Recommendations for exercise during pregnancy have not only changed over the years, there’s been a lot of myths that cause confusion for pregnant women who want to stay healthy through their pregnancy. We’re going to review 5 myths that you’ve probably heard, but that have been debunked.

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6x Fittest Woman on Earth Tia Clair Toomey is pregnant, with the world watching along. Hear about her training, how she has made decisions for she and her baby among a sea of information and even how she told Shane!6x Fittest Woman on Earth Tia Clair Toomey is pregnant, with the world watching along. Hear about her training, how she has made decisions for she and her baby among a sea of information and even how she told Shane!

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Today we wrap up the girls' birth stories by hearing from our beloved Director of Marketing, Jess. Her pregnancy complications that started early an meant that she was only allowed to walk during her pregnancy. Hear how she coped with this mentally, as someone who was used to lifting and working out regularly. Finally, we talk about her postpartum challenges with peeing in the gym and how she navigated that in a world, 9 years ago, where pelvic floor health and pregnant and postpartum fitness was a much quieter topic.  

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Today we chat with our own Director of Operations and Co-Founder, Betsy.  Her unexpected pregnancy led to a big journey of acceptance and a mindset shift. We talk about her son being born 6 weeks early, her emergency C-section and struggles with NICU and pospartum. Hear about the internal struggles she overcame through her pregnancy and and beginning stages of motherhood, and how her precious boy Crú came into their lives!

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In today's episode we have the pleasure of chatting with our very own MINT Prjct athlete, Arielle Loewen.  Arielle is 2x Fittest Mom in America and 2x CrossFit Games Athlete who is currently taking the current CrossFit season by a storm. Hear how she stayed fit during pregnancy and postpartum, how she trained, who helped her along the way and how she manages being a stay at home mom while staying at the top of her game. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

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In this episode we talk to our very own Director of Education, Cara, about the birth story of her third child. She went through complications in her attempt to have a double VBAC and tells us about her scary few days leading up to it, during and after. We talk about her original plan, the attempts made by her and her team to keep that plan, and how the plan changed. Hear about the miracles that happened to ultimately save her and her sweet baby girl, Ayla in this story. 

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Kenzie is a wife and momma of the cutest little 2 year old guy.  She is one of Cara's personal training clients who started working with her when her son turned 1.  During her pregnancy she was placed on bedrest around 15 weeks and was not able to workout until after she had her baby, due to an incompetent cervix and ultimate placement of a cerclage.  Kenzie completed our 6 Phase Postpartum Exercise Program and is still working with Cara as a remote online client.  She recently competed in her first Powerlifting competition which is so exciting!  

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In this episode we chat with Christin Panchik on working out through her pregnancy and postpartum. Christin has been an athlete all her life and was very active on social media advocating for women to stay active and know their own limits, during her own journey. She is wife to CrossFit Games Athlete Scott Panchik, so she's had a close experience with the sport for many years. Hear how she used her experience and knowledge to be a voice for so many women staying fit while pregnant!

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“Can I do the Open Workouts Pregnant?”

It's right in the middle of CrossFit Open season and we're getting tons of questions from pregnant women on if and how they can participate. Today we dive into the "can vs. should" mentality and how to make decisions about modifying or not.

Struggling to modify your pregnancy workouts? We’ve got a program that takes the guesswork out of pregnancy fitness at themintprjct.com

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Today we talk to Dr. Amanda Fisher of @empower.your.pelvis. She is  pelvic floor physical therapist, wife, mom of three and owner of Empower Your Pelvis in Kansas City with an amazingly relatable presence on everything pelvic health.  Her passion comes on the topic comes from her own first hand experiences with the pain with sex, prolapse, pelvic pain after c-sections, bladder leakage etc and she has helped thousands of people in person and online, improve their pelvic health.

@Empower.Your.Pelvis
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