Alysha

I NEVER want my girls to look in the mirror and and think to themselves that they are not skinny enough.

I WANT my girls to feel confident in themselves because of what their bodies are capable of and capable of achieving. I want them to live life knowing the hundreds of benefits to working without looks being the top priority. And to know the importance of self care.

Have you every experienced cramping while running?

I have 🙋‍♀️ and it's definitely not fun!

The tree is done! I am turning it in tomorrow and the judging happens later this week!

The itsy‑bitsy spider wasn’t strong because she never fell she was strong because she climbed again.

That’s the whole story. The whole lesson. The whole reminder we all need.

Life sends rain 💧
Motherhood sends storms ⛈️
Goals get washed out 🗒️
Plans get knocked down 👎

But like that tiny spider, you rise. You try again. You climb with what you have, from where you are, even if it’s slow, even if it’s messy, even if you’re tired.Progress isn’t about never slipping it’s about choosing to keep climbing.

If today feels like a “washed out” day, take a breath. Start small. Start again. You got this mama ♥️

A little over 6 years ago I gave birth to my first kiddo and the week I was supposed to come back from maternity leave was when the world went on lockdown.

Every since then I have been sharing my fitness journey as a mom. And it has evolved into so much more since then. Honestly looking back it's crazy how much I have learned in just the last 3 years.

Back then I really was just winging it and trying to inspire mamas along the way. And hopefully to this day I am still inspiring, and now educating you too ♥️

Who said anything about trying to lose weight while pregnant?!

Exercise during pregnancy should focus on the following:
- Mobility
- Strength specific for the physical changes in pregnancy
- Pelvic floor strength and/or relaxation
- Labor prep

Exercise during pregnancy is super important and really only requires 30 minutes 3 days a week!

🤰 If you are an expecting mama, I am a certified prenatal/postnatal fitness coach and can work 1:1 with you to help prepare you for birth! DM me the link to this post and we can talk more ☺️

I know the feeling of surviving motherhood and I know what it feels like to be thriving in motherhood.

Just trying to survive it is tough, it feels like a constant battle and never feeling like you are getting ahead. And it takes real intention and grit to get out of it. But it also takes a little patience of knowing that these struggles and hard times will pass.

But through it all I want to challenge you to never give up on yourself! Always strive to find a way to put yourself first even if it is something small like taking a walk.

It will be when you start taking better care of yourself that you start to feel like you are thriving in motherhood, even if it's just a small feeling.

This is how your core should look when it is properly engaged.

A couple tips:
1️⃣ Exhale (breathe out) during the contraction
2️⃣ Think of a corset being tightened around your abdomen
3️⃣ Practice laying on your back if this position is too difficult

The transverse abdominals are an easy muscle to skip on training if you don't think about them. And they might be the root cause to a variety of pelvic floor symptoms along with why you are feeling your lifts in your low back.

PSA not tracking your workout on your watch doesn't mean that it didn't happen and you don't need to do something else so the watch can record it.

Having a watch during your workout is great for tracking calories burned, distance ran, time splits, and monitoring heart rate. But don't let those numbers consume you into data tracking perfection!