Lift Yourself: A Training Guide to Getting Fit and Feeling Strong for Life.

Laura Hoggins, one of the main proponents behind British Weight Lifting’s #StrongIsNotASize campaign is launching a new book today called Lift Yourself: A Training Guide to Getting Fit and Feeling Strong for Life.

Published by Penguin, Lift Yourself explores Hoggins’s ten weightlifting commandments and covers themes such as form, motivation, mental health and nutrition.

Born and raised in Surrey, Hoggins developed her passion for lifting after discovering a CrossFit gym in Hammersmith over three years ago.

 Inspired by the community of individuals whose priority was athletics and not their aesthetic, Hoggins quit her office job and moved into fitness full time.

Now a fully trained fitness coach and personal trainer, Hoggins runs her own concept class, LIFTED, at the Ministry of Sound Fitness.

Hoggins has over 20,000 Instagram followers and has worked in collaboration with British Weight Lifting, Women in Sport and This Girl Can to spread a campaign that shows that #StrongIsNotASize.

 Runner-up in Men's Health Gym Awards '18 for Smartest Coach and a regular contributor to Woman's Health, Metro and Health & Fitness Magazine, Hoggins speaks on podcasts, at festivals and events across the country and is the female face celebrating lifting in the UK.

She has also recently launched her own podcast, Biceps & Banter.

Lift Yourself: A Training Guide to Getting Fit and Feeling Strong for Life goes on sale today and is available to order on Amazon here