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The Riley Gaines Show

I Stopped Doing Crunches: How I Actually Got My Abs Back | Riley Gaines

The Riley Gaines Show

Fox Media

News, Sports, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4592 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Riley Gaines Show, Riley shares her honest postpartum fitness routine, how she started training again after baby, and the 5 habits that helped her feel strong, healthy, and like herself again. From pelvic floor recovery and protein intake to running, lifting, and the mindset shift that comes with motherhood, Riley breaks down what actually worked for her as a former Division I athlete navigating the postpartum season. She also explains why postpartum recovery shouldn’t be treated as a one-size-fits-all process. If you’re looking for realistic postpartum workout tips, motivation as a new mom, or practical advice on getting back into a fitness routine after pregnancy, this episode is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I feel like in another life I was meant to be a fitness influencer as opposed to the media personality

0:43.0

activist that I am. It's just really what I love. It's what I feel very passionately about.

0:48.6

I think it's, you know, part of that is being a Division I athlete. You can't really make it to that point

0:54.4

without caring about your fitness and your health and your wellness. I'm going to share with you

0:58.2

guys a little bit of my personal experience. And I'm going to give you guys five tips that have

1:03.0

helped me to continue to prioritize my fitness, especially being postpartum now, and to get back,

1:09.3

the bounce back, if you will, which I get a lot of flack

1:12.0

for saying that, we'll touch on that, the bounce back to feeling like myself again, while still

1:17.7

being the best and most present mom that I can be. I'll preface by saying, I don't know everything

1:23.4

about fitness. I am not claiming to know everything about fitness. I am merely going to share

1:27.4

with you

1:27.7

guys what I do, what works for me, the benefits that I see, and the things that I enjoy. And you can do

1:34.5

with that what you will. Maybe some of you can relate to this, but I don't feel like I've always had

1:41.4

the healthiest relationship with working out and with exercise and

1:45.9

body image. It's pretty common, unfortunately, especially among women, especially among female

1:51.9

athletes. I've gone through it too. I've gone through the restricting yourself of eating,

1:57.1

of enjoying sweets, of not feeling like you're exercising enough, the need, the necessity of

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