During Laura's third year studying sport and exercise science at Cardiff Metropolitan University, she applied for a physiology internship at Sport Wales. Her first day in the role, she was thrown in at the deep end at a Great Britain Under 23 rowing training camp:

"I love the buzz of working in a high performance environment and helping athletes be the best they can be. I worked with a number of sports during my internship including Welsh Rowing, Welsh Cycling and Welsh Shooting."

Once Laura had achieved a first class with honours degree, she was appointed as a full-time physiologist at Sport Wales. Her role is to ensure optimal performance is achieved by using a range of methodologies to ensure the training prescribed is appropriate.

 She monitors the intensities of training to ensure the right energy system is targeted to make sure the body adapts to the training. To ensure that the body is adapting and improving, she performs regular physiological assessments to monitor progress.

"In addition," Laura explains, "physiology can also provide different types of stimulus to gain performance improvements, for example, altitude training. Physiology also helps our athletes to prepare for competition for example, appropriate warm up and recovery strategies and acclimatising to adverse climates."

Currently, Laura's work is mainly focussed on Welsh Boxing, Welsh Sprint Cycling, Welsh Bowls and Welsh Rowing. She has worked with the Under 23 GB rowing team at two camps based at Sport Wales and is assisting at the English Institute of Sport in Bisham Abbey during the busy Olympic and Paralympic preparation.

She is also studying a Masters in sport and exercise science at Cardiff Metropolitan.