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How to Prepare Your Body for Labor and Delivery

One of the most powerful parts of our Knocked-Up Fitness and Wellness membership is when mamas get to learn our Push Prep Method. *Whether you’re planning on having a vaginal delivery or cesarean birth…these fundamentals are vital to your delivery experience!* >>The Push Prep Method is designed to help you learn how to coordinate the muscles in your body that…

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Kitchen Exercises to Get You Moving

We’re all about having a consistent movement routine around here. But who says you have to carve out an hour of time to go to the gym?! We tell our mamas that you don’t have to get your Knocked-Up Fitness and Wellness workouts done in one sitting. The best thing about movement is that it can be done ANYWHERE. While…

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How Tongue-Tie Surgery Can Affect Your Child’s Health

Mama I can’t keep this a secret anymore! That’s why I HAVE to share with you the most recent wellness endeavor that my son and I experienced: tongue-tie release.  *That’s right, ladies. This is something we need to talk about more!* I’ve seen it personally affect my son as he couldn’t latch on as an infant, had trouble sleeping at night…

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10 Pregnancy Books That Every Mama Needs

I believe that knowledge is power. Since college, I’ve always had my nose buried in a book so I can continue to enhance the lives of my pregnant and postpartum clients. I used to spend hours at night losing myself in a prenatal page-turner. After seeing the information that was out there, I knew I had to create a resource…

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5 Deep Core Exercises While Pregnant

Looking to maintain a strong deep core while you’re pregnant? In case you’re new to our world… 1. Hello and welcome!2. The benefits of strengthening your deep core are virtually endless. If you’re ready to prevent diastasis recti, have a quicker and easier labor, and bounce back faster after having your baby, scroll down below to learn my 5 deep core…

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How to Get Back Into Exercise After Having a Baby

When you’re bumpin, it can seem easy to visualize yourself get back into exercise after having a baby at full force once that six-week mark hits. As a pre and postnatal exercise specialist, I’m here to tell you that that’s not the reality. >>I’m also here to tell you that there is so much that you can do in those…

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4 Exercises for Your Second Trimester

As a prenatal and postnatal exercise specialist, I love teaching women our unique ways of training the female body…but after working with all types of women before, during and after their pregnancies, I know that moving your body this way is something that you’ve never experienced before. Especially while you’re BUMPIN’. Like how do you maneuver around with this thing!…

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How to Avoid Prenatal Depletion with Stephanie Greunke

Mama, I don’t have a magic 8 ball, but I don’t need its guidance for my prediction about your future… This Core Connections podcast episode is going to completely change the way you feel during pregnancy and after you have your baby. >>I know that’s a far fetch statement, but hear me out: my guest, Stephanie Greunke, understands the female body…