Trainer Mom Fitness

Yvonne has been incredibly humbled this pregnancy. 🙃

My piriformis decided to flare up about a month ago and my sciatic nerve mixed in there with it. My right glute, and leg have given me extreme trouble. I’ve never felt pain to take a step or pick up my leg before, I saw a specialist near me and he has helped. I’ve gone to him twice now and it’s not hurting with each step at the moment, which I am incredibly grateful for.

However, even doing upper body has been troublesome. My upper back got tight last week from some db pressing and it pulled into that area where my low back/glute is currently inflamed. Which only made that even more mad, I was feeling relief, took a bigger step then usual turning my right foot out and all hell broke loose. My flare up was back and taking a step hurt again. 🥲

Saw the specialist again after that and he recommended avoiding any weights or workouts unless it’s prenatal yoga the rest of my pregnancy. Which at the moment, there’s still quite a bit I can’t even do in yoga because my flare up is barely calming down.

I’ve cried, cried and cried lol. Fitness, CrossFit, weights, it’s one of my happy places and I envisioned this pregnancy being the best and fittest one yet. *Sigh*, I have to accept reality and remind myself this season isn’t forever.

I’m leaning into the lesson that I can learn from this experience, while trying to not fall into a depression, work full time and carry a baby.
God give me strength, lol.

My identity and worth doesn’t come from how well I perform in a gym, or how my body looks because we’ve certainly lost muscle mass haha.
I guess I am having to truly embrace and learn that because I’ve always felt I need to prove that I am worthy.

This has been a challenging season, but we don’t ever give up. Plus, I do love me a good comeback story. 😉

September was pretty amazing. 💕

Found out our beautiful baby is a GIRL and Blair and I have felt our daughter move. 👶🏻

Life’s been pure chaos but so amazing at the same time. I am incredibly thankful. 🙏🏼

Show me the version of you that life has tried to break.
The one it chewed up and spit out like you were nothing.
Show me your scars.
Show me the pain you never asked for but fought through anyway.
Show me the trauma that should’ve never touched you,
and how you rose from it again and again.

Show me how this world crushed your spirit,
and how you stood back up even when you had no idea how.
Tears in your eyes. Heart shattered.
No clear path.
No guarantees.
Just grit. Just faith in yourself when no one else believed.

Show me the part of you that’s endured more than just hard workouts.
The part juggling being human, a partner, a provider,
while having no fu***ng choice but to persist.

Because the grind isn’t just in the gym.
It’s in your life.
It’s in your pain.
It’s in your refusal to quit when no one’s watching.

So strip it all down.
Take off the masks.
Let me see the real you.
Raw. Worn. Resilient.
Unshaken by who approves or who doesn’t.
That’s what I want to see.

This is why David Goggins inspires me.
Not just because he became a Navy SEAL,
but because he wasn’t supposed to.
Because he was broken.
Abused. Traumatized.
And still, he rose.
He built himself from the ground up.
He didn’t just train his body, he transformed his spirit.

That’s a warrior.
That’s what moves me.

Yes, I love fitness. I admire strength.
But the ones who’ve conquered more than just weights,
the ones out here surviving life and still grinding,
those are the people who inspire me most.

“Lean into it.”

Something I tell myself OFTEN before a workout, especially one like today.
I was thinking about it during the workout, and how we can apply it to life in general.
Your relationship and self growth with yourself, LEAN INTO IT. 💥

That s**t can be challenging, learning and becoming aware you’re not perfect, you have flaws, you have things you need to heal, you have had times in your life of not being your highest ideal self. You’ve hurt people with your words or actions before, maybe not purposely or purposely but it’s in those moments you need to dive deep into yourself ask why and how you can learn from it.
Being life’s victim, replaying stories in your head, creating stories in your head and allowing yourself to drown in your sorrows gets you absolutely NOWHERE.

I’m speaking to myself here too because MAN, I am not the happiest at this job haha. I do best where I can thrive, where I see growth, where I feel I’m contributing to society and making a difference. I feel rather complacent where I’m at and that’s just not me. I don’t expect everyone to understand. For the time being I can tackle this time in life with a better attitude.

I will, lean into it. Lean into these challenges (even if I have tears somedays lol), lean into my mental resiliency, lean into the discomfort of night shift, lean into tackling this full time mom/work thing on my own, lean into this journey because it’s incredibly temporary.

All a stepping stone and each step teaching me what I am made of, what I can endure, and how much further I can and will go.

Love, light, stay bright! ✨

22 to 32 💥

Want to feel younger, stronger, and more energized as the years go by?
Start here:
• Strength train to keep muscle & metabolism strong
• Move 8-10k steps daily to support heart + brain health
• Prioritize protein for recovery, strength, and energy
• Hydrate to help every cell in your body function better
• Balance your macros to fuel performance
• Don’t skip micros—your vitamins/minerals keep the whole system running

Aging is inevitable. Feeling old? Optional.