Back in 2007 I weighed just over 12 stone. I had little interest in exercise, but lost 1 stone through diet and joining a gym to do cardio. A couple of years later I started working out at home to aerobics DVDs and lost another stone. As I got fitter and gradually became more active, I got more and more interested in many forms of exercise. End of Summer 2011 I joined the gym again to improve my upper body strength for rock climbing. It was then I discovered that lifting weights was where I wanted to be all along.

It gives me a buzz - I love seeing the stats on my big lifts going up and the changes in the way my body looks. I enjoy the challenge of clean eating and sticking to my workout plans. There's something really empowering about lifting that I've not found in any other aspect of my life.