ATVriders.com: Since being paralyzed, how difficult has it been making adjustments in your home?
Josh Frederick: We are lucky with our set up we didn't have to make any real major modifications. Luckily, I have great family and a great group of friends that did all the modifications while I was at the hospital, so when I came home, nearly everything was ready for me.

We had to make a few changes in the bathroom mostly to the shower. We took the carpet out of my bedroom and put in hardwood floor, so I could get around better. We changed a few ramps coming into the house, and we put a little concrete down to make things easier, and I can’t thank my family and friends enough for all their help with these changes.

ATVriders.com: How has your race family helped you with all the fundraisers and events they have put on to support you?
Josh Frederick: It was amazing to see the amount of support. Being on the receiving end of it this time is really humbling.

Precision Racing auctioned off a special edition Josh Fredrick steering stabilizer	Hats & Tshirts were made & sold at the WORCS races & online

Seeing the amount of money and support people donated is just amazing. Hopefully someday I can repay them, I just don’t even know where to start. It makes me emotional the amount of love and support I got.

Can-Am raffled off a 2014 Can-Am Maverick 1000 X rs to benefit the Josh Frederick Foundation and the Frederick Family

ATVriders.com: How old are your children now, and how are they adjusting to everything?
Josh Frederick:Madelyn is ten, Gavin is seven, and Jackson is four. They have been amazing through this whole thing. It doesn’t even phase them, and they act like it's not a big deal. They have helped me out a ton. It's been fun to be home a lot more with them and go to all their various activities.

Josh Frederick continues to stay active with his children, and while we visited, he threw some passes to his son, Gavin.

ATVriders.com: Since your injury, it seems as if you've gained a lot of mass and strength in your upperbody.
Josh Frederick: I haven't noticed it as much myself, but everyone seems to notice my arms and chest getting big. When I look at pictures, I can tell, and it makes sense, I use my upper body for everything and add in the hand-cycling that I do and the working out helps.

ATVriders.com: I saw you have several machines in your workout room, and one is a bicycle to work out your legs, so exactly how does that work?
Josh Frederick: It's the FBS bike. It has electrodes that you hook up to the muscles in your legs and through electronic pulses it shocks the muscles in your legs and makes your legs do the pedaling like you would on a regular bike. Since I'm not able to use the muscles in my legs, it stimulates them and not only keeps my muscles from going into total atrophy but it stimulates the blood and is good for my bones, so I usually do that for an hour three times a week.

To help keep his leg muscles in shape, Frederick uses a FBS bike that sends electronic pulses through his leg muscles, which simulates pedaling

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