“It’s kind of crazy…I definitely was not expecting that many people to see me do that workout,” Hilton told Metro Canada of the more than 6.7 million viewers who tuned in to watch one of her CrossFit workouts in 2016.
Hilton is living proof that working out is for everyone and that everything can be adapted to fit any one person’s needs. Take, for example, her own adaptation for the bars in the video above; she attaches two velcro straps to a chain to allow her to perform the clean and press.
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“Basically, everything I have accomplished with CrossFit has been trial and error, Hilton told The Washington Post in 2016 about adapting her workouts. “I may not be able to do every movement, but my attitude is I’ll just figure out a way to make it all work.”
“I've had more of the ‘Let's figure it out’ type people in my life, and that video is proof,” she said.
Hilton is excited to share her adaptive practices, but she also wants to be seen as an active person getting in her daily circuit like everyone else.
"I don't want to be 'good for someone without arms and legs,'" she told ESPN in a January report. "I want to be good."
Hilton told The Washington Post that people have been calling her an inspiration throughout her entire life. “I just think, you know, I’m kind of doing everyday activities," she said. "Because I’ve been the same way my whole life, I don’t see myself as different than anybody else. I’m not setting out to be inspirational. I’m trying to do things that I enjoy and that challenge me.”
