Hey! I'm Lisa. I'm in Balgonie, SK (near

Regina) and I am a new mom of a 9 month

old daughter. Before baby, I was a long

distance runner and doing yoga, kickboxing, biking and kettlebells on the side as cross-training. Running is a huge part of my identity, so when I had to have 2 abdominal surgeries related to postpartum complications, my body took a huge hit that put me in bedrest and a huge setback in my running goals.

Mentally it was challenging to accept I could barely hold myself upright after, but I have been determined to run again so I have been doing physio, online training, walk/run intervals. My furthest postpartum distance is 3 km so far, but my hope is this June Abs challenge will rebuild my core so I can run 5 km, then 10... then a full marathon again.

Today I modified where needed with my arms raised but pointing at my feet for hollow hold, then if there were torso and leg raises, I isolated just legs or just torso. Pushed hard until I was feeling the burn.

My photo of my plank was photo-bombed by my baby crawling in front. I tried haha.

Cool down was a 30 min stroller walk outside to get the mail in town.

@kettlebellkickboxingcanada #kbkbstrong

👏 So far I have cut out snacking, cut out pop/juice and have been drinking water or pouring from a pot of Yerba Maté green tea all day.

Yesterday I accidentally did the wrong workout oops 😅😬 so I did Absolute Abs - No kettlebell and my abs are still sore!

Plank was 20 seconds but just means lots of room for improvement.

Today I “stayed active” by taking my little baby for her swimming lessons 🏊‍♀️