Diane Ballin

What fuels my passion is bigger than just health and fitness. The message I want people to take away from my journey is no matter the age, the diagnosis the battle you may be facing its never too late to change your life; that no matter your current health state, your life ,your body is worth celebrating and fighting for. I want to be a role model for people, to show a diagnosis doesn't mean you are out of the fight, that it is actually fuel to become the best version of yourself.

My favorite way to train is whatever makes you feel your best, the type of training that energizes you to keep growing and evolving. I have consistently worked out for more than 10 years, what I have learned through the process is the human body can do amazing things there is no limit and the pursuit never stops , the fitness world is constantly involving, so I consider my fitness routine to be the same. You have to explore and keep trying to evolve there is never one way to train.

With the $20,000 , I would love to start my own charity organization, that goes to different hospitals to offer either individualized or class fitness exercises to those in need, to lift peoples spirits to get them back in the fight . Especially, childrens hospitals , I feel the grit and determination needed when your chronically ill aligns perfectly with fitness because you need those both to keep pushing. I want people to know a diagnosis does not mean your life is over its your superpower.