Imagine this: you grew up in in bad gang ridden neighborhood in Chicago, your only escape was basketball, but before puberty was even over you lost the use of your legs. How would you deal with that? Many people would give up on life or give in to being a part of a gang to feel accepted. Meet Jaime Baltizar, the afformentioned hypothetical is his new normal and unlink that many he did not give in or give up. Instead he became a wheelchair basketball badass for University of Illinois and parlayed that skill into a career as a basketball coach. Tune into this weeks episode of the My New Normal Podcast to hear Jaime's story and find out the secrets to his unwavering mindset.

Topics Covered on This Weeks Podcast Are:

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• Jaime's Story
  
• Dealing with judgement from living life in a chair
  
• Adapting to a chair sport after playing in out of the chair
  
• Dealing with gang violence
  
• The mindset of resilience
  
• The impacts of high intensity functional fitness on sport