JASMINE MANUEL: I have brittle bones but guess what, I am 22-years-old - I got this. If I
break something, I will call you but I know I am going to be okay.
JASMINE MANUEL: My name is Jasmine Manuel; I am 22; I am a music producer
and I go to Kennesaw State University.
JASMINE MANUEL: My condition is called Osteogenesis Imperfecta and I have type-3.
JASMINE MANUEL: Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a brittle bone disorder. It affects my height,
I break easily. I have broken anywhere from 100-200 bones. I have had 22 surgeries.
JASMINE MANUEL: My friends and family probably think I am crazy for how I work out because
they are like, ‘How do you do this?’
JASMINE MANUEL: I do Insanity Max 30 which is a high intense workout.
JASMINE MANUEL: Well, I just wanted to see if I could do it honestly. I was like, ‘Man,
this is kind of crazy like, this could not work out or every bone in my body is going
to break. So the fact that I could do it was like, “Hey man I am about to hit up Shaun
T, I am like, it is me.”
WANDA MANUEL: Her early life was challenging. When Jasmine was born, she had six broken
bones. After five months, she probably broke something every month.
JASMINE MANUEL: When I was growing up, I was a wild child. I always knew I was different.
WANDA MANUEL: She has always been very strong willed. So just her personality and her desire
to keep going made it easier.
WANDA MANUEL: Jasmine’s fitness regimen is, it’s crazy. But it fits her. Jasmine
is one of the most determined people that I know. She is always willing to show people
that I can do more than what you expect me to be able to do.
JASMINE MANUEL: There is a lot of preconceived ideas about what people with disabilities
can do already and with fitness, that’s breaking a lot of barriers and really changing that mindset.
JASMINE MANUEL: So this video right here, actually went viral. I started up the page
‘Rollout Fitness’ and I wasn’t really sure where it was going to go and I just kept
posting and people were like, ‘Oh man, she is really inspiring.’
JASMINE MANUEL: And it was like, ‘Well, okay this fitness thing, this is pretty cool.
I am just showing people what I do.’
JASMINE MANUEL: And Shaun T followed me. Sorry, that was like my biggest rewarding thing for
Rollout Fitness is that he follows me.
WANDA MANUEL: Her dad and I are just so, we are so proud of Jasmine and it’s her desire
to keep going in spite of everything that has gone on in her life.
BENJAMIN VERSOLA: First thing I thought when I met her was like, ‘Who is this obnoxiously
loud person?' There is no way that this person that's this small can be like really outgoing
and just nice to everybody that she meets.
JASMINE MANUEL: I remain so positive because there is no other option. I mean, obviously
there is, I could be negative and sad but I don’t have time to pity myself.
It’s very easy to make an excuse. So I always try to live by the motto “No Excuses”.
WANDA MANUEL: I know as a mom, you are always thinking to yourself. I want you to be careful.
I don’t want you to hurt yourself. I want you to be safe.
WANDA MANUEL: I have had to learn to let go and let her live her life because I can’t
bubble wrap her, I can’t protect her. She is a growing woman and she has got to live her life.
JASMINE MANUEL: I like working out because at least for me it’s proving that I can
do it because a lot of doctors you know, have said different things about what I was going
to be capable of and every day I am just proving that I got this.