Rachel Avey • Strength & Wellness

body dysmorphia and a caffeine addiction walk into a gym… and somehow she’s still showing up 💀

Monday lower day is done and logged. Back squats, RDLs, hip thrusts, step ups, kickbacks, hip abductions, pullovers — all from my home gym on my own program. Week 1 of Salt & Steel is underway 🌊🏋️‍♀️

3 babies in 5 years and I’m out here doing 21s 🔥

leg day
no excuses
pump it up

the day nobody talks about.

not the heavy lifts. not the burnout sets. this — the slow work. single leg RDLs, lunges, dead bugs. the session that actually keeps you in the game long term.

control before load. always.

salt & steel 🌊

the window between drop-off and the rest of the day is mine.

no audience. just the work, the weights, and whatever’s playing in my headphones. this is what week one of a new cycle looks like — upper body, intentional, not rushed.

building something slow. building something real.

salt & steel 🤍

I just did 10 pushups. Three sets of them.
For the first time in my life.
If you can do 10 pushups you’re stronger than 53% of Americans. I just became one of them.
45 weeks of consistent training built this. It’s never just about the glutes. 🍑

2.5 years postpartum. Stronger than I’ve ever been.

3 babies in 5 years. My body went through everything.

And then I said, watch this.
If you’re on a health journey, postpartum or otherwise, it’s not about how fast you get there. It’s about not stopping.

You’re not behind. You’re just still going. 🍑