My name is Jen. This is my first post on my new fitnessMAMA blog! I’m very excited to share my insight and with you all. I am Stroller Strides franchise owner and instructor and a Nationally Certified Personal Trainer. I am a mom of 3 great kids, Hayden 7, Justin 5, and Isabella 3. I am married to a fabulous husband is almost to good to be true (he does laundry, dishes, and most of the housework… but my terrible housekeeping is another story!).
It sounds like I have the perfect life, right? Here’s the thing…there is no such thing! I am not perfect, my husband is not perfect and my kids are not (and never will be) perfect. Although I am a personal trainer and a fitness instructor, I am not a size 2 and I am not in perfect shape (although I am in pretty darn good shape). I do not always make the best food choices, or life choices for that matter. But here is the thing, I try to make the best choices I can, when I can. I try to take every day one day at a time, and hope for the best.
So here is what I believe about fitness. You should/can still be fit when you have kids, in fact you almost have to be. Think about words that would describe a mother, “flexible (breastfeeding while typing and talking on the phone), strong (able to lift to kids up a flight of stairs), quick (sprinting to catch your 2 year old before they run into a parking lot), you must have endurance (hello… labor and delivery), and patient (waiting for your child to go to sleep). All of these same words could also be used to describe the world’s best athletes. Stroller Strides has a great tagline “I am a mother, therefore I am an athlete.” I believe this to be true.
I look forward to posting in the future and hearing more about what struggles you face when it comes to motherhood and fitness! I hope that I can give you insight to how I (and others that I work with) find that balance between motherhood and fitness.
