Where moms are athletes

You don't have to choose between motherhood and your goals.

Confidence isn’t a weight on the scale. It’s a feeling in your body.

You love adventure. You love movement. You love pushing your limits.

But somewhere between pregnancy, postpartum recovery, sleepless nights, and carrying the mental load of motherhood… your body started to feel unfamiliar.

Workouts that once gave you energy now leave you exhausted. Strength training feels harder. Running hurts your knees. Your back tightens up. Maybe you’re dealing with pelvic pain—and you’re wondering if this is just “how it is now.”

You’re still training. Still showing up. Still trying to do everything right. But instead of feeling strong, you feel depleted. Instead of feeling confident, you feel frustrated. Instead of trusting your body, you second-guess it.

And quietly, you’re asking the questions no one seems to answer clearly:
Why does my body hurt when I work out?
Why am I doing all the “right” things but not seeing results?
Will I ever feel like myself again?

The hardest part isn’t the pain or the fatigue. It’s feeling like the adventurous, capable athlete you used to be is slipping further away.

The capable version of you isn't some distant past time. You just need a smarter way forward.

You can be an athlete through pregnancy, postpartum, and every season of motherhood.

You don’t need another generic workout plan that ignores pain, recovery, or real life.

There is a better way. A way where strength training supports your core, your pelvic floor, and your joints—so knee pain, back pain, and pelvic pain don’t control your training.

A way where food fuels your workouts instead of creating fear, guilt, or burnout. A way where you train with your body, not against it—so you can feel strong in the gym, confident on the trails, and capable in everyday life with your kids.

Because you were never meant to choose between being a mom and being an athlete.

Workouts feel empowering instead of exhausting. Pain stops being something you ignore and starts being information you understand. Confidence returns—not because your body looks different, but because it works again.

You don’t have to wait until you feel ready. You don’t have to “fix everything” before you start. You just have to choose a path designed for motherhood, movement, and adventure.

You’re not just a mom. You’re an athlete. And it’s time to start training like one—without pain, without burnout, and without compromise.

I'm Chandler!

My life changed when I stopped seeing movement as something I had to earn and started seeing it as medicine.

Especially in early postpartum, movement helped me reconnect with my body, rebuild trust with myself, and remember who I was beneath the exhaustion and change. I learned quickly that postpartum isn’t a phase you move on from—it’s forever—and that truth shaped how I train, how I live, and how I coach.

I haven’t always felt at home in my body. I’ve been every weight, played nearly every sport, chased performance and aesthetics, and still struggled with confidence and self-trust. What finally shifted things wasn’t doing more—it was learning how to work with my body. Training became functional, sustainable, and supportive of real life. It became fun again. Purposeful again. And it reminded me that our worth has nothing to do with our weight—confidence comes from capability.

I am a mom to a 3.5 year old wild little boy and currently pregnant with another boy. I don't know about you, but prioritizing a life that let's me stay active and feel good in my body will always be the priority now.

I’ve always been generally prepared for life. To have the ability to hike, lift, run, and adventure for decades. But a lot of that stemmed from vanity. After becoming a mom, that perspective has shifted. I want to be the grandma shredding the mountain with my son and his kids someday—not because I’m chasing youth, but because my body is capable and cared for. That belief is the foundation of the Athlete Mom Project.

I’m here to help moms avoid burnout, move through pregnancy and postpartum with more confidence, and feel strong again without pushing through pain or exhaustion. You don’t have to choose between being a mom and being an athlete. And if you’re tired of spinning your wheels or wondering if this is just “how it is now,” I see you—I’ve been there. You’re not broken. You just need a smarter, more supportive way forward.

Movement Is Medicine