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Mamas & Babas Athletic Providing strong mamas with a research base post-natal plan to return to their favourite sport!

17/09/2026

If you’re bored of doing ring rows, try these three other pulling options! 💪🏼

➡️ And while I’ve got your attention, I do need to point out that although workout modifications are a great way to help you stay active, “training” during pregnancy requires more than modifying generic workouts.

A modification simply allows you to participate in the workout in front of you. Training during pregnancy means taking a much wider view of what your body needs during this season. It should support your core and pelvic floor and prepare you physically for your most athletic event to date: birth.

It should also prepare you in anticipation of the postpartum, so you can begin your recovery and rehabilitation from the strongest possible foundation.

Now, if this feels like a lot and you’re not sure where to start, comment PLAYBOOK and I’ll send you my free guide, The Pregnant Athlete Playbook. It contains everything you need to know about training during pregnancy.

If you’ve already done your homework but would like some help putting it into practice, comment CHALLENGE and I’ll send you the link to my free 5-Day Pregnant Athlete Challenge, where I’ll help you begin adapting your training, step by step!

Seriously though, could you just imagine? 😳Every coach would be educated and qualified to support the men in our gyms as...
16/09/2026

Seriously though, could you just imagine? 😳

Every coach would be educated and qualified to support the men in our gyms as they returned to training after the traumatic events their bodies went through with growing and birthing a baby.

Every gym would have specific rehabilitation classes in place, with a clear pathway to help them rebuild their core, pelvic floor and strength!

Let’s face it, “just take it easy” would never be considered an acceptable return-to-training plan.

No Postpartum Athlete would be left alone to figure it all out for themselves.

Yet this is exactly what happens to women in our gyms every single day.

They are given very little guidance, no structured rehabilitation and are somehow expected to navigate their own return to training while recovering from birth and caring for a newborn.

We must do better!

If you’re a Postpartum Athlete in need of a clear and progressive plan to guide your return to training, you’ll love my Postpartum Athlete Program! Check the link in my bio.

And if you’re a coach or gym owner who wants to provide proper postpartum rehabilitation group classes for the athletes in your gym, comment CLASSES!

I’ll send you some information about how we could partner up and raise the standard of postpartum care in your gym together!

Postpartum just hits different.No matter how much preparation you did during pregnancy, it’s still a shock.It can feel l...
15/09/2026

Postpartum just hits different.

No matter how much preparation you did during pregnancy, it’s still a shock.
It can feel like moving in a body that belongs to someone else, and that feeling can be really unsettling.

After my first baby, I was so desperate to reconnect with my body that I jumped straight back into doing the things I thought would feel familiar, but they didn’t.

I tried to “take it slow,” but that wasn’t a strategy. I didn’t have the knowledge, support, or guidance, so I just winged it.

At 9 months postpartum, I injured myself.

But that experience is also what brought me here.

I created the guide I wish I’d had back then: The Postpartum Athlete Blueprint. A guide to help you understand your postpartum body, navigate recovery, and build a body stronger than ever before!

Comment BLUEPRINT and I’ll send you the link in the DMs x

11/09/2026

Postpartum athletes commonly make these six costly mistakes, and I want you to avoid them:

1️⃣ Taking the absence of symptoms as a sign of readiness.
It is not!

2️⃣ Slipping back into their pre-pregnancy athlete mindset.
Postpartum is a season for tuning in, not tuning out.

3️⃣ Skipping the “boring” stuff, like breathwork.
It’s the foundation of long-lasting athleticism.

4️⃣ Joining regular classes and promising to “take it easy.”
A) They won’t.
B) That’s not rehabilitation.

5️⃣ Thinking their weekly Mum and Baby circuit class is rehabilitation.
Being allowed to bring your baby doesn’t automatically make a class postpartum rehab.

6️⃣ “I’ll just go for a quick jog to get out of the house.”
Running is one of the last things they should progressively return to, not the first.

If you feel seen, or any of this feels relatable, I want to give you my FREE guide: The Postpartum Athlete Blueprint.

It contains everything you need to make better decisions around your return to training after having a baby.

The aim is to become stronger than ever in motherhood, not to get back to training as quickly as possible.

So read up and map out your postpartum journey!

Comment BLUEPRINT (one word) and I’ll send it to your DMs right away x

IYKYK 😂 In all seriousness, time under tension is a very big part of postpartum rehabilitation which is why I’ve include...
10/09/2026

IYKYK 😂

In all seriousness, time under tension is a very big part of postpartum rehabilitation which is why I’ve included lots of tempo exercises inside The Postpartum Athlete Program!

