Laura has been a competitive athlete her entire life, starting with soccer, then turning to gymnastics and track, which she did throughout college at Ohio State and Bowling Green University. The internal drive to be competitive led her to a brief stint in bodybuilding, before she found her true passion in powerlifting. Always eager to learn and improve, she began traveling and ultimately found the world famous Westside Barbell Club to call home, and legend himself, Louie Simmons to guide her for the next 10 years of her dominant and record setting career. It’s worth noting that Laura STILL holds the All-Time world squat record, is the only female to hold the world record for bench press in FOUR classes at the same time, and was the powerlifter to total 11 times her body weight.