UK’s strongest woman... mum who trains as she cooks dinner
A MOTHER who only began training to lose weight after the birth of her daughter has won the title of Britain’s strongest woman.
PE teacher Jenny Warner, 34, works out six times a week, even as she cooks dinner.
Her triumph came after she lifted more than 25stone (160kg), nearly three times her body weight.
Daughter Ella, five, loves all the excitement of her mum’s success.
Jenny said: “After Ella was born I wanted to get back into shape. I’d been to gyms before but I was struggling with motivation and my friend showed me this strong man’s gym. At first I was doing it for weight loss, but I carried on from there. I think the training got me through being a first-time mum.
“Women can be put off lifting weights because they think it’ll make them manly, but you can still stay feminine.”
The 5ft 6in Southampton superwoman fits training around her busy life. She said: “If I can’t go to the gym or I don’t have time I actually like to set up a circuit in my kitchen as I’m cooking dinner.
“I usually make it with four exercises, for example: pull ups, squat jumps, burpees – anything that doesn’t need too much space.”
Jenny added: “We like to use Ella as a free weight sometimes, which she loves, and my partner Dave and I also take it in turns to put her on our back and do push-ups.
“Ella was so proud when I won the title – she was going around at school, telling all the other mums and kids how her mum was the strongest one. We want to show her that there’s nothing she can’t do.”