Read More
2022-04-12 22:39
Any sport you triumph in is a matter of discipline. And triumph for me equals health, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I developed PTSD over time growing up. One piece of that diagno… Read More
2022-04-11 23:08
Running started in my life really in my elementary and junior high days. I discovered a sport in which I excelled, despite the fact that I weighed just 100 pounds! I enjoyed every minute of… Read More
2022-04-10 23:12
I’ve been a Zumba instructor for about three years and I love to have fun and enjoy life to the fullest. Each session I give is a very good experience seeing my audience having fun and… Read More
2022-04-08 22:56
At Antoine University, I am now pursuing a degree in Sports Science. My gymnastics experience began in elementary school when I was seven years old. After that, at the age of 12, I switched… Read More
2022-04-07 23:00
I am a professional roller dancer and I live in Paris. I started figure skating on rollers at the age of 9. This sport is visually similar to ice skating. We do the same jumps and pirouettes… Read More
2022-04-06 22:45
Ever since I was young, I always enjoyed dancing and making choreography. I remember recording music in my cassettes from the radio station and later dance to. I always enjoyed high energy r… Read More
2022-04-05 22:57
I’ve always wanted to look attractive and fit since I was a kid. But I didn’t know how to get in shape or anything… I wasn’t a really active kid. I started practicin… Read More
2022-04-04 22:37
Hey! This is us: Liza and Alex. Together we make up the duet “Delight&Danger” from Russia (Moscow). We are professional dancers practicing various styles of… Read More
2022-04-03 22:40
I really love to travel and every year I try to go somewhere, in my travels I like to play sports in the open nature. I walk and run a lot along the sea and the ocean. I combine… Read More
2022-04-03 02:29
I’m an American Football Player (Defensive End) for the South Dublin Panthers. We are in the Top Divisionin Ireland in the Premier Division. I’ve also been called up to start tra… Read More
2022-04-03 00:29
When I was six years old, I began skating. I did not know how to stand up with the skates but I never gave up and I practiced for many days and a long time. Currently, I participate in… Read More
2022-03-31 22:37
We all are designed to move. Right? My movement journey started when I was a little girl. I fell in love with the street and latin dances. The passion and freedom that I was feeling in every… Read More
2022-03-29 22:57
I used to box when I was younger. After that, as I grew up and had to give up boxing. I now have a family consisting of a wife and two children. I work, I conduct personal projects, and I ha… Read More
2022-03-28 23:02
I began my amateur athletic career one year before the COVID-19 global epidemic. One by one, I made small steps forward. The 5k was my first street race. Then there’s the 10k. Until I… Read More
2022-03-27 02:41
Since I was a little kid, I was always over-energetic, using this energy by getting involved in different sports activities conducted at my school. However, coming from a home where educatio… Read More
2022-03-25 23:21
I was very active in sport and also dancing when I was a kid and in my youth. When I was in the elementary school, I took a Javanese traditional dance lesson. Every once a year, I performed… Read More
2022-03-24 22:40
Having played soccer since I was a child, I’ve always been a sports fan, and winning Player of the Year in high school. I used to do track and field and won a lot of medals. However, w… Read More
2022-03-23 23:03
My journey started with finding the most suitable way to heal my back problems since I was teenager.I explored many practices with different impacts on my body and mind… I fell in lov… Read More
2022-03-22 22:51
As a student, I did track and field (long distance running) in high school, and when I started my career, I was able to afford working out with the trainer. However, there was a point… Read More
2022-03-21 22:55
Colombia is where I was born and raised, and where I have lived the most of my life. I enjoy athletics, dancing, and caring for animals, and I’ve always wanted to compete in strength a… Read More
2022-03-18 22:41
My passion for dance started at a very young age, I was 3 years in my country Venezuela. I remember I would put all my stuff animals and dolls on the couch in the living room and pretend I w… Read More
2022-03-16 22:38
It’s June 6th, 2021. I lace up my newly acquired pair of Nike’s, “running shorts”, and stuff my puffer in my waistband. I’ve finally lost enough weight where I… Read More
2022-03-15 23:00
My name is Ina, I was born in Panama. I love music, dancing, and since a child, I have always wanted to be a professional dancer. However, time passed in my life and my dreams of becoming th… Read More
