SLAM MOMS: Postpartum Group Fitness

Active Mom Postpartum

Today I am speaking with Kelli Berger and Lindsay Platky of SLAM MOMS (Sweat Like A Mother), a group dedicated to bringing women together, not as mom, but as athletes. They have affiliates located all over the U.S., as well as international affiliates. They also offer virtual training so no one is left out! SLAM MOMS puts communication at the forefront to leverage group fitness as a cost-effective and motivational way to help moms as athletes.

They have so much to share from their perspective of moms, military moms, and trainers. You don’t want to miss this interview!

We talk about:

-the genesis of SLAM DC Area

-using empathy to connect with moms

-working with what insurance covers

-being a military mom

-benefits of group fitness

-establishing open communication

-improving your warm up

-troubleshooting when the unexpected happens

Time Stamps

1:00 Introduction

3:26 Expectations versus reality of training postpartum women

7:30 dealing with what insurance covers

11:05 most difficult challenge about the group setting

14:00 adapting to the needs of all athletes

16:40 experience with the R2RPRO course

18:55 focusing on the warm up

20:00 using screenings as a guidelines and not rules

25:18 biggest dive for trainers working with postpartum moms

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CONNECT WITH SLAM MOMS

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The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.
This show has been a long time in the making!
You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.
If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!
If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)

The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.
This show has been a long time in the making!
You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.
If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!
If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)