Sistas of Strength Fitness and Nutrition Blog
Amanda Perry on life, specifically fitness, nutrition, motherhood and relationships.
Before I announced that I am pregnant with my second child, I wrote a post about beating the winter training blahs. As a reminder, my tips to beat the winter training blahs were: Embrace each day. Be thankful every single day. Find the … [Read more...]
If you've been reading, you know I'm in my second trimester and that my workouts are going great! (Knock on wood, right?!) My first trimester workouts were generally shorter. I stuck to strength OR conditioning on any given day and I wasn't … [Read more...]
Okay, I've been holding out on you. :-) We had our ultrasound and found out that Connor will be a big brother to a baby BOY!! He keeps asking when "our baby" is coming and I think it's so stinkin' cute. Other second trimester … [Read more...]
Let me put a few things out there. I've been pregnant before. I wanted to get pregnant again. I am really happy and thankful that I am pregnant now. I also knew that getting pregnant meant my body would change again. A lot...proof below. (Here I … [Read more...]
Working out when you’re pregnant is confusing. You’ve probably heard some or all of the following (contradictory) advice. Don’t push yourself Just walk or do yoga Keep your heart rate below 140bpm Don’t lift heavy weights Don’t jump or … [Read more...]
You guys!!!! I am blown away by all of the support on my last post announcing the arrival of Baby Perry in June 2015. Thank you for all of the love...this baby is feeling it already. I've gotten a lot of questions over the last few days so … [Read more...]
I have been fortunate enough to get to know the wonderful ladies over at Boston Baby Nurses! Carole Arsenault is president and founder of Boston Baby Nurses, an agency that provides lactation and postpartum services to women and babies. Carole’s … [Read more...]
Hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend!! Still no baby yet and I have been a feeling a combination of awesome and terrible all weekend. Hopefully that means it's almost time. :) We had a great weekend (was it my last weekend before becoming … [Read more...]
Amazingly, I had a great workout this past Sunday. I have mentioned before that during pregnancy, and especially towards the end of my third trimester, I have had some days where I feel a lot more energetic than others. Last week most of my workouts … [Read more...]
It's been almost a month since I posted about the different changes I've made during each trimester to my workout routines. As I'm now in the last stretch (just over 3 weeks left until my due date), I wanted to share an update on how things are going … [Read more...]
