How did week 1 go for you? We survived 80 ground to overhead and 100 burpees to get to week two! You are in the right place if you are pregnant, postpartum, have any pelvic floor considerations (leaking urine at anytime including jumping and lifting, diastasis recti, pelvic organ prolapse), or if you are a […]
Pregnancy/Postpartum
CF Open 20.1 Strategy Playbook for the Pregnant & Postpartum Athlete
The *new* CrossFit Games season officially begins today with the announcement of 20.1 – the first workout of 5 for the CrossFit Open. I don’t know about you but it feels weird to me that we are doing this in October. Anyway…Who is this blog for? You are in the right place if you are […]
A Look Back Before Moving Forward
This past year or so has been such an incredible journey helping women navigate pregnancy and postpartum fitness, as well as pelvic floor health and how it relates to exercise. While planning my next series I took a look back at the posts I have written and wow, it’s a lot! So, before moving forward […]
C-Sections: What You Need to Know Before Returning to CrossFit
Today is everything c-section related! Last week I went through navigating the 4thtrimester (from birth to 3 months postpartum) and how to start working your way back to CrossFit. How to start, what to do, and some other tips and tricks. If you missed it, I would recommend read that first as it will still […]
CrossFitting Through Pregnancy: 4th Trimester
You’ve given birth, YAY and Congratulations! The fourth trimester is a period of transition considered to be from when you give birth until three months postpartum. Whether you are a first-time mom navigating what it means to care for your infant, or a mom of multiples navigating the world of introducing a new family member […]
CrossFitting Through Pregnancy: Trimester 3
This is the third segment in my CrossFitting Through Pregnancy series. You can find Trimester 1 here and Trimester 2 here. This week we are talking about everything third trimester! You are now in the home stretch! During the 3rd trimester, your body is rapidly changing as baby is growing fast. A growing baby means more […]
CrossFitting Through Pregnancy: Trimester 2
You’re in the second trimester of your pregnancy, YAY! Some of the feelings and symptoms that you may have been feeling in the first trimester may be starting to go away in the second, and you may be starting to feel a little bit more like yourself. You might be feeling much more energetic, less […]
CrossFitting Through Pregnancy: Trimester 1
During the first trimester there are a wide variety of potential symptoms you could be feeling: fatigue, nausea or sickness, shortness of breath, dizziness or light headedness, softening of the ligaments in the pelvis, inability to eat certain foods – these all can potentially affect your training. Or, at the other end of the spectrum […]
“Murph” Movement Strategy Playbook for Pregnant & Postpartum Athletes
Memorial Day Murph Every year on Memorial Day, it has become a tradition for CrossFit gyms around the country to do the Hero WOD, “Murph”. The work out as prescribed (RX) is as follows: For time:1 mile Run100 Pull-ups200 Push-ups300 Squats1 mile Run In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who […]
Coning: What Is It and Why You Should Care V2
I first wrote this post a year ago. I wanted to update it as I have grown a lot as a coach in the last year. Since it first posted it seems as though coning is much more well known – but it seems the scales have tipped from unknown information to information that has […]