I’m a personal trainer, engineer, mom, and an advocate for you.
I am a personal trainer that specializes in strength training, pre & postnatal fitness, mobility training, and pelvic floor health.
But I am also much more than that, so let me give you a little background to help you determine if we’d be a good fit.
To start, I love exercise. It’s a GIFT to be able to get up every day and move my body. I've always been an athlete. I played college soccer, and once competitive sports ended, I ran a marathon, and then joined a CrossFit gym. Now, as a busy working mom of 2, I have shifted to at-home strength and mobility training.
I am a manufacturing engineer by trade, but what my engineering career has taught me about fitness is that I love to learn how things work. What better thing to study and figure out than the human body?
That’s why when I became pregnant the first time, I was appalled by how little I really knew about my body. I decided to dive in, and I just keep going. Continuing education is a huge priority for me.
It’s through my coursework in pregnancy and postpartum exercise, mobility training, and biomechanics that I have learned the importance of BREATHING on your fitness. Crazy sounding, I know. Check out the mobility training tab for more on that.
And now I want to share everything I learned with you. I want to help you move and feel better. So with every client (whether pregnant, postpartum, or neither), I aim to educate you about your body and help you become strong and mobile.
One last thing that is near and dear to me..
I am a HUGE advocate for maternal / parental mental health. As someone who struggled with postpartum depression and anxiety after my first baby, I understand how much impact mental health has on fitness. I have resources for you and know how to be a listening ear. I will be your biggest advocate.
If you think we’re be a good fit, check out my services tab or feel free to reach out to me at @postpartumstrength on instagram or email me at ellen@functionalempoweredfitness.com.
Coursework Summary
General Fitness
NASM certified Personal Trainer (renewed every 2 years)
Katie StClair’s Empowered Performance Program
Mobility coach through Flow Motion Fitness UK
Pregnancy / Postpartum
Pregnant & Postpartum Athleticism coach
Girls Gone Strong Pre / Postnatal Coach
Sarah Duvall’s Core Exercise Specialist course
MamasteFit’s birthworker’s childbirth course
Follow me on instagram @postpartumstrength.
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