#437 - Overcoming Fears, Insecurities & Lifting Yourself with Laura Biceps

The Free Man

Ben Coomber

Self-improvement, Education, Science, Natural Sciences, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

How do you lift yourself up when you feel insecure, anxious and afraid? Listen to Laura 'Biceps' Hoggins as we discuss lifting for empowerment, the journey of fitness we are all on, her journey from "life of the party" to strongman, being controlled by the scales, being strong when your identity changes, knowing that things change and it's important not to fight it, crossfit and what its done for the fitness industry, the power of people, your environment, and lifting weights, and more.

Laura is a legend, find her online @laurabiceps and her book "Lift Yourself"

0:30 An introduction to Laura and her journey to becoming confident in her own skin
4:30 - Chasing thin... why it didn't work.
9:45 - The turning point, caring less about others thoughts.
11 - Key Shifts that made a big impact. Investing in yourself, improve your social circle.
16:53 - Why you should put your phone down.
19:48 - What is fitness ? The many positives of CrossFit & Weightlifting.
28:35 - Your inner circle and how to cope with the knock on effects that change can bring
35:40 Laura’s final note & Top Tip

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Ben-Cuba Radio, episode number 437.
0:04.9	This is the poshest, actually lowest budget recording of the show ever.
0:09.5	I'm sat in a recording studio at the Ministry of Sound I know and I'm recording this on an iPhone
0:16.1	I'm sat around absolutely thousands of pounds worth of equipment and I'm using none of it but it's
0:21.2	because I am sat here with the head fitness trainer
0:25.0	at Ministry of Sound an innovative new fitness session which I haven't done
0:29.7	I'm not I'm not gonna kind of pretend I have perhaps I should have brought my workout gear and get ready to be sweaty and share a protein shake together afterwards
0:38.4	But I am with Laura aka Biceps her full name is Laura Hoggins for anyone that want to like
0:45.1	Google it and stuff. Hello. How are you doing? I'm pumped.
0:49.8	Amazing. Thanks so much for having me. Well, thank you for finally being able to connect with the show.
0:56.0	It took us a while with busy people.
0:58.0	You're a very busy person.
0:59.0	Just come out of the back of writing.
1:01.0	What I'm assuming is an amazing book. I haven't read it. It is and I can
1:04.1	confirm it is amazing yeah. But I've been following your
1:06.5	Instagram for quite some time and I suppose the reason I wanted you on the show is
1:11.1	because you are a very refreshing voice in the world of fitness.
1:16.0	And judging from your background you've got to that point because you've been through quite
1:20.8	a lot of shit yourself.
1:22.0	Correcto.
1:24.0	And hopefully this podcast will be helping a lot of people that are also going for a load of shit
1:28.6	and trying to work out how they're going to get there and trying to break down those kind of barriers because for me health and fitness seems and feels quite simple and you'll probably feel it's a lot more simple now but when you look back at the problems that people are struggling with
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