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 […]
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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: 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 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 […]
A Perfectionist’s Thoughts on Progress Over Perfection
“I’m going all in.” “This time I will do it right.” “It’s all or nothing.” “If I’m not doing it right, what’s the point?” Do any of these sound like something you’ve said to yourself? I know I have. Diets, exercise, jobs, you name it. Ladies and gentlemen, I am a recovering perfectionist. If I […]
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 […]
Diastasis Recti: Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Gap
In part 1 of my diastasis series last week I talked all about what diastasis recti is. If you missed it, you can read that here. Now that we know what it is, I want to dive into the different aspects of diastasis recti and see if we can explore them without fear. The most […]
Diastasis Recti: A Scare Tactic Free Explanation
Diastasis recti seems to be such a hot topic now and by far what I get the most questions about. This can a great thing by creating awareness, and a not so great thing by creating un-needed fear and the spreading of misinformation. Sometimes with good intention comes some not so great outcomes. I want […]
Your Pelvic Floor & A Fitness Coach: What Does One Have To Do With the Other?
I am a Fitness and Nutrition Coach, not a pelvic floor physical therapist (PFPT), yet I have been writing about PFPT for the past few weeks. So, what does one have to do with the other? First I just want to note, I am a Fitness and Nutrition Coach who has studied pelvic health, pregnancy, […]
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: What To Expect From the First Appointment
Now that we have covered some of the things pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) can help with in part 2 of my pelvic floor series (if you missed it, you can check it out here!) I’d like to give you some tactical information this part 3 as to how to find a pelvic floor PT, […]