3 Ways I Failed My Postnatal Fitness Clients and How To STOP Making These Same Mistakes

Over a decade ago I began my first personal training job working with prenatal and postnatal fitness clients.

I adored working with my mamas so much that I decided, at 20 years old, to pursue coaching these populations as my career.

Fast forward a couple years, I was in graduate school, studying about postpartum bodies and exercise and began to realize just how dangerous the coaching I was doing with these moms was.

FULL STOP.

Over the last 10 years, I have coached and educated thousands of moms and am constantly tweaking my toolkit to help best support them through fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle strategies.

On Tuesday, October 10th at 5pm PST/8pm EST I am going to be hosting a FREE live session to tell you ALL about the 3 major ways I was endangering my postnatal fitness clients.

Most importantly, I’ll be telling you exactly how to STOP making these same mistakes and how to build successful postnatal fitness coaching tools with your own clients.

The key details:

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WHEN: Tuesday October 10th at 5pm PST/8pm EST. This is a one-time only live session.
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WHERE: Register below and you’ll be sent the private link to attend this FREE online webinar
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NOTE: If you can’t make the live session, the recording will be emailed out to those who register.
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