Postpartum training is not bootcamp
The six-week clearance from your doctor is not a green light to throw yourself back into whatever you were doing before. It is the green light to start rebuilding — which is a different thing entirely, and most trainers get it wrong.
Your body just did something enormous. The deep core, the pelvic floor, the hips, the breathing mechanics — all of it has changed. Jumping into high-impact workouts or generic "bounce back" programs often makes things worse: leaking, back pain, persistent diastasis, and frustration.
How postpartum training at KB Fitness works
01. Assessment — including diastasis screening
We assess abdominal separation, breathing patterns, pelvic alignment, and basic movement before we program anything. This is the step most generic programs skip.
02. Foundation phase (weeks 1–4 with us)
Deep core reconnection, breathing mechanics, posterior chain activation, and gentle full-body strength work. Unsexy, but non-negotiable. This phase prevents the injuries that come from skipping it.
03. Rebuild phase (weeks 5–12)
Progressive loading. Real strength work — squats, hinges, carries, presses — adapted to your current capacity and progressing as you do.
04. Return-to-performance (for the athletes among us)
If you came to us as a runner, a CrossFit athlete, a team sport player — this is the phase where we get you back to it. On your timeline, with the foundation in place.
Who this is for
- New moms cleared by their OB, ready to rebuild
- Women 6–12 months postpartum feeling "stuck" at big-box gyms
- C-section recoveries who need specialized programming
- Second- or third-time moms who know what they did not know the first time
- Athletes returning to sport after pregnancy
- Women with diastasis recti looking for real answers
Why Corinna
Very few personal trainers are also Registered Nurses. Very few are also former D-1 athletes. Corinna is both. That means training that is medically informed, physiologically serious, and grounded in what real athletic performance looks like — without ever losing sight of the fact that you just had a baby.