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Adaptive Athlete Workout. Interview with Jedidiah Snelson.

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The video opens with the host, Chris, introducing his special guest, Jedidiah Snelson, at the Berry Barbell gym. Jedidiah corrects the pronunciation of his name and shares his athletic background as a professional motocross racer for 17 years. He then recounts his life-changing accident in 2014 that left him paralyzed. Jedidiah details how he rebuilt himself after the accident, discovering adaptive CrossFit in 2015, and highlights his accomplishments as a six-time Adaptive CrossFit Games athlete and the reigning Fittest Seated Without Hip Function for 2021. He expresses his passion for being an ambassador for the sport to help others get involved.

Goal: The host introduces Jedidiah Snelson, an adaptive athlete, and discusses his personal journey and achievements in adaptive CrossFit.

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hey this is Chrissy Idaho painter here on paint live TV today I got a special guest right here at Barry barbell and I got jedediah's Nelson with me and it's Nelson with an s on the front so Nelson get it right Jedediah snelson and he's going to be running Luke and I through a workout he's going to be doing a workout so we're gonna learn a little bit about who Jedediah is and what he's going to be doing with us today right here in our own gym yeah uh thanks Chris so yeah a little bit about myself um I've been in uh Sports forever I was a Motocross athlete uh racer uh racer bikes for 17 years uh five professionally as uh I was comparing to baseball like as a minor league athlete I was like a single a double a ball player kind of reached that level and then transitioned out of racing and actually got into uh being a strength and conditioning sports or a strength and conditioning coach in action sports um I did that for 12 years four years at the highest level um on the on what would be like the Major Leagues with some of the factory Riders and then also worked with uh some X Games athletes um some snowmobile racers some MMA fighters um just you know just basically lived in the Action Sports World um then during that time I got married and uh working in Pro Sports is generally not a good job conducive to a family and being a father so I transitioned out of that um picked up racing kind of recreationally for my own mental health again and that's when I had my accident that paralyzed me in 2014 and um from there fortunately I had the knowledge base that I did as far as like taking care of my body and stuff and so was able to rebuild myself during that time I found CrossFit for adaptive athletes and um yeah I've did my first competition in 2015 and I was hooked um and so what are some of the um accomplishments in CrossFit that you got so I've been fortunate I I've been involved in evolution of the very first game adaptive games or our world championships back in 2016. um I so I've been a six time uh six times games athlete um I've been to uh in that I've I've finished no no lower than second place uh second fittest in the world I'm currently the reigning fittest seated without hip function for 2021 so that's absolutely amazing pretty oppressive so I mean is there I mean it seems like you're the best is there anywhere else you can go well um you know it's one of those things you know when you when you reach the top you've always got a Target on your back end and…

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