Who is Renee?

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Sometimes after babies, things just don’t feel quite right. Our pre-baby bodies take a beating (literally) and the expectation is that us moms just ‘go back to normal’.

 

The problem is – it doesn’t happen like that. 

 

Prior to my first child, I loved to exercise. Half marathons, weight lifting, spin class, pilates – I loved it all. During my first pregnancy, I was told to just keep exercising as I had been and to ‘listen to my body’. Postpartum, I was given the green light by my family doctor to start exercising again at six weeks, even after a very difficult birth. I wasn’t given any guidelines or recommendations when I told him that things 'felt off'.

 

Things we believe to be ‘normal’: leaking during exercise, a gap in your stomach, lower back pain, pelvic floor heaviness, and exhaustion. I had them all. I tried to run my extra weight off and hit the gym as hard as I could.

 

Second pregnancy came shortly after and I maintained the athletic push as I did through the first round. Although I had an easier birth, I was still feeling broken, ashamed, and just not myself. But there were few resources out there for new moms who felt lost and ignored by their doctor.

 

I decided to take my passion for exercise and turn it into a way I could help women, like me, through this difficult and confusing time. I dug more and more into the resources and available education, got my personal training certification, with a specialization in Pre & Postpartum training.

 

I believe that you can both appreciate your body for what it has created, and want it to be strong, sexy and capable. 

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Being a Mom is as badass as it comes;

let's feel that way right down to our core.

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