ABOUT ME

A certified level 2 and level 3 PT, my name is Iman, and I am here to take you on a life-changing journey, as I teach you what it really means to be your strongest and most unstoppable version.

I have been in the darkest phases of my life struggling with a deep depression coupled with an unfortunate relationship with food, where I ended up being an incredibly overweight unhealthy teenager at 85 kg. I went through countless fad diets and excessive exercise as a form of punishment into my early 20s and fell prey to anorexia and binge eating.

After discovering resistance training at 21, and realising how deeply entwined exercise and nutrition were to heal me, I embarked on a new journey to inhale everything I could about this new world. I shortly thereafter enrolled into a PT degree, which I was studying for alongside working numerous jobs for stability.

It didn’t take long for me to fall deeply in love with pumping iron as good old Arnold says, nor to understand the science behind healthy eating, and the supreme benefits both had to healing my mind and body. I somehow shed my old skin and became this brand new, almost unrecognisable person the deeper I travelled in my journey, and the more I learnt.

I lost a good 8 years of my life in the darkness - something I wouldn’t wish on anyone; and I don’t want anyone else feeling the way I did, which is why I gave up my numerous, half-hearted full-time jobs that kept the income coming in, but only fuelled my desire and passion to be a PT inspiring others, and took a leap of faith to start my own business - Strong With Iman.

I am here to change stereotypes for all South Asian women, men, and everyone in between - we are carving out our safe space in the world of health and fitness, and we are here to STAY.