I have been involved in athletics and fitness throughout my life. As a child, I was always on one sports team or another. I have a competitive nature and loved being a member of a team. I was priviledged enough to play soccer for a great Divinsion II program in college, so when my sports life finally came to an end, there was a hole in my life. Yes, I was still active in running and occassionally hitting the weight room, but the competition side of fitness was gone.
A few years later, my husband gave me a road bike and signed me up for my first triathlon. I took to cycling instantly and it quickly replaced running as my go-to exercise. I began to also cross-train and somehow found myself falling for something I once openly mocked: yoga. And soon fitness wasn’t just about sports and competing; it was more. Through fitness I was learning more about myself and becoming physically, mentally, and emotionally stronger.
Soon I became a mom, and my feelings about what being “fit” is changed again. I won’t lie, after my first baby was born I quickly lost all the few pounds I had gained during pregnancy, however, I was not fit, I was just thin. I didn’t feel good. My body hurt more than it didn’t. And I was having a really hard time doing the exercises I wanted to. Many months and physical therapy and chiropractic appointments later, I felt fit again. I had learned so much about my body and what it needed to heal after pregnancy and birth. As I talked to other moms and friends, it seemed like most women didn’t consider how different exercising after pregnancy would and should be.
I found myself wanting to share my knowledge of post-partum fitness–how it should be done, not how it is usually done. It was this desire that led me to becoming a Personal Trainer.
