HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY



March is a month for women. It’s Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day and today in the UK we celebrate Mother’s Day. A majority of my clients are women, and many are mothers, so this week’s blog is a celebration of their achievements.

Many people struggle to fit exercise into their lives and one of the things I admire about some of my clients is that they live by one of my favourite mottos: NO EXCUSES. I’ve had clients bring their baby to session, clients who do family training sessions with their children, they train while pregnant and they train as soon as they physically (and safely) can after giving birth. They prioritise their fitness for a number of reasons.

One of my clients explained it using the flight safety announcement analogy. When the cabin crew tell you what to do with oxygen masks in an emergency, they always say that if you have a child with you, give yourself the mask first. The reason for this is because if you can’t breathe, you can’t help the child sitting next to you. The same logic applies to being a mother. If you don’t look after yourself, how can you look after a child? For many of my clients who are mothers, their time in the gym is time for them. To look after their mental health, to stay healthy or just have an hour without their kids. It’s important to them.

When one of my clients found out she was pregnant, she was determined to achieve ten chin ups and join the SLPT ’10 club’ before she had her baby. She didn’t quite make it then, but she continued to train if she could into her pregnancy and returned to her personal training sessions as soon as it was safe to do so after having her baby.

It was a learning curve for both of us. While she was pregnant, my client got frustrated that she couldn’t do the things she used to be able to do and I had to learn more about how to effectively coach clients during and post-pregnancy. Since having the baby and returning to personal training sessions, Jen has gone from strength to strength and this week achieved her ten chin ups. It took hard work and consistency – consistency is the key.

Happy Mother's Day!

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