The personal trainer and fitness fanatic with cystic fibrosis

Humans of Chelmsford

In this episode of Humans of Chelmsford we are joined by personal trainer, speaker and blogger Sophie Holmes.
After being born 10 weeks premature, Sophie was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at four months old.
Her parents were told that she might not make the age of 30, let alone her teens, and she has to take up to 80 tablets a day to stay alive.
After becoming seriously ill at the age of 19, fitness and health became so much more important to Sophie as she refused to accept things the way they were.
Through her work she continues to fight against her condition and has set herself incredible challenges along the way.
She became just the second person with cystic fibrosis to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and through her social media activity she has gained a huge following.
While many people only see the difficulties presented to her, for Sophie, her condition has arguably become the making of her.
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