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WHEN Laoise Quinn looks in the mirror now, she sees more than the strength of muscles built up over a career in powerlifting.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old sees the resilience of character and the confidence of a young woman whose story started with a less flattering self-image.<\/p>\n

Laoise Quinn wants to use her powerlifting profile to empower young girls<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
She has won medals at national, European, and World powerlifting competitions<\/span> Credit: ELC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She told The Irish Sun: \u201cI look at my body and so much more than how it just looks. I\u2019m more focused on what it can do. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s different stages of your cycle. Like one week you feel great and the next<\/span> week you\u2019re like, \u2018I want to go over all the mirrors.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a journey. In some weeks, it\u2019s up and down, but I think overall I\u2019ve definitely changed from what my body can look like to what it can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

This confidence has been earned through a career in powerlifting that is still only getting started.<\/p>\n

Laoise considers herself a girly girl<\/span> Credit: Instagram\/laoise_quinn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
She has built up a prominent profile on Instagram<\/span> Credit: Instagram\/laoise_quinn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Laoise with Ireland junior head coach Arthur Odlum<\/span> Credit: Instagram\/laoise_quinn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Quinn told how her family were surprised when she moved into powerlifting<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These days, the Limerick<\/a> woman has won national, European, and World honours in various categories \u2013 and she can deadlift almost four times her 62kg bodyweight.<\/p>\n

But when she first stepped into the gym aged just 14, the purpose had more to do with losing weight<\/span> than gaining muscle.<\/p>\n

She recalled: \u201cWhen I was younger, I kind of struggled with eating and things like that and I started off in the gym trying to be just a smaller version of myself. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut then I used to follow girls on Instagram<\/a> who were building muscle and I was like, \u2018Okay, this looks cool. I\u2019m going to try that.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinn doesn\u2019t shy away from her complicated relationship<\/a> with food when she was younger.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Laoise uses her prominent social media<\/a> profile \u2013 over 32,900 followers on Instagram \u2013 to encourage young women<\/a> to be similarly open.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI think, especially with body trends<\/span> at the minute, like I know SkinnyTok is trending \u2013 it\u2019s so damaging to young girls, especially seeing that all over your social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I just try and put content out there to counter the pressure that young girls feel because there is such a huge pressure on it for girls.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was starting to go to the gym, it was just to lose weight. <\/p>\n

\u201cI would spend like an hour or two hours just on the stair master doing cardio because when I looked in the mirror, I saw something completely different to how I actually looked, if that makes sense? <\/p>\n

\u201cSo then when I started powerlifting, I was surrounded by other girls who were training to be bigger and like fuelling themselves for their sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI quickly realised that if I don\u2019t start fuelling myself properly, I\u2019m not going to make progress as quickly as other people, so powerlifting helped me so much with my relationship with food and my body as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s given me so much confidence and I think it just taught me how to eat properly as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was younger, like 13 or 14, I just didn\u2019t have the knowledge around food. I thought the amount of calories that I was eating was enough or even too much, even though I was eating like maybe even 1,000 calories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinn\u2019s regular use of social media to chronicle her life both inside and outside of the gym comes with it risks related to the online realm.<\/p>\n

For every positive comment congratulating her on her various career accomplishments, there are those from anonymous<\/a> trolls judging how she looks while achieving them.<\/p>\n

Laoise sees all of these comments and more, and revealed that she used to get passive judgmental comments in person.<\/p>\n

But if she is capable of deadlifting 200kg, Laoise is more than able to rise above the trolls.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI\u2019m such a girly girl. I will always have my makeup and hair<\/span> done, fresh layer of tan for a competition because if you look good, you feel good and that contributes to my performance. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think sharing my journey and stuff on social media, especially as my page has grown, you definitely are a bit more susceptible to hate comments and things like that. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just learned that you\u2019re just not everyone\u2019s cup of tea. I might get one comment saying, \u2018You\u2019re too big, that\u2019s not attractive to men,\u2019 or something and then the next thing is like someone really hyping me up.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people will like you and some people won\u2019t and you just can\u2019t be everyone\u2019s cup of tea. And also some people are just idiots and it\u2019s so easy to just hide behind the keyboard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think powerlifting has helped so much and it definitely helps my mindset with things. <\/p>\n

\u201cSomething so small, but it has kind of stuck with me is after my first powerlifting competition, I posted it on social media and I was only 14 at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people who were following me were only people in my school<\/span> and I remember walking past a group of lads and them just shouting, \u2018Oh, what do you bench?\u2019 or something. <\/p>\n

\u201cLittle things like that in the moment, you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh my God, this is so embarrassing\u2019, but then they kind of do help your mindset in a way as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I got better through the years, they wouldn\u2019t say that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laoise is far more than a social media personality using her platform to empower female body image.<\/p>\n

Her CV in powerlifting \u2013 which is an event that consists of squat, bench press, and deadlift \u2013 befits that persona.<\/p>\n

After starting working with a nutrition coach, her diet transformed along with her weight, with Quinn citing her embrace of protein and carbohydrates.<\/p>\n

