Just your regular ole CrossFit athlete turned mom turned coach. At the time of my writing this, it’s been almost a decade since I found the gym and lifting weights.

No, I wasn’t someone who played sports in high school or found enjoyment in anything the least bit physically taxing. In fact, I was the one hiding out in the office, trying to skip the mile every week in PE. 

Then when I was 22 my bestie conned me into meeting her at the new Crossfit gym in town and it was all over. Suddenly, I was getting up for the 5 am class and counting macros, I was hooked. Fast forward four years and I got pregnant with my daughter, this was my first taste in the lack of knowledge and care for moms in the fitness industry. 

There were two approaches to pregnancy training, “do nothing” or “change nothing”. Well as an athlete “do nothing” was completely out of the question so I did everything. What a mistake that was, I even followed this into my early postpartum period where I finally gave in to the fact that I was injured and I needed help. 

So I threw myself deep into the research, certifications, and evidence-based studies to make sure moms are given their rightful place in the fitness space. To create a little place for you to be the strongest you can be, Welcome to Rise by Courtney: Moms Get Fit.