Meet Some Strong Moms: The Strong Mom Series S14E1

<p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Rebekah Krieg and Anna Marie Oakes-Joudy discuss their journey to and with barbell training and share what strength has meant to them and to the moms they have trained. Meet your hosts, two strong people, great coaches, and wonderful moms. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Anna Marie, like many, found barbells through CrossFit. She naturally gravitated toward strength workouts and looked to the CrossFitters who focused on strength training. She noticed the immediate benefits to her everyday activities, and loved how barbells helped her with body recomposition--not just gaining or losing weight, and how she felt with a stronger, more muscular body. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Bekah also participated in CrossFit, but her first foray into exercise was soccer and sports. After a shoulder injury, she was told she really needed to add some muscle around her shoulder, and this helped push her toward simple, hard, effective training. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Both had female athlete role models, but also felt weird in that they were attracted to strength and athleticism but it wasn’t quite accepted. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">They find that with moms, a light bulb comes on as mothers adopt this mode of training and see the benefits in their body but also increased confidence. Strength training is part of self care as a mom, and taking care of yourself helps be a better person and mother.  Strength training is empowering.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Much of being a mother is about sacrifice and worrying about and taking care of others’ needs. It can be hard to justify the time it takes to train and that you’re spending time on yourself. Bekah says she struggles--and she finds many moms struggle with the thought: “I want this for my daughter, but I’m not sure I want this for me.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Ultimately, strength training isn’t for all women, but more women should tr