Barnsley adaptive athlete helps develop specialist gym equipment

Barnsley adaptive athlete Louise Hawkins has helped develop specialist gym equipment designed for people with limb differences.

Louise, who was born without the lower part of her left arm, worked with Equip Products on a padded single-arm lifting strap known as the LouP.

The equipment is designed to make weight training more accessible to adaptive athletes and has gone on to be used by people around the world.

Louise has also previously been featured by British Weight Lifting and appeared in a Nike campaign, helping bring greater visibility to adaptive strength training.