2022-03-14 22:41
This is us: Kira and Michael. Together they are the “Duo in Motion” from Germany. They are professional circus artists specialized in partneracrobatics. This discipline kind of c… Read More
2022-03-11 23:01
I’m about to turn 12. In 2019 I started skating as I came out of a serious injury that left me out of artistic gymnastics, which was one of my great passions. However, in my first quad… Read More
2022-03-10 22:53
I was born in the family where multiple sports were part of our free time, not only sometimes but all over the year. Swimming, biking, hiking in the summer- skiing, ice skating in the winter… Read More
2022-03-09 23:10
My love for Zumba started when I joined the gym and got into a Zumba class. It was all fun, friendship, we laughed a lot… And the girl who was an instructor named Alicia made an amazi… Read More
2022-03-08 23:01
My passion for running started in 2016. With a friend of mine, we started to run and our goal was to clear up 5km. Slowly and having fun. And through this, my passion was waked up. Since the… Read More
2022-03-07 23:02
I have been swimming since I was a child and I am very grateful to this sport that has brought me so many good things: happy moments, friends, my husband (who I met in swimming training). I… Read More
2022-03-06 22:27
Coach Note taught me rollerblading since I was 8 years as I couldn’t stand on skates. Two months later, I switched from free skating to aggressive skating. Learning I got from the Coac… Read More
2022-03-06 07:37
This is where I began. I began running with my father when I was 12/13 years old and had a strong interest in the sport. I loved simply feeling alive because I am unique. I lost interest due… Read More
2022-03-04 22:59
Since my earliest memory, I wanted to dance. As a child I watched dance, thought about dance, talked about dance—and danced everywhere! My parents took me to the ballet, and I was dazz… Read More
2022-03-03 23:02
I have been teaching yoga for over 4 years in person. I must admit that I was a bit skeptical (so to speak) about teaching online. Today I can say that thanks to these almost two years… Read More
2022-03-02 22:46
Sienna’s fitness journey started when she was 3 years old after she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Over the the last 5 years, she has participated in a wide range of sports f… Read More
2022-02-24 22:43
I was born with a condition called bilateral coloboma which has left me registered blind. For me, sport growing up was a way of fitting in and taking part in what my friends were playing. I… Read More
2022-02-23 22:42
My love of dance began at an early age… from prancing around my living room listening to disco to dancing merengue on my father’s shoulders at parties. I danced anywhere I heard… Read More
2022-02-22 22:38
Hi all! My name is Raul Gonzalez and I am the coordinator of the sports shuttle project. what is sports shuttle? It is a project that works for the sports inclusion of disability in non-disa… Read More
2022-02-21 22:41
Our journey of skating began at the age of 3 when we learnt skating and balancing on wheels. We were steadily making progress in speed skating. While our friends learning classical Indian da… Read More
2022-02-20 22:37
Josephina is a circus performer from Australia who has performed with many different shows all around the world for the past 10 years. With a background in gymnastics, Josephina is now teach… Read More
2022-02-20 01:12
Despite all yoga definitions, mine come to a lifestyle, a lifestyle full of compassion. Yoga and all the alternative therapies have been along through my life since my childhood. I have acco… Read More
2022-02-18 22:47
From Snowmobiles & 4-Wheelers to Drag Racing & Circle Track Pro Trucks . I have been involved with racing and motorized vehicles in one form or another whole life. My own bracket rac… Read More
2022-02-16 22:38
Wondering how I started my psychotherapy through yoga journey ? Well, I worked as a psychotherapist in the Analytic Schism from 2006 to 2007, specializing in deaf and blind people’s ps… Read More
2022-02-15 23:47
I spent so many hours training and made so many sacrifices, in the end winning and crossing that finish line is just the end of all this preparation. It was a very difficult race, but one th… Read More
2022-02-14 22:37
People ask me how I got into yoga. I tell them I wanted to find peace. However, there is a lot more than just that. After having a miscarriage with my fourth baby followed by separation and… Read More
2022-02-13 22:33
So, when I was 5, I was allowed to start with half an hour of private lessons. And, so it all began. Now, I train 4 times a week at the Wilson Luxilon Tenkie Academy ( in Limburg Belgium )… Read More
