Cortisol seems to be on the top of everyone’s hate list right now. Look, I get it. I also have a love-hate relationship with cardio. But please don’t be fooled by these false facts circling around the internet. I keep getting sent stuff from fitness influencers on how we shouldn’t do any sort of high intensity interval training (HIIT) anymore. We are spiking our cortisol! It’s making us fat! We are giving ourselves anxiety! (You get the idea.) Please don’t fall for this. Y

I get this question ALL the time when I work with new prenatal people. "How much weight can I lift when I'm pregnant?" My response is this- You can lift as MUCH as you want. If you can maintain or increase your resistance, great! If you need to scale back and regress certain exercises, great! There are no current limitations from ACOG. It truly depends on the following: 1- Can you stay within a 6-7 on the 1-10 RPE scale? (Meaning the rate of perceived exertion- how challengi