Hunter Heck joins for a great discussion about his life after a spinal cord injury. We discussed his latest passion for wheelchair tennis, his life-altering accident and recovery, and how he maintains a VERY positive outlook on life.

Wheelchair tennis is his sport of choice. Watch out Serena.

“You’re going to need a little more than an SUV going 50 MPH to take me out”

From left to right: Some Douche, Hunter

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Shownotes:

Hunter Heck

Former Tricker free runner Parkour guy

Life took a little bit of a turn

Pretty serious wheelchair tennis athlete and about to graduate with Finance Degree

Hunter Heck

You actually played tennis with a coach today right?

How do the rules differ?

One extra bounce?

What motivated you to start?

U.S. Open 5 wheelchair Tennis tournaments

Describe your training leading up to this tournament

Different chairs?

Talk about the story on how we met,

Met in engineering school (Engineering economics)

Heard I was the captain of the gymnastics team

Had him and his Cousin come out to the team

Never really spent time on a floor

Front full.

Round off back whip back whip

Cousin Nick was also a maniac

Few great weeks of training, fun dynamic.

Gradually became closer, starting hanging out

Went out one night. All sorts of craziness ensued

I left early

The next day- Texts, calls, Facebook messages. DUDE what happened to hunter.

I know the story from a third person perspective, would you like to take it away?

1. I have a quote here from your blog. Paraphrase: Year 1 and 2- chair was fun “little bumper car”, year three you mentioned that you were recently coming to terms with being in a chair
   1. Elaborating on the rollercoaster
2. Struggled with Depression
   1. How did you ultimately overcome that, and in what ways are you focusing on happiness?
3. How has your life changed, how has your life stayed the same?
4. Rehabbing process
5. independence
6. Engagement
7. Circle back to the interview
8. What is one thing that you feel our listeners need to know about life in a wheel chair- misconception

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