In December of 2018 I had my first baby, Alice. Ive been training for something or another since I was 11 years old. I ran half marathons, triathlon, competed in CrossFit and ran for my University x-country team. I LOVE physical exercise, so much so I went to school for Exercise Science and later a diploma in nutrition. During my pregnancy I thought “This will be no big deal, I will just bring her to the gym with me.” HA HA HA.

I think I took my fussy baby to the gym a total of 3x before deciding it was not going to work. I remember feeling depressed that I wouldn’t have the gym environment that I enjoyed so much. So instead I muddled through a combination of walks, runs, garage workouts at my parents and some home workouts. It was hard because I wasn’t following a particular program. I had looked at some of the offers on the internet, but anything mom focused seemed hyper focused on helping moms “bounce back” with extremely low calorie diets and excessive cardio.

I was craving community but also a fitness plan that would fit into to the very little free time that I had.

Fast forward to May 6th/2021, my second baby, Barry, is born. I’m back to thinking about my recovery and how I’m going to continue my fitness journey with two small children. Once again I looked online but only found programs that were targeting womens postpartum vulnerabilities, I didn’t want any part in that.

I knew I could create something better. Functional Mamas was created from my own struggle. Functional Mamas is a program designed by a mom for moms.