2022-02-13 01:00
In 2013, I was looking for a Jiu Jitsu therapist because I was having anxiety and depression issues. For me, it was the best choice I could do as they gave me a good training. Little by litt… Read More
2022-02-12 01:02
When I represented my country Venezuela in the traditional dance couples festival that took place in Peru, in each presentation I felt that my heart was going out of my chest, the applause… Read More
2022-02-11 00:23
For me, rollerblading means be free like birds. It means to fly! I’m 9 years old from Puebla, México. It all started on January 6, 2021 when the three wise men brought… Read More
2022-02-10 00:31
Ahmed Sobhy is my name. I started dancing in 2011, and I’ve participated in a lot of national dance battles, especially the red bull BC one. I’m always looking for a new adventur… Read More
2022-02-09 00:14
After being told I had cancer in early 2018, I faced it head on and remained with a positive mindset throughout the chemo and then shortly after this took to running. It was such a buzz for… Read More
2022-02-08 01:07
Drag racing is a competition matchup between two cars on a straight strip of track. Racing from point A to point B in a 1/8th mile start to finish. First one to get there wins, which require… Read More
2022-02-07 06:40
When I was in high school, I was an obese girl who was bullied by a large number of people. That emotion was so bad that it made me despondent and convinced me that no one would ever appreci… Read More
2022-02-07 00:32
I started running because I was overwhelmed and life had gotten heavy. I always wanted to get into running, but I just couldn’t get it to stick. One day as I was out trying to run a mi… Read More
2022-02-04 23:36
It was a time when my dreams were so big and out of this world that they became a part of everything I did. “Emotions of doubt,” I can say as a 12 year old boy I’ve always… Read More
2022-02-03 23:49
Eastleigh, a small railway town near Southampton, England, is where I was born. I require an electric wheelchair to get around because I have a severe form of cerebral palsy spastic quadripl… Read More
2022-02-02 01:41
I was born into an athletic family. Both my parents are big into triathlon, Ironman and ultramarathons. Most of my childhood, I spent attending race events, from early childhood all the way… Read More
2022-02-01 01:02
My parents moved to Slovenia from Ukraine when I was 6 years old. I went to school to 1st grade and started playing tennis. At first it was group trainings, but then I wanted to train more i… Read More
2022-01-31 00:27
Being in your 20s is a hard age. You don’t know what you want to do and every step you make you fear it’s going to alter your whole life. When I finished college, I had big dream… Read More
2022-01-30 14:41
A third generation of circus performer from Venezuela! I started in circus art at the age of 5, where my father and my uncle trained me little by little, in the vertical technique (handstand… Read More
2022-01-28 22:38
Que tal! My name is Jeremy Hester a.k.a Jeremias Dragon and I have been a martial artist since I was 6 years old. I started of with Karate(green belt) and then after a while I took taekwondo… Read More
2022-01-28 00:07
Since I was little, I have liked dancing, in my school. I was always one of those in charge of creating and organizing the end of the course dances and at home, I was always dancing and crea… Read More
2022-01-26 22:48
I have struggled with my weight anorexia and obesity all of my life. My servants heart lead me to EMS where I could care for strangers and be that fulfill my calling. Running became my prefe… Read More
2022-01-24 22:59
When I was 7, I started playing tennis recreationally. I was separated from the group at the age of 8 because I showed that I could do more. That’s when my first tournaments started. H… Read More
2022-01-24 00:32
I used to run a lot, but over the years at home, I forgot about it for my children. And, so one day, I decided that it was time to take care of myself. First, there was a gym, but I decided… Read More
2022-01-23 16:06
My sister and father introduced me to skating as he gave my sister skates. He is also responsible for searching the group with whom we are currently skating, “Brollers Tecámac… Read More
2022-01-21 22:49
Nearly 3 years ago… on a gloomy day, it came to me for some reason that I wished to be able to split. I started exploring for ways to split on YouTube till I came across this video. I… Read More
2022-01-20 22:45
I’ve always enjoyed sports, or anything energetic for that matter. As a kid, I did gymnastics, dance, handball, soccer, badminton, and possibly a few other sports. I developed a passio… Read More
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