Much like many other people her age, the 22-year-old does go on social nights out but has found a balance between life inside and outside training.<\/p>\n

Her first competition was a small, in-house club meet in Limerick<\/span> in which she was encouraged to take part shortly after starting out.<\/p>\n

Quinn didn\u2019t win any medals but she got the itch for the sport and, having started out being coached by Steven Cusack, now works with Gareth Benn out of CityGym in Limerick.<\/p>\n

In April 2019, while still only 15, she won her first title at the Munster Championships and followed that up by victory at the Junior & Masters Championships in October shortly after turning 16.<\/p>\n

That was her last competition until August 2021 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic<\/span>, but before gyms were forced to close down, there came the realisation that she was capable of competing at the highest level.<\/p>\n

Quinn explained: \u201cWe decided in the gym that we were all just going to max out and kind of see where our lifts were.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember maxing out and I deadlifted 160kg that day and I was like 15 or 16 at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust out of curiosity after I did it, because I could also notice that there was probably only one other girl in the gym who could deadlift 160kg and she would have been a lot older than me, I was kind of like, \u2018Oh, I wonder where I am in terms of an international standard.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cI remember looking it up and the 160kg was two-and-a-half kilos over the world record<\/span>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a competition then, it was going to be in like three months time, but Covid-19 hit and they couldn\u2019t send the team so I ended up getting a gym in my house, a few plates and a barbell, so I could keep on training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her passion for powerlifting comes despite not coming from a necessarily sporty family<\/span>.<\/p>\n

She grew up playing football<\/span> in primary school and hockey<\/span> in secondary school, but found solo sports more to her liking.<\/p>\n

But when Quinn confided her intention to pursue powerlifting, her family\u2019s reaction was one of surprise and momentary trepidation.<\/p>\n

She admitted: \u201cI think my dad thought I was going to turn into this huge muscle person and he was like, \u2018Oh, I don\u2019t really think you should do that or you might regret it.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u201cBut then I think when I got on to the Irish team, they were like, \u2018Okay, this is okay, this is good.<\/p>\n

\u201cPowerlifting has such a stigma of how you look in it, which I think was what my parents were thinking, but I like to show how you can embrace your femininity in the sport as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because you\u2019re in a male-dominated space<\/span> doesn\u2019t mean you have to lose your femininity or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once she got back to competing in 2021, her improvement was remarkable.<\/p>\n

Having squatted 130kg, benched 53kg, and deadlifted 120kg in 2019, those numbers shot up to 142.5kg, 75kg, and 172.5kg, respectively, upon her return.<\/p>\n

Her personal bests, almost five years later, now stand at a jaw-dropping 170kg, 92.5kg, and 200kg.<\/p>\n

These improvements come as she balances studying in TUS in Limerick and working with her sister in a dress rental business<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Quinn has taken that practice in her stride now, but there were a few hiccups while she was doing her Leaving Cert exams.<\/p>\n

She revealed: \u201cI had a back injury and it lasted over a year. I had chronic pain in my back and it was actually caused by stress. It happened in sixth year. <\/p>\n

\u201cI competed at the World Championships in September, when I just started the Leaving Cert year. <\/p>\n

\u201cI actually won that competition, but from there I had a back injury. I was still training and stuff, but I couldn\u2019t compete for the rest of sixth year because I was just so stressed and stress has a huge effect on your body.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re that young, you\u2019ve no idea how to cope with stress and things, managing things outside of school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinn has travelled all over the world, ranging from Sweden<\/span>, Turkey<\/span>, Hungary<\/span>, Malta, and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n

She won sub-junior medals at the World and European Classic Powerlifting Championships, as well as top honours at the European University<\/span> Classic Powerlifting Cup as recently as February 2025.<\/p>\n

But it was what she considers her worst performance, 13th at the 2022 World Junior Classic Powerlifting Championships in Turkey<\/span>, that stands out the most.<\/p>\n

She detailed: \u201cIt was just after the Leaving Cert and I was injured so I wasn\u2019t able to lift like nearly half as much as I was capable of. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my first year as a junior and I\u2019d gotten invited and I was injured, so even though I knew I wasn\u2019t going to place or anything, I just thought this is just something I need to do for myself because I\u2019m so grateful.<\/p>\n

Laoise\u2019s next big target<\/span> are the World Classic & Equipped Sub-Junior & Junior Powerlifting Championships in South Africa<\/span> this August.<\/p>\n

Her best showing at the competition was ninth in Malta in 2024 and she is keen to lift herself towards a medal this time around.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cThis will be my last world championship<\/span> as a junior. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s different age categories. There\u2019s under 19s, which is sub-junior \u2013 I won worlds as a sub junior \u2013 and now I\u2019m in the junior. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to place at a World Championship as a junior. I\u2019m going to say I\u2019d like to win, but I mean, everybody wants to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that I\u2019m into The Open<\/span>. It would be cool to do something at Worlds as a sub-junior, junior and in The Open.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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