Keep Moving with Confidence

You can schedule a personal 1:1 session with me, however, that isn’t necessarily the most affordable to practical option. A lot of women I’ve worked with over the years don’t live in Chicago anymore! For that reason, I’m launching the Motherhood Membership later this fall. There will be in-person, live streaming, and recorded components. Get on the waitlist so you can get all the updates. Coming even sooner is the Move More Challenge - a two month experience with me to incorporate bite-size movement snacks into your routine. You can sign up for that now.

It is never too early or too late to start. Now is the perfect time to begin. When working with MGM you will learn the fundamentals of how to have a strong body in the exact stage of your perinatal/ fitness journey. The basics that Liz teaches are vital for the strength and health of your body moving forward. The approach is to always start with breath and alignment then systematically progressing. No matter who you are or where you are in your life, Liz will start her working with her clients the exact same way - whether they are pregnant, postpartum, never been pregnant, fitness trainer, proathlete. Everything you will be taught will benefit your body no matter what the stage.

Breathing correctly and proper posture are the two things that make up a solid foundation in your body. Without establishing those two things first, it is impossible to have a body that is working at max efficiency and strength. Yes, you can absolutely workout and be fit, run 5 miles a day, do 30 burpees all while having a dysfunctional breathing pattern but chances are it will catch up with you if it hasn’t already.

Doctors are incredible at monitoring you and ensuring that you and baby are healthy, but doctors are not trained in how to tell a person how to plank. Many doctors don’t even know how to properly do this themselves. Doctor’s have the best intentions, but they are not trained in what muscles should contract when doing an exercise or how to establish a functional breathing pattern (crazy, right?). Liz has extensive training in the best techniques to ensure you are contracting and using your body in the most efficient and safest ways. It can be confusing with so much information out there, Liz will break things down and help debunk many of the most common myths.

Every pregnancy and every body is different. There is no set of rules that are black and white. MGM will not give you a list of what to do and what not to do, LIz and MGM will TEACH you the symptoms to look for in YOUR body so you’ll know how to change your strategy in moment for the rest of your life. When the doctor ot trainer says “listen to your body” how can you listen if you haven’t been told what to listen for? Liz will teach you.

Figuring out what I could safely do for exercise and teaching fitness classes was NOT an easy journey. I love rules and guidelines and I wanted my doctor to hand me a bulleted list of what to do and what not to do. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case and just about every doctor I asked gave me differing advice and guidelines.

My fitness routine changed throughout the course of my pregnancy. During my first trimester, I was teaching five cycle classes and eight barre/cardio classes weekly and working out six days a week, which my doctor told me she didn’t want me to stop. Around 28 weeks, I stopped teaching cycle classes because I couldn’t do the “talk test” when on the bike and at 36 weeks, I stopped teaching all together after falling while teaching a class. But I continued to walk and do barre almost everyday until I delivered.

My best advice to you is come up with a plan with me and we can modify it as your body changes.