Sistas of Strength Fitness and Nutrition Blog
Amanda Perry on life, specifically fitness, nutrition, motherhood and relationships.
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...]
I wanted to share a few workout videos I made this past weekend. I was 35.5 weeks pregnant....almost 36 now! Getting so close! :) My workouts have been going okay. Third trimester is definitely a bit tiring, but not too bad. Mostly, I'm just … [Read more...]
Hope everyone had a great weekend and those of you who celebrate had a wonderful Easter! Here's a quick video from this past Friday morning. I was 34 weeks and 1 day at the time...now inching up on 35 weeks. Ahh! I was doing deadlifts with the … [Read more...]
I'm currently 33.5 weeks pregnant and we filmed this video yesterday. I definitely need some work on my kettlebell snatch form, but wanted to show that snatches are possible (and awesome in my opinion) during late pregnancy. I actually have a lot … [Read more...]
