4 Tips for Consistent Postpartum Workouts

You’re 6 weeks postpartum with your second or third baby, you’re feeling more recovered, and you tell yourself you’ve got it figured out this time. So you decide it’s time to jump straight into your weight loss plan and start losing this baby weight (yay!)

You purchased that 12-week workout program from your favorite fitness influencer who also just had a baby. You have every intention to sustain your workout plans during this postpartum journey and trust you’ll be back to your pre-baby weight in a couple months (just like last time). 

And just like before, it starts out perfect! You’re excited, you got some cute workout clothes that actually fit your postpartum body, you feel motivated, you’re feeling sore but that’s okay because soreness means you’ll see results, right?

After a few weeks, you’re losing traction. You’ve lost the motivation, the excitement, and the soreness is now frustrating and exhausting you. Managing 2 other kids and a newborn feels impossible. This workout program now feels like another stressful expectation weighing down on your shoulders, 

What happened this time? You realize it’s been a few weeks and you’ve stopped the workouts, and you’re sitting there on your bed holding your newborn thinking “what’s wrong with me? Why is this so hard this time around?”

The truth is, nothing is wrong with you (the program is what’s wrong). Going from 2 to 3 kids is a big shift for you and your body, and your motivation really doesn’t matter like we’ve been taught. It’s a small piece of the puzzle, but like emotions, you will always shift between highs and lows on the motivation scale depending on all the other motherhood stressors and priorities. 

What matters more is having the right systems, support, and mindset. You have to be able to balance the realities of your third-time postpartum struggles with the stress impact of workouts. 

These 4 strategies can help you create consistency that works with the true hardships of being postpartum and caring for a newborn and other children. You have to remain flexible and compassionate towards yourself, while still maintaining discipline.

Have some backup days planned in case there’s a tough day where you’re dealing with barfing children and sleepless nights. 

Try modifying your workouts for the hard days instead of giving up completely. Doing a warmup and one lift is better than nothing.  

Decide on your bare-ass minimums. If you can’t do a full workout, what’s the easiest exercise you can do even on the hardest days?

Make some “if-then” plans for the typical roadblocks and disruptions you experience. “If the day is way too overwhelming and I can’t get to my workout, then I will do a 15 minute walk instead”. 

These strategies keep momentum going even when postpartum mom-life gets real. 

This is what builds consistency, and this is exactly why it’s a part of The Reinvented Mother Method. You’re not just following a program, you’re working on all the deep mindset and behavior change work to ACTUALLY stay consistent with your workouts through all of the challenges. 

We don’t abandon you. We don’t judge you for struggling. We support you through the process as you navigate your unique postpartum fitness journey. 

If you’re a postpartum mom in Chandler, AZ who is looking for a postpartum workout program that will help you lose the baby weight without overwhelming your already busy life, the RM Method is the exact program you need. Click HERE to learn more and book a discovery call!