I’m Brianna Battles, Founder and CEO of Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism ™. I created this movement after the birth of my first son, when I realized my approach as an athlete, and my knowledge as a coach was off base. There were two approaches to training during pregnancy, one was the conservative recommendations (yoga, don’t lift over 20lbs, etc), and the other was “be a badass!” and “train for birth.” As an athlete and coach, I of course gravitated to the later. I thought I knew enough and felt fine physically and mentally in how I went about my training.

After I had my son, I was desperate to get back into my training, routine and lifestyle, but I slowly began realizing that this was much different than I anticipated, and all of the generalizations I was given significantly lacked context. I pushed myself mentally and physically and thought I was doing what was “best” and “right,” especially as an experienced athlete and coach.

I spent the next few years diving into women’s health information, research and networking with like-hearted professionals, combining that with the fundamentals of exercise science. I rehabbed, learned from multiple professionals and invested in continuing education opportunities. I implemented a different mindset and tactical approach, which allowed me to coach high level/professional athletes and experience testing these methods and all-encompassing game plan through pregnancy and postpartum.

After coaching thousands of pregnant and postpartum athletes both online and in my local community, I knew I would have the most reach by educating coaching professionals to do the same with their unique effort.