Lisa and Jay
We are two South Asian women, who are passionate about strength training and strong women, both in the physical and mental sense, we want the women in our communities to thrive. For now, for tomorrow and for the future.
You've seen what Bangles and Barbells is about, but what about the women behind it?
Lisa has worked as a strength and body transformation coach for over 6 years. Working with a number of clients for a prestigious global personal training facility, her specialisation is body composition whether that be fat loss or muscle building, her end goal is to get you to the body you want to live in.
Personally, her passion is in functional fitness, with strength training a key component to her training. She is also an avid runner, having completed half marathons and a familiar face at run clubs, as well as competed in a handful of Hyrox events.
She lives and breathes movement and understands the fundamentals of health and wellbeing.
Jay has worked in the health and fitness industry for over 10 years. Mainly focussing on operations for a global PT Business, she has also worked as a PT and Group Trainer for 2 years, following her passion into Female Health and Wellbeing.
Her 2 years in Public Health services has meant she understands the needs of the community and why it is so important to make these changes now.
Focusing on strength training, Jay has only recently taken up running and is also furthering her knowledge in female health with a Post Graduate course in Exercise Medicine.
We have the best interests of the women we work with at heart. We are both passionate about women in training and inclusivity, through our own experiences and having worked in the health and fitness industry.
Having worked in very male dominated environments, we both share a core belief: We need more female representation in the industry. Not just representation, but inclusivity and education in women's health. An area that many health and fitness businesses's fail at. Our experience drew us to a place where we wanted to help support women, both new and existing, within the lifting space.
Creating healthy environments where you can be heard, empathised with and where together we can understand what it is that you need support with. Whether it's learning how to lift, understanding the impacts of fitness and nutrition around our hormones.
We want to raise the profile of asian women in lifting, helping to promote it's. benefits, but also improve our integration in to the many lifting communities that exist nationwide. Providing safe and inclusive training facilities for anyone who wants to start. Whether it's personal training, group training or any of the sports teams.
This isn't just about longevity for the women over 35, this also about showing our younger generations of women that sport and activity is not a nice to have, but something that is an essential to our overall quality of life as we age. Plus, these communities have so much to offer, from support through to essential learnings that help as they become adults.
You’ve got questions.We've got the answers (and if we don't, pop us an email and we will be more than happy to help!)
Bangles and Barbells is a 16+ only community.
We will however in due course look at couses for those between the ages of 14-16.
Please keep an eye out on our blog or social channels for more information.
We are brand new to the scene and are working fast to build a network nationally.
Our Luton workshop is the first of it's kind. We will look to run further cohorts, both in Luton and other key areas.
If you are a venue and are interested in organising a location, please do reach out to us and we would be happy to discuss this in more detail.
Our foundations course is the first course of many.
We want to speak with out audience and understand the limitations we experience.
Some future courses planned;
Nutrition (Deficits, healthy eating, lifestyle, management)
Body Composition (Understanding it in terms of health and how to manage it)
Training progression (What follows after you learn to lift, how do you progress?
Alongside these course we will also look to run community events, to allow our participants to network, hear from specialists in the field and celebrate our stories.