Fitness In My Home

Uhhhhh!
Look at this beautiful spine, beautiful belly, beautiful control and BEAUTIFUL MOMMA to be!

Practicing Pilates and proper breathing while pregnant not only makes you feel good but helps immensely with the recovery postpartum.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Would be a cute family photo but Bubba refused to turn around and oddly my mother in law in the background didn’t see a picture being a taken 😂

This sums it up…
A goofy, Pilates hippie 🧘🏽🦈

Incredible weekend celebrating 10 years back where it all started!

Glenlaurel Scottish Inn was an amazing experience!

ALIGN: Day 1
Connecting deeply to your body and breath and focusing on loving YOU! Happy Aligning loves

What a weekend of soccer fun! First tournament ever for these boys and they kicked butt. Definitely lived up to their name “Fight Irish!”

MORNING RITUALS…
Do you have any?

I have struggled (and still do) to not hit the snooze button 2, sometimes 3 times, and and get out of bed.
For me breathing, movement, lifting
and meditation is what is NEEDED to keep my mind and emotional state at its best.
I’ve always done a mid-afternoon breathing session or guided mediation BUT hot diggity damn- the morning is where it is at!

For me it’s like the equivalent of a mental shower… we wake up and shower 🚿 to clean off and energize our body and get going… morning meditation is the same.
It gets you centered and on point for the day. The days I actually make my ass get out of bed, I feel outstanding.
My goal is to do this 7 days a week but I’m starting with small steps and happy to get 3 days (and I’m ok with that). I want this to become a ritual and consistent baby steps is key.

🧘🏽First step is to have the same space you go to each time.
🧘🏽When the alarm goes off, stand up and chug a glass of water that you keep next to your bed to start with hydration-credit to for this tip.
🧘🏽Plan out which meditation or breathing exercise you’re going to do the night before.
🧘🏽Start small. Set your alarm for 5 min earlier than you would normally need to get up. Then, in whatever interval is manageable for you, add increments of 5 minutes. I chose to start with 5 minutes early for a week then increase to 10 minutes and so on until I’m at 20 min.

Does anyone have any mind/body rituals they do in the morning? I’d love to hear!

Goodness oozing off this page… DAMN!

DID YOU KNOW…?

1) There is a foot to core connection. There is fascial integration that starts in the arch of the foot and connects to the pelvic floor. So, if your feet are weak and/or tight chances are your deep core is also weak and/or tight.

2) If you have knee or hip pain there is a very good chance it could have started at your feet.

3) Bunions are caused by the big toe being smooshed and not activated from improper shoes and a “casting” effect that can happen over time. Good news! As long as the joint deformity isn’t too severe, it can be corrected with proper foot and toe exercises.

At Peak, we are going to have you workout out barefoot sometimes so you can understand the importance of this connection. We are also going to be constantly cueing foot mechanics BECAUSE your lifts, jumps, speed, and core strength will improve dramatically once your foot strength is dialed in.

If you have never been coached about the importance of your feet during your workouts… you should question this!

Always love to TuPac.

The below was shared with me by a dear friend and it brought me to tears…
I'm not “pro-murdering babies”

I'm pro-Becky who found out at her 20 week anatomy scan that the infant she had been so excited to bring into this world had developed without life sustaining organs.

I'm pro-Susan who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization that her assailant planted his seed in her when she got a positive pregnancy test result a month later.

I'm pro-Theresa who hemorrhaged due to a placental abruption, causing her parents, spouse, and children to have to make the impossible decision on whether to save her or her unborn child.

I'm pro-little Cathy who had her innocence ripped away from her by someone she should have been able to trust and her 11 year old body isn't mature enough to bear the consequence of that betrayal.

I'm pro-Melissa who's working two jobs just to make ends meet and has to choose between bringing another child into poverty or feeding the children she already has because her spouse walked out on her.

I'm pro-Emily who went through IVF, ending up with SIX viable implanted eggs requiring selective reduction in order to ensure the safety of her and a SAFE amount of fetuses.

I'm pro-Christina who doesn't want to be a mother, but birth control methods sometimes fail.

I'm pro-Jessica who is FINALLY getting the strength to get away from her physically abusive spouse only to find out that she is carrying the monster's child.

I'm pro-Lindsay who lost her virginity in her sophomore year with a broken condom and now has to choose whether to be a teenage mom or just a teenager.

I'm pro-Courtney who just found out she's already 13 weeks along, but the egg never made it out of her fallopian tube so either she terminates the pregnancy or risks dying from internal bleeding.

You can argue and say that I'm pro-choice all you want, but the truth is:
I'm pro-life.
Their lives.
Women's lives.

You don't get to pick and choose which scenarios should be accepted.

Women's rights are meant to protect ALL women, regardless of their situation!