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Even WITH arms & legs, this would be quite a story. Let it serve as inspiration to overcome your own challenges, whatever they may be!

Via Gizmodo

Philippe Croizon lost his arms and legs in a terrible accident 18 years ago. Since then, he has trained to become a world class athlete. This summer, the Frenchman is going to swim between every continent in the world.

How Is This Possible?

This actually isn’t the first time Croizon has attempted to swim an astonishing distance. In 2010, at age 42, he swam the 21 miles across the English Channel in just 13 hours. To put that into perspective, the fastest verified swim took just under 7 hours.

Leading up to the Channel swim, he trained like a madman—about 35 hours a week for two years—and learned how to swim with his new body. He uses homemade fins attached with stirrups to what’s left of his legs, and no prosthetics on his arms. Because he doesn’t get enough torque on his arm strokes, though, he uses a large snorkel that runs down up the center of his face to breathe.

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