Travis Pollen on Living Life and Lifting with Only One Leg, Crossfit, & Bio-Mechanics

Описание: In this episode I interview Travis Pollen of Fitness Pollenator.  Travis was born with Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency a rare birth defect that fuses the leg bone to your hip bone resulting in only having one leg.  Growing up Travis found that it became harder and harder to compete in athletic competitions with friends until he found swimming.  To get prepared for the 2012 Paralympic he hired a strength coach for the weight room. That next season in college he set an American record for the 100 meter freestyle for swimmers missing one arm or leg.  After he ended his swimming career he found he had a passion for lifting weights.  He is currently pursuing a degree in Bio-mechanics and Movement Science at the University of Delaware.

In this episode we discuss:

 

 - How bio-mechanics and using robots are bettering peoples lives

 - His PhD will be him building an Iron Man suit

 Proximal femeral deficiency 

Lifting on one leg

Why he left the world of physics and went to bio-mechanics

Is there something really cool you found working in bio-mechanics, that you want to      study more of when you get your PhD 

Why he started his own podcast

What work he believes shows off his best work

What's Your Favorite Position 

- Favorite Fiction book

Crossfit Games and how they inspire him

What sci-fi book he loved but hated the film adaptation

The one fitness book you are reading right now that you are on fire about

- Who inspires Travis

-The Crossfit games have become the new x-games

The good and the bad of Crossfit and coaching

Links

Supple Leopard

Fitness Pollenator

Travis Interview with Comcast Sports

Deadlifting on One Leg