While I definitely don’t want to rush past the joy of being pregnant or the deep love I have for my two beautiful baby boys, there’s something magical about being cleared by your doctor to ease back into your normal day-to-day routines again. Even though I’ve been given the green light to return to life as usual, I’ll be easing back in safely, guided by my own experience and the professionals I trusted during my last postpartum journey. Pregnancy as a personal trainer is a uniquely challenging blessing. For nearly a year, your job is to move your body daily, stay strong, and prioritize your health, not just for yourself, but for the little life growing inside you. It’s a season of discipline and redirection, where your personal goals often take a back seat to a much bigger purpose. It reminds me a lot of injury recovery. Even when you feel like you can push harder, you have to respect the bigger picture, healing, or in my case, growing life! Professionally, it’s been a balancing act. I feel grateful to navigate alongside a community like ours. My body has gone through so many changes this year, and as a woman in the fitness space, I know how much of my business revolves around my physical ability. But there’s also so much power in watching a woman grow life and still show up. So many of you have said, “If she can do this 9 months pregnant, then I know I can too!” And I hope you know how much that meant to me! I can’t tell you how pumped I’ve been to really work on my strength again. As I was thinking about how excited I am, I thought “how often do we waste the gift of ability?” When we’re healthy, we say, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” But when we’re limited, we wish we had done it yesterday. So here’s to no more tomorrows! I’m back in the lab and I’m so excited to move, sweat, and grow stronger with you again as I work to get fully mobile, stronger than ever, and ready for all-out mayhem!
Sydney Cummings Houdyshell
While I definitely don’t want to rush past the joy of being pregnant or the deep love I have for my two beautiful baby boys, there’s something magical about being cleared by your doctor to ease back into your normal day-to-day routines again.
Even though I’ve been given the green light to return to life as usual, I’ll be easing back in safely, guided by my own experience and the professionals I trusted during my last postpartum journey.
Pregnancy as a personal trainer is a uniquely challenging blessing. For nearly a year, your job is to move your body daily, stay strong, and prioritize your health, not just for yourself, but for the little life growing inside you. It’s a season of discipline and redirection, where your personal goals often take a back seat to a much bigger purpose.
It reminds me a lot of injury recovery. Even when you feel like you can push harder, you have to respect the bigger picture, healing, or in my case, growing life!
Professionally, it’s been a balancing act. I feel grateful to navigate alongside a community like ours. My body has gone through so many changes this year, and as a woman in the fitness space, I know how much of my business revolves around my physical ability. But there’s also so much power in watching a woman grow life and still show up. So many of you have said, “If she can do this 9 months pregnant, then I know I can too!” And I hope you know how much that meant to me!
I can’t tell you how pumped I’ve been to really work on my strength again. As I was thinking about how excited I am, I thought “how often do we waste the gift of ability?” When we’re healthy, we say, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” But when we’re limited, we wish we had done it yesterday.
So here’s to no more tomorrows! I’m back in the lab and I’m so excited to move, sweat, and grow stronger with you again as I work to get fully mobile, stronger than ever, and ready for all-out mayhem!
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