A done for you 12 week plan designed to bridge the gap between child birth and your return to high intensity training.
All aspects of training are reintroduced in order and due time to ensure you don’t skip essential foundational layers of rehab!

The Postpartum Athlete Program also includes to bonus programs to guide you through the entire journey.
You’ll also get access to the Early Postpartum Athlete Program to help you get started before the 6 week check if you were keen to, and the Birth to 5K program!

Click the link in my bio for all the info, and drop me a DM if you have any questions x

09/09/2026

This is a slightly more personal post, but I’m sharing it because I wonder how many other women might relate, and perhaps need to hear it too.

For the longest time, I was trying to compete with the version of me who didn’t have children or a business and trained six times a week. And honestly, it left me constantly frustrated.

The workouts that would normally make me feel good were making me feel awful. My body ached, I was constantly exhausted and I never actually wanted to train. But I kept dragging myself through the workouts because that’s what I do.

Eventually, I felt like I was falling out of love with the sport altogether.

The pressure I was putting on myself, all for the sake of getting a workout done, left my nervous system in a constant state of fight or flight.

It was only when I decided to pull back, rest more, introduce lower-intensity training and exercise because I wanted to, not because I felt I should, that I started enjoying it again.

Basically, I gave myself a fu***ng break.🙈

If you’d told me eight years ago that I’d only be doing two CrossFit workouts a week today, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. But it turns out that two CrossFit sessions are enough for me in this season!

I’ve recently started Reformer Pilates, I also do a weekly gym session, and my nervous system is loving the change. More importantly, I’m enjoying training again. ❤️

I’m a true believer that women can become stronger than ever in motherhood, but strength doesn’t always have to look the way it did before.

Both can be true, and both can be celebrated.

So, if you’ve been putting the same pressure on yourself, perhaps this is your sign to give yourself a break too. ❤️

08/09/2026

This is music to our ears! 🤩

If you were already training at a high intensity before you fell pregnant, you don’t suddenly have to join Pilates classes just because you’re pregnant.

You can continue to train hard, but we do want to see some structural modifications.

High-intensity work should sit inside a well-designed pregnancy training plan.
It’s an important piece of the puzzle, but it’s not the whole plan.

Alongside it, you still need strength training, mobility work and the elements of “prehab”.

- pelvic floor and postural awareness,
- abdominal pressure management,
- core and pelvic floor strengthening exercises
- various breathing strategies for various loads
- mobility work for the pelvis and the thoracic spine.

This is how your workouts support both your pregnancy and your progress but also become an investment in your postpartum self.

👉 Comment PLAYBOOK and I’ll send you my free guide The Pregnant Athlete Playbook. A simple guide that will help you turn your training into sessions that are supportive of your changing body and prepare you for next chapter, ahead of time!

Thank you ❤️

Give me a ❤️ if you’re feeling Pregsausted right now! And let me know in the comments, how far along are you? X
07/09/2026

Give me a ❤️ if you’re feeling Pregsausted right now!
And let me know in the comments, how far along are you? X

Postpartum rehab is far too often overlooked, even by coaches.Returning to training isn’t just about avoiding doing too ...
04/09/2026

Postpartum rehab is far too often overlooked, even by coaches.

Returning to training isn’t just about avoiding doing too much too soon. It’s also about making sure you’re doing enough, progressing your training and rebuilding the strength your body needs.

Because long-lasting results and pelvic health start with a foundation strong enough to handle the heavy lifts and all the cool s**t we want to do in the gym. 🏋️‍♀️

Comment BLUEPRINT and I’ll send you my free Postpartum Athlete Blueprint straight to your DMs x

03/09/2026

There’s a difference between scaling a movement and adapting it.

And there’s absolutely room for both during pregnancy.

But if scaling is always the first answer, Pregnant Athletes can end up unnecessarily losing strength, skills and progress.

Before we replace the movement entirely, have we tried adapting the movement itself? Have we explored different breathing and bracing strategies? Have we helped her understand and manage abdominal pressure?

Sometimes scaling is the right choice. But it shouldn’t be the only choice, or happen earlier than it needs to.

Training during pregnancy doesn’t automatically have to mean doing less. In fact, I sometimes like to call it RX+, because training well through pregnancy can be far more complex when it’s done with intention and a clear strategy.

Comment PLAYBOOK and I’ll send you my free guide, The Pregnant Athlete Playbook. I’ve put everything you need in there to better adapt your training during this season and to prepare for the postpartum 🤰🏼

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