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Dealing with Stress

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How do you deal with stress? Or maybe a better question is, do you deal with stress? Pretty much everyone I talk to these days is stressed out about something - mainly jobs, finances or relationship challenges. I have seen so many of my friends … [Read more...]

Kettlebell Deadlifts

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Hope everyone had a great weekend and those of you who celebrate had a wonderful Easter! Here's a quick video from this past Friday morning. I was 34 weeks and 1 day at the time...now inching up on 35 weeks. Ahh! I was doing deadlifts with the … [Read more...]

Thankful for my strong body at
34 weeks pregnant

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It's Flashback Friday! What I'm thankful for this week: I'm thankful that I am 34 weeks pregnant and still able to work out as often as I can. Our bodies can truly be amazing. I'm glad that I took the time to research working out during … [Read more...]

Video: Kettlebell Snatches
During Third Trimester Pregnancy

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I'm currently 33.5 weeks pregnant and we filmed this video yesterday. I definitely need some work on my kettlebell snatch form, but wanted to show that snatches are possible (and awesome in my opinion) during late pregnancy. I actually have a lot … [Read more...]

Exercise Changes During Each
Trimester of Pregnancy

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If you missed last week's post about exercising during pregnancy, check that out first. As promised, I'm expanding below about what I personally changed during each trimester to keep working out pain-free and without hurting myself or my baby. … [Read more...]

Exercise During Pregnancy – Arguments

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To state the obvious...there is a lot of controversy around exercising during pregnancy. Should you work out? Should you run? Should you watch your heart rate? Should you refrain from starting anything new? I was happy when this link popped up … [Read more...]

Baby and Mom Updates

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It's a rainy Monday here in MA (and will be a rainy Tuesday and Wednesday as well!), but it's a good day here. These are the April showers that are going to bring the May flowers, right? Better than last week's snow storm! We had an ultrasound … [Read more...]

Third Trimester Pregnancy Training – Part 1

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I've gotten back to a more normal routine (at least more normal for my pregnancy) this week. My injuries are feeling better and I've actually been sleeping well which has been a treat. Knock on wood! Today's pregnancy fun was made up of raging … [Read more...]

Working Out with Injuries

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I started to get discouraged after last week's pregnancy setbacks, especially the groin pain and the dislocated shoulder. I did take a day off from working out after I dislocated my shoulder, but I knew that I needed to figure out some workouts I … [Read more...]

Pregnancy Set Backs

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Last week was not my favorite week of pregnancy…at least physically. I realize that I really have nothing to complain about because I’m not having serious complications and I’m not on bedrest. But…all in all last week was honestly a bit … [Read more...]

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