In this episode of The Your Level Fitness Podcast I am catching up with my friend Chad Williams from Doing Hard Things My Way. We start with some football talk and Bengal and Dolphin emotions, then move right into what it looks like for Chad to keep running through a cold northeast winter while managing cerebral palsy, back pain, tight muscles, and the mental side of wondering if each new injury is the big one. Chad shares how he is trying to find a better balance between running, the gym, recovery, and assisted stretching so he can keep moving without ending up back in the dark place he was a few years ago.

We talk about what it really means to have a home base gym when you have CP or any visible difference, why environment and support matter, and how easy it is to slip from a little back pain into full shutdown when you stop reaching out. Chad walks through the story behind Doing Hard Things My Way, how a Spartan race invitation showed up right when he needed it, and how that personal motto has grown into races, community, and real impact for other people with CP.

We also dig into Chad’s plans for future races, including pushing an athlete in a wheelchair, his involvement in adaptive running events, the launch of the Doing Hard Things My Way adaptive athlete scholarship, and his ongoing work on a memoir that aims to give younger athletes with cerebral palsy a powerful sense of possibility.

If you are someone navigating chronic limitations, long term injuries, or the mental weight of staying active into your thirties and forties, this is a real and honest conversation about balance, fear, support systems, and refusing to let circumstances decide your story.

Links for Chad:

Follow Chad on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/chadwillia1/

Learn more about Doing Hard Things My Way.
https://doinghardthingsmyway.com/

Support the Doing Hard Things My Way Adaptive Athlete Scholarship Fund.
https://bold.org/funds/doing-hard-things-my-way-adaptive-athlete-scholarship-fund/

Komuso affiliate link shared by Chad.
https://affiliate.komusodesign.com/CW1

Links for Daryl:

Visit Your Level Fitness.
https://yourlevelfitness.com

Listen to The Your Level Fitness Podcast and other shows.
https://yourlevelfitness.com/podcast

For questions comments or collaboration ideas email.
daryl@yourlevelfitness.com