Racing With Rheumatoid Arthritis Feat. Cyclist Kirsty Twelftree

<p>Kirsty had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis from the age of 17. She tried everything the medical world had to offer to no avail. </p><p><br></p><p>Her incredible resilience and determination to never give up lead her to training at Profound Fitness. </p><p><br></p><p>Listen in to her incredible story form being in daily pain to performing at a high level in mountain biking. </p><p><br></p><p>Kirsty’s shares what the first flare ups were like and how they continued to plague her 20’s </p><p><br></p><p>Learn what it might be like to hear a diagnosis. It would be very easy to give up never work and that couldn’t be further from what Kirsty did. </p><p><br></p><p>Not only does a Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferer have to endure painful flare ups but to take medication that has very bad side effects.</p><p>Plus it still didn’t combat the worst of the flare ups which required further injunctions of steroids. This was the final straw for Kirsty..</p><p><br></p><p>Kirsty got in touch with Mike and discussed her plan to try and see if making herself strong could help.</p><p>She talks about how scared she was. Even getting a gym membership was terrifying, and the thought of lifting weights seemed daunting.</p><p><br></p><p>One of the main questions Mike had to go over with Kirsty was "what are the expectations"?. </p><p>Turns out she had high expectations. <br>She wanted to recover, work full time and race mountain bikes every weekend!<br>Plus make the training schedule that would make her competitive. </p><p><br></p><p>Kirsty talks us through her mindset, how she overcame the hurdles, embraced training and how it led her to reduce her medication as she became stronger. </p><p><br></p><p>The true test for Kirsty and the icing on the cake was racing in the Red Bull time laps </p><p>This is a 25 hour race that demands incredible physical capability from the best of athletes.</p><p>Hear her story and more on this edition of the podcast.</p><p><br>Follow Kirsty on Instagram <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kirst