{"id":387340,"date":"2019-08-03T14:42:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T21:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=387340"},"modified":"2019-08-03T14:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T21:42:22","slug":"amy-van-dyken-inspiring-with-fitness-which-saved-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/amy-van-dyken-inspiring-with-fitness-which-saved-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Van Dyken Inspiring With Fitness, Which &#8216;Saved My Life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago, <strong>Amy Van Dyken-Rouen<\/strong>\u2019s world changed forever.<\/p>\n<p>An ATV accident left her paralyzed from the waist down after a devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-champion-amy-van-dyken-recovering-after-atv-accident-severs-spine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spinal injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of allowing it ruin her life, the six-time Olympic champion was determined to move forward from the traumatic event and help inspire others along the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been so important. I think it actually saved my life,\u201d Van Dyken-Rouen told <em>Swimming World<\/em>. \u201cOtherwise, you go into a dark place. I hate to say that, but it is true and it happens. It definitely could have been worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is amazing, the support everyone has shown me. I think my purpose is to teach people, raise awareness and help people who are disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, Van Dyken-Rouen finished second in the inaugural WheelWOD (Workout of the Day) Open, a CrossFit event where only 12 athletes compete on the world stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cIt was the international competition for disabled athletes,\u201d she said. \u201cIn order to get there, you have to do the open and get top 12. I am considered the second-fittest seated female athlete on the planet \u2014 which is pretty big.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Van Dyken-Rouen works out and competes while also co-hosting some USA Swimming shows and commentating for the Pac-12 Network.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_387344\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387344\" data-attachment-id=\"387344\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/amy-van-dyken-inspiring-with-fitness-which-saved-my-life\/amy-vandyken-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/amy-vandyken-2-e1564868168419.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,769\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564806088&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"amy-vandyken 2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;amy-vandyken 2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Dan D&#8217;Addona&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/amy-vandyken-2-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/amy-vandyken-2-1024x716.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-387344\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/amy-vandyken-2-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"amy-vandyken 2\" width=\"531\" height=\"379\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-387344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Dan D&#8217;Addona<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI love being a part of sports that way,\u201d she said. \u201cI do a lot of speaking engagements and have my non-profit organization. I like to stay busy. When I am not commentating on swimming, I am definitely keeping up with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five years ago, she was simply fighting for her life after the ATV accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had broken so many vertebrae, they didn\u2019t want me to lose any more function,\u201d she said. \u201cI had such a traumatic brain injury. When my husband got me breathing again, I was convulsing and my eyes went two different directions for about eight minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting into shape and competing, even with herself was huge for Van Dyken-Rouen. It has allowed her to do day-to-day things that she once took for granted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got injured and I couldn\u2019t pick things up off the floor because I couldn\u2019t,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t have the strength. Now I can do it. It has given me the ability when I am in an airplane and need to get my overhead back, I can do a pull-up to get my bag \u2014 which is really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a long road to get to this point.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI had to relearn how to live. How to clean your house, cook, dress yourself, shower, how to use the ladies room. It has been a lot of learning experiences \u2014 how to travel because I travel a lot,\u201d Amy Van Dyken-Rouen said. \u201cLearning how to drive.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is all a change.<\/p>\n<p>So is the way people interact with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/news-landing-page\/2019\/07\/23\/amy-van-dyken-rouen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Van Dyken-Rouen<\/a>, who is training for more competitions that begin in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore it was like, \u2018Oh my gosh, six gold medals, let me touch you,\u201d she said. \u201cNow people tell me they are doing CrossFit or getting in shape because they have seen me do it. It is awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago, Amy Van Dyken-Rouen\u2019s world changed forever. An ATV accident left her paralyzed from the waist down after a devastating spinal injury. 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