Nutrition during your pregnancy is so important to ensure that you’re giving your baby the best nutrients possible for optimal growth. Once you have your baby, if you choose to breastfeed, it is actually just as important to watch what you are putting into your body when you are nursing. Sometimes, women tend to forget that [...]
It’s completely okay to want to be the healthiest and fittest mama you can be, but women have been talking about "bouncing back after pregnancy" or losing their "baby weight" for decades. Is that the right way to go about postpartum fitness? Why is it the social norm for moms to try so hard to “get [...]
Congratulations on becoming a new mama! Or if you’re like me, congratulations on another little one! You are growing a tiny human – if that’s not completely amazing then I don’t know what is! You probably have a lot of questions about working out while pregnant, what you can and can’t do, how this pregnancy [...]
Well, the secret is out! I’m expecting a baby this December and am thrilled to share the journey with you! It is the first baby for my husband Alex and I, and I am honored to be documenting the experience with you. You can keep coming back here for the rest of the year (and more, [...]
It seems like it took me FOREVER to get my pre-pregnancy energy and motivation back. I’m 24 weeks now, and I didn’t start feeling like “me” again until about week 20. Even though my nausea subsided me at week 13, I still couldn’t get my energy and motivation back to hit the gym and have [...]
The definition of an impediment is “an obstruction in doing something.” This made me laugh, because it is so literal right now with this growing bump! With such a large “impediment” to maneuver around (and protect with my life) – I have had to modify my exercises quite a bit! Staying fit and maintaining muscle [...]
Pregnancy nutrition is a hot topic for me – perhaps hotter than training during pregnancy (which is SO important…but I talk about that all the time). I feel like my entire pregnancy has revolved around food. What is okay to eat – what is not okay? Nothing sounds good…now everything sounds good. Am I eating [...]
Ok ladies, let’s get to the bottom of this one. I’d like to start by letting you know that you need to talk to your doctor before taking any of this advice on supplementation. Your body is unique, and you may have specific needs or health concerns during your pregnancy that create special circumstances during your [...]
Often I have often overlooked circuit training in my own regime, because I focus so much on building muscle and symmetry. While that has proven to work, there is nothing about circuit training that is easy, and it is a great way to look lean, maintain muscle and SAVE TIME. During my pregnancy, getting to the [...]
Being 8 months pregnant isn’t easy! I’d love to tell everyone that my energy is off the charts and my workouts are amazing…but I would be lying. I feel incredible most days and, luckily, feel like I have just enough energy each day to get at least some form of a workout in. That doesn’t [...]
