Who ARE moms with muscle?

What? Moms with muscle? Really? Is that possible? Heck ya!

There really are moms out there with muscle. And no, you don't have to have abs and buns of steel. But you have to choose to make yourself and your health a priority. Not only for a pedicure, although I must admit that would be nice once in awhile, but for their own health. Making time to exercise, move and feel strong.

I've had the honor of being in mom fitness the last 7 years and have noticed a few things that are unique about moms with muscle.

5 minutes
As everyone who has experienced the term "mom" first hand knows, it can be an hour one day and 5 minutes the next. Either way, 5 minutes is better than none....right??? Moms with muscle make the 5 minutes count just as much as the hours. They get down to business, get it done then get back to being a mom.

role model
Don't just talk, show your kids that it's important to move and exercise. That may be by including them in the action, but it's equally important to be ok with telling them you need your own exercise too. Don't mistake me for a mom that's not involved, one reason I got involved with mom fitness was to stay home and be over involved with my kids.

seek support
Those that stick with it, keep moving, challenge themselves to do more and succeed find support. From a mom based fitness program (yup...like Moms In Motion) or a local boot camp, a group of friends to walk with, stroller fitness program. Women are social creatures, we love to chat, to compare, to obsess, to ask, to seek help, to do this together...and to have someone call us when we don't show up to workout.

food
Moms with muscle are the moms that TRY to choose the carrot sticks more often than the artichoke dip at parties. Try, we don't always succeed and often rationalize, but generally we are the ones who think about food choices because we worked out tooshy off this morning and don't want the effort to be wasted.

family included
invite, include, nag, role model, force, encourage, whatever the word, moms with muscle include their families in the fight. In some way we influence our husbands, kids, grandparents and neices to make health and strength a priority too.

If this is you, or who you strive to be, like my blog and let's do this together. My goal is to post more hows, whens and wheres to help you be a mom with muscle. Looking forward to your comments and to getting back to the blog.

Keep movin' mama!