S11 EP8: Athleticism and Motherhood with Brianna Battles
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Brianna Battles, the Founder of Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism, specializes in coaching pregnant and postpartum athletes and educating coaching professionals. She is a remarkable advocate and resource for women who want training during and after pregnancy. Because postpartum spans a lifetime! She’s here to tell you that your growth as an athlete is exponential. It is not over when you become a mom.
No one wants to be left asking in postpartum, “Why didn’t anyone tell me this could happen?” You may feel out of control with your body during this season and there’s a lot more body awareness that needs to come into play. In today’ episode we discuss predispositions, pelvic floor health, diastasis, fascia, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and postpartum rehab. It’s so hard to not be committed to one version of yourself. Listen and learn how to make peace with your real motivations behind training. You don’t have to feel sidelined. “Athleticism does not end when motherhood begins” - Brianna Battles
Brianna’s Links:
Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism on IG
(00:00:00) Welcome Brianna Battles, Founder of Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism
(00:02:00) Brianna's background and what led her to this side of fitness
(00:10:52) When your doctor doesn't understand the type of fitness you’re doing and who to look to for coaching and advice when it comes to athletics and training
(00:13:12) Some of the core and pelvic floor symptoms common in pregnancy
(00:25:16) Framing pregnancy as an opportunity for athletic maturity
(00:29:55) Advice for mothers on the other side of postpartum reflecting with undue shame about their experience and what to do now
(00:32:00) What we should be doing every day for pelvic floor health
(00:36:25) Breathing through movements and how to leverage your pelvic floor muscles to improve performance
(00:41:20) Why should we be cautious about advice we see and hear from fitness influencers and what worked for them?
(00:48:50) Brianna’s ebook: “The No Pee Cheat Sheet” and advice if your insurance won’t cover pelvic floor PT
(00:50:49) Some of the biggest mistakes you still see from women that you wish you could shout from the rooftops
(00:53:57) Where to find and hear more from Brianna Battles
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| 0:00.0 | You are not washed up. |
| 0:01.6 | So we cannot be so, unless like committed to this one version of ourselves. |
| 0:06.4 | Open your mind and your ability to evolve. |
| 0:09.1 | And nothing really throws you into the fire to do that like motherhood. |
| 0:13.3 | Growth as an athlete is exponential. |
| 0:15.4 | It is not over when you become a mom. |
| 0:21.3 | Hi, guys, and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. |
| 0:25.0 | Brianna Battles, I am so excited to have you on today. |
| 0:29.4 | Selfishly very excited since I am currently in a pregnancy stage of my life, |
| 0:34.0 | but really excited for you to be able to share your wealth of knowledge with so many |
| 0:40.0 | women who are either pregnant postpartum, just athletes are working through any of these phases |
| 0:45.5 | because I know I have gotten so many questions and you are the expert in this space. So thank |
| 0:51.9 | you so much for coming on. Thank, thank you so much for having me |
| 0:55.5 | again. It's great to connect with you during this season of life. Congratulations again. |
| 0:59.9 | Thank you. Thank you so much. It's a, it's a weird season. And honestly, I feel like since the last time |
| 1:05.7 | we spoke, there has been so much more information and kind of just like flooded the space a little bit more |
| 1:15.0 | with just some more education around exercise during pregnancy, exercise postpartum, pelvic floor |
| 1:22.7 | health. So I really want to dive into all of these things because pelvic floor health has really taken a backseat |
| 1:31.1 | for so many years. It's kind of, it's worked its way to the forefront, maybe not as much as we would love |
| 1:36.8 | it to. Um, but I wanted to start out just by letting the people get to know you a little bit, what led you to this space because |
| 1:46.2 | you are, you know, the founder of pregnancy and postpartum athlete, CEO of Everyday Battles. |
| 1:53.2 | You are the master here. |
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