Strength & Non-Scale Victories

Lauren Pickett

Body Positivity

I sing your praises to anyone who will listen! I’ve shared your stuff a million times!
I’ve worked my way up from Core Basics and almost at the halfway point of SLAM Advanced! I’m a C-section twin mama and people are shocked by my ABS?!?! (Like- I have those?!) You’re so right when you tell people it takes time; I still have a ways to go but I sure am grateful for you!

"Now, I am a mother who plays instead of watching from the sidelines."

I couldn’t even hold my kids over the tub to give them a bath when we brought them home. My core was obliterated. I didn’t even attempt a ‘workout’ until they were 9 months old. I cried so hard the first day I tried core basics. I lay there and I cried and I prayed. Like so many moms I gave them all I had and left nothing for myself.
But now. NOW. I put my oxygen mask on first. I honestly can’t look at those pictures without being like, “Wait, is that really me”? I can’t believe I made it to this place. And I absolutely wouldn’t have done it without you.

Maria Abalo

Non-Scale Victories

Loving your program! So different from what I used to do as an elite athlete where it didn’t matter if it was functional to your body, it had to make you better, faster, stronger at whatever cost.
Now I feel I’m training to take care of my body, and I feel great, feel confident *AF* about my body, and I don’t have any of the pains I did when I was training as a rower.

You’ve made a training program for all levels, that will get you sweating and your legs shaking, but it will never tear you down, or hurt you. Soooo far from the training I had as an Olympic rower!

Randi Hauser

Non-Scale Victories

I started GMS around 15 months ppm and went right into SLAM. Worked through SLAM for a whole year and now I’m on Advanced week 6. I feel like a MF’n BEAST when I finish my workouts! I’ve got some strong-ass legs and glutes that power through leg day. (Wait…every day is leg day at GMS.) I’m so proud of my body. Comfortable in my skin. Happy to dress myself in new clothes that fit my new body. I’m just taking a minute to celebrate ME and thank Ashley for this outstanding program. I have done some hard ass workouts and am a better woman inside and out because of them! I tell everyone I know about GMS because it’s life changing in the BEST way!

"Think about where YOU will be in a year from now. YOU can do hard things."

My NSV is that I finally got to work on a project I’ve been begging my husband to do. I broke down and lugged a whole bunch of fencing slats and posts from around the yard. While I was doing it I was like, “I’ve been training for this!” I was thinking about each exercise I do that correlates to these movements. It involved squatting, pressing above my head, staggered stance, the grocery bag hold thing, and more. After loading we had to take this and more to the landfill. (First time there. While stinky, it was fascinating!) I’m tired but my back doesn’t hurt or anything.
It wasn’t until I did the Get Mom Strong workout program that I got back into a body that I love and appreciate. My goal isn’t “skinny” anymore. It’s to be STRONG! So I can lift by baby to the sky. Carry my 45lb toddler to bed with ease. Give them a bath with no back pain. I don’t focus on stretch marks or a little bloating. It’s a NEW body now! This body carried two babies! It’s wider. It’s looser in the belly. And it’s mine!
I’m confident. I’m happy. And I got fit for ME. Take your body back!
Thank you Ashley Nowe!

Theresa Celina

Non-Scale Victories

I would like to say a big thanks to Ashley for creating this amazing program. I have often called her a magician or wizard to be able to get me, a person who swore she worked out with people because they were motivating, to look only at myself for motivation and to show up for every day.

"Every day is progress, it's all about the process."

My body is changing every day because of SLAM, getting stronger because of SLAM, I play with my very active three-and-a-half-year-old son and almost one-year-old baby because of SLAM. I have shoveled snow for days (Snowmageddon 2022) with gratitude to my body for what it can do because of you, Ashley. I was called the Energizer Bunny by my neighbor. So just thank you.

I can’t wait to see what the next chapter of workouts has in store for me.

Gabriella Pena

Non-Scale Victories

I live in the Dominican Republic, gave birth to my son 15 months ago, and honestly I don’t know if they have pelvic floor therapy available to women here. I just remember my body feeling so heavy/lethargic and my lower back hurt from bad breastfeeding posture. I wanted a program that would help me heal, build strength, and motivate me.

"With SLAM I have made a physical and emotional transformation. I feel way stronger!"

I love my postpartum body even more than before because of my muscle gains. I don’t have pain anymore and I am ready for more babies. I want all the postpartum moms to know that weight loss and dieting should not be the focus. Building strength is where it’s at and I feel so great! Thanks to SLAM I truly feel Strong Like a Mother!

Therese Salenieks

Non-Scale Victories

If you want to feel and look good and have no diet necessary, time for Get Mom Strong! If you talked to me at all last year, then you heard me talk about Get Mom Strong (GMS) and Strong Like A Mother (SLAM) and how you should hop on that wagon! This photo shows my progress from 4 weeks into SLAM Bridge and a current photo. Thanks GMS!

Annie Weiler

Non-Scale Victories

I am a rock climber but struggled to return to climbing after my baby (2 years ago) due mainly to core weakness. The traditional exercises I was doing to recover from pregnancy were not helping in any way. I felt weak and hopeless and didn’t know what to do. UNTIL I found Strong Like a Mother a year ago. I started with Core Basics, then to SLAM Bridge and now I’m halfway through SLAM and I’ve never felt stronger! I recently went rock climbing for the first time in two years and was more than pleasantly surprised at how strong I felt and could do harder moves that I previously struggled with. I give full credit to reconnecting with my core and other neglected muscles that I built with the SLAM programs. Thanks for getting me back to things I love!

Andrea Dodds

Body Positivity

One year ago I signed up for the SLAM program free trial to distract myself from the Covid blues…I was hooked!

Ashley’s program is so fun and challenging it can all be done from home with minimal equipment. The focus is on growing and not shrinking, which helps for mindset and lifelong consistency. I’ve gianed 5 lbs this year, so much different than my goals ten years ago. My goals in the gym now mirror my mental health goals and sometimes a good session can bring on tears as I heal. It is so much more than appearance for me. My gym time is therapeutic.

I have gained weight but gone down a pants size. Although filling out more in the booty LOL. I have way more energy on the days I work out. It keeps any and all aches and pains away when I’m consistent. Ashley prioritizes rest and not overtraining. My body is happy. This program is everything I’ve ever wanted.

Alyssa Reid

Body Positivity

If you know me in real life, no you don’t! Hah! Progress pictures: May 2020 vs March 2022. Started out May 2020 coming off a broken foot and only 6 months PP with my third kid in 3 years. I didn’t recognize myself. Finally started SLAM after following Ashley for a year or so. Just hit my one year “SLAM” anniversary and can’t believe how far I’ve come even when I don’t see it day to day. Two rounds of SLAM Bridge, 7 weeks of SLAM and now 2 weeks of SLAM30. It takes time and sometimes I still get frustrated with the journey but then I look back and see how far I’ve come all thanks to the help of Ashley!