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Challenges are nothing new to Martha Carswell — she’s a former pro basketball player and finished Ironman Kona. But when her bike was hit head on by a van, it shattered more than her body. See how she’s still learning to live again.
What is it about a challenge that lures even the most sane of us to take on huge risks? Meet a woman who started swimming after her brother’s sudden death at 34. Now 60, she just swam her way across the English Channel and into the record books.
Who’s ready for a road trip? The world’s fittest truck driver checks in with us from the cab of his truck to tell us what kind of response he received from our first story and how he’s changing lives of truckers everywhere.
Just a few years ago, Roderick Sewell was a homeless teenager with no legs who was failing school. Today, he’s a world-class athlete, attends college and he’s set his sights on a big goal — making the Paralympics team.
With all due respect to the dozen former Olympians and more than 1,000 other competitors, the swimmer with the largest and loudest fan support at the U.S. Masters Swimming national championships was a 71-year-old woman from Minnesota named Ann.
Slowly and steadily, Jonah Berger’s body is turning on him. A debilitating disease is weakening his arms, legs, feet and hands — but not his spirit. Find out how — and why! — he pushes himself to climb mountains and complete a triathlon.
Three-time cancer survivor Susan Helmrich says she’s learned one thing from her health battles — every day is a gift and she intends to each it. Find out how she’s combining her passion for swimming and finding a cure.
96-year-old Mary Anne Cooper is a masters swimmer who inspires others to look for life’s little miracles and embrace aging with a positive attitude.
Susan Helmrich is one of the best swimmers in the world in her age group. She’s also a three-time cancer survivor and a victim of one of the greatest drug tragedies in history. How does she keep beating the odds? A great attitude.
Siphiwe Baleka is a one-of-a-kind Yale graduating, globetrotting, God-fearing, truck-driving, fast-swimming family man. And he’s got a new mission — to help long-haul truckers everywhere improve their health, fitness and quality of life.
The Team BLU FROG world record-setting relay of Rowdy Gaines, Keith Switzer, Scot Weiss and Growing Bolder CEO Marc Middleton rolls into Texas for an appearance at the LIMU International Convention. Of course, Marc had a camera.
You know him as a huge swimming success, but did you know that Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines failed over and over and over again? He has advice for learning from the defeats and taking chances until you succeed.