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...
Postpartum Diastasis Recti Assessment #3
This is it! My third and final postpartum diastasis recti assessment. I’m now 8 weeks post-pregnancy. It’s funny…such a short time, but also feels like it’s been a lot longer, too. Like being pregnant was a lifetime ago, but I also know that my body...
5 Best Core Exercises for Pregnancy
Safe and effective core training in pregnancy is incredibly important to keeping your body feeling and functioning optimally. Sometimes, I almost can’t believe the incredibly bad core training information I see on the internet about core training during...
“Well, Those Are the Abs of Someone Who Hasn’t Had a Baby!”
Let me tell you a little story… I started training prenatal and postnatal women when I was at Queen’s University doing my undergraduate degree in Physical Education. There was a personal training studio in town that was purely for women in pregnancy and mamas....
Jessie Mundell is mama-in-chief at JessieMundell.com, where she’s helped hundreds of moms feel strong, confident, and EMPOWERED in their bodies with fitness programs tailored to their prenatal and postnatal needs.
![What if your body gets larger?
2020 me was living in such intense stress.
Covid times.
Major life changes.
Home with a 1 year old and 4 year old.
Having a haaaard time.
Still in the early postpartum years.
Feeling comfortable in my body... but still, in the back of my mind, believing that my body would get smaller...
My 2023 body is at its largest size, larger than it was in early postpartum.
I am reminding myself to LIVE in this body and not spend time or energy wondering if it could be different.
I still absolutely experience a lot of body privilege...
AND still my body shape is not represented in my industry as a fitness professional
I’ve REALLY had to embody what I coach and that is “what if your body gets larger?”. My purpose in this lifetime is not to be a woman to spends her life chasing a smaller pant size.
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How has your relationship with your body changed over the last 3 years?
P.s. — to my pre/postnatal fitness & health colleagues — this Thursday March 30th I’m hosting a live, free class BEYOND THE KEGEL.
Join me [link in bio] to learn:
How to train or treat your fitness & pelvic health clients after vaginal or Cesarean births — in an evidence based manner
The clarity you’ve been searching for on how to help your clients reduce the core or pelvic floor symptoms that are causing them distress and body anxiety (including diastasis recti, prolapse, leaking, and low back pain)
My TOP 3 MUST-DO movements to teach every pregnant and postpartum client you work with for immediate improvements in their pelvic health (from 15+ years of coaching experience!)
See you there, friends!
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