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What happened to my abs?
When I was about 2 weeks postpartum with my twins, I remember lying on the floor and pressing my fingers so far into my belly (feeling nothing but squish) that I thought my fingers would actually touch my back. I had the worst ab separation (diastasis recti) ever....
Walking at a Toddler’s Pace – is it still a good workout?
Is walking with your toddler even a workout?Let's just put this out there and face the music. Sometimes moms have no other workout choice than going outside and talking a walk with their kids. Picture this: You've got your full workout gear on, sports bra and all to...
Grounding and Your Core
Ever heard of grounding? I'm always fascinated with "off the beaten path" kinds of fitness/wellness practices that actually can make a difference in the life and health of a mom, AND that are also doable and can fit in a busy mom's life. My latest discovery... a...
Fix your Posture, Heal your Diastasis
Let's get right to it: you can strengthen your abs just by fixing your posture! Diastasis Recti is a pressure management issue. When you've got an ab separation, your connective tissue and rectus muscles become weak and cannot properly hold pressure inside your core...
3 Tips to Avoid Sugar and Late Night Cravings
After running the world famous Atomic Body Challenge, where moms get amazing results in only 4 weeks, I've developed my 3 best tips to avoid sugar and late night cravings. I've put them in this short video to explain the method behind each tip! Watch the video here....
A Core Exercise for Healing Diastasis Recti – Post 4
Healing diastais recti? You'll want this exercise! It's that time again for our One Exercise Weekly Series, where I show you a quick demo of one core exercise for healing diastasis recti that I'm doing this week that has a big impact on my core strength. For the past...
A Diastasis Recti Exercise for Big Change – Post 3
It's that time again for our One Exercise Weekly Series, where I show you a quick demo of one exercise I'm doing this week that has a big impact on my core strength. Yes, it takes more than core exercises to heal your core! These are exercises I rotate in to my daily...
A Diastasis Recti Exercise For Big Change, Post 2
It's our second exercise in the One Exercise weekly series, where I show you a quick demo of one diastasis recti exercise I'm doing this week that has a big impact on my core strength. If you missed the first exercise in the...
One Diastasis Recti Exercise for Big Change
One of my commitments for 2022 is to give you more free exercises to help you in your day-to-day life as you work through healing and strengthening your core, pelvic floor, and your total body. Because finding diastasis recti exercises should be hard! In fact, just...
Struggling with Diastasis Recti? It’s time to think outside your core
Healing Diastasis takes way more than just a few core exercises. If you’ve been trying to heal your ab separation for a while, and bridges and planks and clams and dead bugs just aren’t cutting it, it’s time to think broader. Diastasis Recti is a total body pressure...