In this episode on Through the eyes of adversity I talk with Laura Blease, a personal trainer at Ultimate Performance and Laura tells a story about her journey living with the auto immune disease Ulcerative Colitis.

We talk through topics including, how and when she got diagnosed, a day in her life, and the mental and emotional impacts of the condition as well as how resistance training helps her manage it. We cover both the physical and mental benefits of training with Ulcerative Colitis.

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I usually train 4 times a week, lower, upper and two total body sessions. I like to train back in particular pull-ups, lat pull downs and rows. My lower compound movements are Romanian deadlifts, barbell hip thrusts and a squat variation. I’m intuitive and adapt my sessions according to how I’m feeling that day for example, ta ...