Sep 15, 2016

5 Minute's with....@missionsummergirl AKA Laura Stockwell

What is your current occupation?I work in retail, specifically Nike. It's a fit girls dream. I'm always broke because I fall in "swoosh" love 10 times a day and buy everything that catches my eye. I'm thinking of setting up a go fund me to feed my habit.
How many days a week do you train?I train every day. I'm not supposed to though. My programme is 6 days but I usually find an excuse to get that 7th day in.
What’s your favourite exercise?(Squats, HIIT, Bench Press, Jogging etc.) My favourite exercise changes on a weekly basis. At the moment I'm loving glute accessory work like cable kick backs and glute bridges. I have a soft spot for anything shoulder related too.
Which gym habit that other people do annoys you the most? I hate when people are training in twos or threes having the absolute lols at the cable machine doing 40 sets each with a nice long break to enjoy each other's company in between each one.
What has been your worst gym fail? When you're as careless and clumsy as I am, epic gym fails become a regular occurrence. The stand out one is probably the first time I ever saw an assisted pull up machine. I didn't think hard enough about it and assumed that the board you put your knees on was fixed onto the machine. I found out the hard way that it definitely isn't, when I hit the floor face first, after bounding up onto the thing at about 90 miles an hour.
What’s your favourite cheat meal? That's like asking a mother to choose her favourite child.
What’s your favourite post workout meal? Post workout proats with coconut oil and mint chocolate whey for the win.
What’s the best advice you have ever been given? To stop making excuses. When you really think about it there's no such thing as a good excuse.
Who has been the most inspiring person in your life? Everything I know I learned from my mam. She gave me the world and then she taught me how to impact it positively. Even at (almost) 24 years old, I still seek to make her proud all the time.
Who is your celebrity or fitspo crush? I have so many fitspos but most of them are girls I see in the gym or girls I know from Instagram. I can relate to them much more easily.
What supplements do you take? I love the NXT beef protein in kiwi flavour. Whey protein in oats is BAE, BCAAS, pre workout then I take vitamins & fish oils too and that's more or less it.
What’s your favourite protein bar? The NXT flapjacks are life.
What’s in your gym bag? My gym bag is comparable to Mary Poppins' bag. I always have a huge jumper in there just incase I get cold. The memory of the how cold I was on prep will never leave me and I'll be prepared forever. Liquid chalk, C4, resistance bands, bobbins and clips, a hairbrush, Victoria's Secret body spray, deodorant, tiny Tupperware boxes for scoops of whey, headphones and a hundred other random items.
What’s your biggest regret? I genuinely believe everything happens for a reason and every mistake is a learning opportunity. Some lessons are harder than others but they ultimately make you a better person.

If you want to follow Laura on social media you can find her on:

Snapchat: ls2792

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