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How Busy Moms and Moms-To-Be Workout
When you're pregnant and when you're a mom, it might seem like your workouts will automatically take a back seat to the rest of your life. The tiredness, the nausea, mom guilt, the to-do list, the sick kids, the sleep deprivation, the full-time job - there are a...
Postpartum Core Recovery Shorts
Using some type of compression in the early stages postpartum can be helpful for many mama's. I'm often asked if I recommend a specific type of abdominal or belly wrap after-baby for moms. And, while I think some can be extremely useful for offering support to the...
The Best and Worst Of Pregnancy Nutrition Advice
I constantly see unrealistic pregnancy nutrition advice being offered to women. A couple days ago I posted this on my Facebook page: Apparently, you agree 😉 I love food. All kinds of food. I'm also a fitness coach and Kinesiologist who specifically trains women in...
Five No-Crunch Core Exercises
Your core exercises and workouts should include so much more than crunches, sit-ups, and front planks. It's possible that you shouldn't be including these exercises at all. Especially if you're pregnant or you've had a baby. It's effective for our cores to move the...
Mama Moment with Roxanne
I met Roxanne a couple years ago at an in-person coaching session, with her sister...and their babies! From there, we kept in contact every now and again, making sure she was recovering well from baby #2. Roxy then joined the To Pregnancy & Beyond tribe (my online...
Exercising After C-Section? Read This First.
How should you return to exercising after C-section? Should your workouts be cardio? Abs exercises? Baby wearing fitness classes? My answer might surprise you. The answer I hear the most often from other health professionals is to start with cardio. Wait 6 weeks, then...
Core Exercises for Postpartum
I want to talk about Diastasis Recti and how you go about healing it post-pregnancy, between pregnancies, or if you're many years into this mom-ing gig. I described diastasis recti and how to assess yourself for it in this article, so be sure to read that to you...
If You’re Only Looking to Get Flat Abs Post-Pregnancy, I’m Not Your Trainer
If you're only looking to get flat abs post-pregnancy, I'm not your trainer. I'm just not your girl because I care more about your abs functioning well, than how flat they are. I care more about whether your core muscles support your body, keep you from leaking during...
Learn How to Heal from a C-Section
Honestly, it's total BS. Ask a C-section mama what recovery and rehab advice she got after her C-section and she'll probably tell you she was told to not lift anything heavier than the baby and to not drive for 6 weeks. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NOTE: this was my...
