AXO

Getting back under a barbell after having a baby can feel pretty daunting.

But it doesn’t need to be something you’re scared of.

As Josh explains, a big part of returning to strength training is learning how to manage pressure properly. Something as simple as getting your breathing right, using a good 360° breath and brace, can help you manage pressure through your core and pelvic floor as you start loading again.

Then it’s about starting where you’re at, choosing an appropriate load and gradually building from there.

The goal isn’t to rush back to what you lifted before having a baby.

It’s to rebuild confidence in your body and realise:

You can lift.
You can get strong again.
And that barbell doesn’t have to be scary.

Training with a baby isn’t always smooth. And that’s kind of the point.

Some days they’ll happily play while you train. Other days you’ll stop halfway through a set to settle them, give them a feed, change a nappy, or just have them close for a while.

Sometimes your coach might even end up holding them while you finish your set 😂

At AXO, none of that is a problem.

Our baby-friendly sessions aren’t about pretending life with a baby isn’t happening. They’re about creating a space where you can still train properly while it is.

You can get stronger, have some time for yourself, and hopefully leave feeling a little more like you again.

Bring the baby. We’ll work around the rest.

We asked our members for their honest thoughts on conditioning… while they were in the middle of it 😂

Some love it. Some absolutely hate it.

But the one thing everyone agreed on? You always feel better afterwards.

A hard session, plenty of laughs, a room full of people suffering together, and you walk out feeling accomplished and ready to take on the day.

You don’t have to love every workout.

Sometimes you just have to love how it makes you feel afterwards. ❤️

Sometimes the motivation to start is pretty simple.

Fleur’s husband was coming home from the gym every day, getting fitter, stronger and starting to look pretty good… while she was at home with the kids thinking, what about me?

She wanted something for herself. To feel better, get stronger and have a bit of that time back that was just hers.

Now, she says she feels the best she ever has.

She’s stronger, she loves training, and somewhere along the way AXO became more than just somewhere she comes to exercise. It became a community she genuinely loves being part of.

Sometimes getting started is about how you want to look.

But what keeps you coming back is how it makes you feel.

For Matt, training isn’t just about getting stronger or fitter in the gym. It’s about having the energy, stamina and capacity to keep up with life outside of it.

Semi-Private PT gives him structured training, personal coaching and people around him to keep him consistent, so he can show up better where it actually matters.

Because the goal isn’t just to be fit for the gym.

It’s to be fit for your life. And sometimes, that means keeping up with the kids.

You don’t have to love every part of training.

In fact, if we let our members choose, a lot of them would happily lift weights, skip the conditioning and head home 😂

But even when they tell us they hate it, somehow there are still plenty of smiles, laughs and people suffering through it together.

That’s a big part of training at AXO. You work hard, but you’re surrounded by people who make the hard stuff a lot more enjoyable.

And our job isn’t just to give you the workouts you like. It’s to give you the training that makes you stronger, fitter and more capable for life outside the gym.

You might hate the conditioning.

But you’ll probably have a pretty good time hating it together

After having kids, Kim didn’t jump straight back into intense training.

She started slowly, focused on building a routine, and let consistency do the rest.

You don’t have to be at your best to start. You just have to start somewhere.