Ultra runner and athlete, LaToya Shauntay Snell, shares her fitness journey and explains the importance of motivation for strength training.

Weight training is not just about losing weight

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I would pick up 30-40 pound weights and men would make comments like, ‘oh, don’t lift that, that’s too heavy for you’

Get yourself an accountability buddy, someone who can help motivate you when you need it

I was so scared that I wasn’t capable of doing it, that I wasn’t the right size, and that I didn’t look like all the other runners out there

“As a plus-size woman in the gym, people automatically assume that I’m there for weight loss. I’m not.”