Motherhood Requires Training

Motherhood is not all rainbows and sunshine, its a major athletic event. Between chasing toddler, carrying the scooter, bike and the toddler you're lifting 30+lbs on any given walk, you're squatting and deadlifting consistently throughout the day every time you hear "uppie mommy, uppie".

If I told you I was training for a marathon, you’d expect to see me on the pavement, logging miles and working on my stride. You wouldn't expect to see me training for those 26.2 miles by lying on a table doing bridges and kegels.

Yet, this is exactly how we treat the "Sport of Motherhood."

Moms are some of the most high-performing athletes on the planet. Think about your daily stats:

• The Deadlift: Picking up a 30lb toddler from a dead stop on the floor.

• The Weighted Carry: Lugging a 20lb car seat through a grocery store parking lot.

• The Endurance Event: Navigating a 16-hour day on broken sleep and intermittent fueling.

Motherhood isn't just "life"—it is an athletic event. And it’s time we started training you for it.

If you’ve been to pelvic floor PT before and were told to lie on your back and "just do your kegels," you were given a tool that doesn't match your task.

In the world of sports science, we call this Specificity of Training. To get better at a task, you must train in a way that mimics that task. Lying on a table does not prepare your pelvic floor to handle the massive intra-abdominal pressure shift that happens when you lift a stroller into an SUV.

At Fit2Push, I use look at how your body actually moves, we use a whole body wholistic approach to care and match your recovery with your functional needs.

During pregnancy and postpartum, we often see women fall into a specific postural patterns. You might notice this as a tendency to shift your weight over your right leg, a rib cage that feels "flared," or a pelvis that feels tipped forward or stuck.

But, here is a "hot take": Asymmetrical posture isn't inherently the problem. Our bodies are naturally asymmetrical. The problem arises when you get stuck in that posture. If you can only find your "right side" and can't transition your weight effectively to your "left side," your pelvic floor and core can't turn on automatically to support you and you can't manage load or pressure appropriately.

Real strength isn't about being perfectly symmetrical or "tucking your tailbone" and sucking in your abs 24/7. Real strength is the ease with which you can move in and out of these postures.

If you are stuck in a forward-tipped, right-shifted pattern, your pelvic floor is essentially "cramped" in a shortened position. It can’t act as the anticipatory muscle it was meant to be. This is why you feel the "heaviness" or experience the leaks—not because you are weak, but because you might be stuck.

This Mother’s Day: Train Like the Athlete You Are

You wouldn't send an athlete onto the field without a coach, a strategy, and a training plan that matches their sport. Why should motherhood be any different?

Stop "kegeling" on a table and start restoring your system. You deserve a body that can handle the "load" of motherhood with ease and confidence.

This Mother’s Day, gift yourself the training you actually need. I am opening up 5 spots this month for new clients: A full concierge evaluation where we look at your patterns, your goals, your "sport," and build a recovery program that meets your needs.

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