I get asked with great frequency if planks are safe postpartum, while pregnant and/or with diastasis recti. My answer is annoyingly vague. Watch this to understand why. If you can do a plank and maintain that tensile strength throughout the movement, then plank away. However, if you are newly postpartum, pregnant and/or have diastasis recti, […]
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The Shake Up: Keri of Make It Work Momma

Too often, new moms are given the message to workout harder, do more, and do it sooner. It takes over your social media feeds, and penetrates our culture. Keri, founder of Make It Work Momma, is a breath of fresh air in the black hole of social media misinformation. Her account showcases her pregnant […]
My Top 5 Mom Bod Pants

I’m all about that body positivity. Our mom bods are freaking miraculous life-giving, strong as hell, forceful, ever-powerful creations. As a result of this epic awesomeness, stuff stretched. A lot. It shifted. It came in direct contact with the gravitational pull of the the universe. Our bodies are different, and that is absolutely to be celebrated. […]