Pilates with Amanda

Nothing makes me happier than having a visit from my girl squad at work. My future pilates princesses 💕

We made lava cake for breakfast and it’s a win! 1/3 cup Greek yogurt, one egg, 3 tbsp cocoa powder, some honey, chocolate chips and marshmallows in the microwave for 1 min and 30 seconds. You get a nutritious and delicious meal! Kids love it. Mother approved. ✅ we all made it together so they like it even more.

I’m on a roll… 🍞

Thank you for recognizing my business as one of the best in NYC! I’ve officially been an operating business since 2017 and it feels good to be validated for my efforts another year in a row. I know there’s so much more to learn and so many ways I would like to expand my business in the future, but for now, I’m happy where I am as a working mom and business owner. Thank you for trusting me to improve your physical and mental well-being. I couldn’t do any of this without the support and trust of mt wonderful clients.

My little Pilates princess doing a teaser. She’s brilliant!

Is someone doing the mermaid?! 🧜‍♀️plus her little instructor friend giving her some good cues 🥰

Who wants a babies and me pilates class?!

Future Pilates Princesses 👸

It’s never too early to start 💕

If you’ve been following me, then you may have been wondering why I’ve been MIA. Well, I found out I had to stop exercising in January because my cervix began shortening. It was extremely scary and I did everything I could to keep our little babies inside me for as long as I could but they were ready to come into this world.

So here we are…106 days later. I
can’t believe the day is finally here that I can announce the birth of our two beautiful babies!!

On the evening of Feb 13th, 2022 at 9:26 and 9:27pm, Super Bowl Sunday, our lives changed forever. At 26 weeks and 5 days, our babies Avery Georgia (1 lb 15 oz) and Brooke Olivia (1lb 13oz) came into the world. They were brought to the NICU at NYU’s Hassenfeld Childrens Hospital, where they would spend over 100 days growing and competing with each other to be the first to pick their beds at home. We could not be more fortunate with how our story progressed. These girls are fighters and straight up miracles.

They made so many nurse friends at the hospital that they will always love and remember. Thank you for everything. We couldn’t have done any of this without you! Both girls grew so much during their stay and left weighing over 6.5lb each!

Avery came home with mommy and daddy on Tuesday, May 24th and her sister came home 6 days later on Memorial Day, May 30th…. The start of a very exciting summer

It’s been a journey like no other. It’s been a whirlwind. But we made it. We are complete. We are so in love with these two identical little humans. Our family is finally home together and the crazy adventure as a party of 4 begins and my two little pilates queens will join me in some fun post Partum workouts!

Thanks for making me a mommy🥺😍

Raise your hand 🙋‍♀️ if this bothers you as much as it bothers me...I can’t tell you how much this makes my skin crawl! Being sore isn’t always a good thing. When it hurts to lift your arms or sit on a toilet, does that seem healthy? I dunno about you, but exercise should be invigorating and make you feel strong but capable of doing more. It shouldn’t make you feel like you need a week to recover. You should feel stronger but more flexible! Not less! So many people think working out is about more weight, more speed, more this, more that. But what about doing your workout with intention and control? what about stretching as much as you strengthen? did you ever think that when you strengthen your muscles, they get shorter and tighter. They need to lengthen too. HELLO PILATES! it does both at once. No wonder you don’t leave feeling crippled. You got stronger and more flexible in one hour and didn’t even realize it. your muscles 💪🏻 get tighter to the bone. your energy is increased. your actually able to do pilates daily cus it’s not meant to KILL you. It’s meant to be functional. It’s meant to make you better in all aspects. In all workouts. It’s meant to make you more efficient and more connected to your center. Soreness does not equate to better. I want to feel like I’ve done something but that I can still do more. That’s how exercise should be! .