Sarah Smith Strength

Welcome, I’m Sarah Smith!

I can help you find strength build your body with kettlebells and natural movement AND optimize, improve and rehab your pelvic health!

I will teach you how to adopt a #persistenceoverperfection mindself to ACHIEVE their goals for their bodies and their lives!

I’m a certified personal trainer and Level 2 Russian Kettlebell Instructor (RKC2), postnatal fitness specialist, functional gut and pelvic floor health advocate, mom of three and lover of movement.

Click to learn how you can work with me!

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Gut health struggles Part 2: Solutions for postpartum mommas

Nov 4, 2018

Gut health struggles Part 2: Solutions for postpartum mommas

Nov 4, 2018

Nov 4, 2018

Gut health struggles for postpartum mommas Part 1; No matter how far postpartum, this could still be you!

Nov 2, 2018

Gut health struggles for postpartum mommas Part 1; No matter how far postpartum, this could still be you!

Nov 2, 2018

Nov 2, 2018

Healing the gut with movement and exercise to STOP chronic disease

Jun 25, 2018

Healing the gut with movement and exercise to STOP chronic disease

Jun 25, 2018

Jun 25, 2018

Digestive distress when traveling??!! Check out my strategies here!

May 22, 2018

Digestive distress when traveling??!! Check out my strategies here!

May 22, 2018

May 22, 2018

You asked questions about the pelvic floor and pelvic organ prolapse and I answered!

Apr 16, 2018

You asked questions about the pelvic floor and pelvic organ prolapse and I answered!

Apr 16, 2018

Apr 16, 2018

When it comes to fitness, vagina and vulva health matters and yes we can talk about it!

Apr 6, 2018

When it comes to fitness, vagina and vulva health matters and yes we can talk about it!

Apr 6, 2018

Apr 6, 2018

We need to talk more about the METABOLIC risk factors for pelvic floor dysfunction and prolapse

Mar 9, 2018

We need to talk more about the METABOLIC risk factors for pelvic floor dysfunction and prolapse

Mar 9, 2018

Mar 9, 2018

Jan 29, 2018

Five Ways the Pelvic Floor and Gut Impact One Another

Jan 29, 2018

Jan 29, 2018

Fitness trends that negatively impact fat-loss goals by disrupting the gut and metabolism

Jan 18, 2018

Fitness trends that negatively impact fat-loss goals by disrupting the gut and metabolism

Jan 18, 2018

Jan 18, 2018

Why pre and postnatal mamas want to be vigilant about digestion and elimination challenges

Jan 10, 2018

Why pre and postnatal mamas want to be vigilant about digestion and elimination challenges

Jan 10, 2018

Jan 10, 2018

Microbiology, diarrhea, constipation, the pelvic floor and whole body strength: Things you have to know about getting stronger!

Jan 4, 2018

Microbiology, diarrhea, constipation, the pelvic floor and whole body strength: Things you have to know about getting stronger!

Jan 4, 2018

Jan 4, 2018

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Rehab exercise prescribed by your #pelvicfloorpt getting you bored and uninspired?
Are you struggling to be consistent?
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I’ve totally been there!
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I just could NOT find the motivation to do glute bridges and bird dogs with the thera-band and various forms of kegels.
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So I stopped thinking of my pt exercises as “rehab” that I did in order to get back to exercise and movement and I decided to make them a part of my exercise and movement by inserting them into “workouts”!
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I thought, “What other movements could I do alongside with these that would inspire me to actually do them at all?”
The answer was obviously, #kettlebells 🤣
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And so entered deadlifts, carries, various forms of get ups, single leg work and band exercises that echoed #kettlebellexercises but kept the load and intensity low.
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The best thing that happened is I began making mental and physical connections between what I was doing for “rehab” and the exercise/training I enjoyed.
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While laying on my bed practicing pelvic floor activations was super boring and frustrating to me-because I couldn’t activate well, doing it in the gym had greater functionality and purpose!
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It was in squats deadlifts and get-ups that I actually found my ability to control my PF.
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It’s important that we recognize when we have to take a step back from certain movements. I wasn’t doing ballistics. I wasn’t loading up my body with weight.
I was looking at my real life and real life requires me to squat, lift, twist, get up off the floor...and I was training those movements with kettlebells, peppering in my PT exercises and that made me so much more consistent and motivated to keep working!
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If it’s boring and uninspiring, you’ll never do it, so figure out how to make it sexy!
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If you are working with a #pelvicfloorpt and you’re ready to get back into some movement, #kettlebells4coolkids is a program that helps you build functional strength while also training alignment, breathing and pelvic floor recruitment/relaxation.
You’re also encouraged to take breaks in your workouts to check in with your PF and to go at your own pace! **More info in the link in my bio!
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#pelvicorganprolapse #postpartumbody #rkc2 #rkc #moms

For whatever reason, Pilates and gentle yoga have earned the reputation as the safe and ideal forms of exercise for postpartum moms and anyone struggling with prolapse or incontinence.
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Like “Do your kegels, and then go do your Pilates and all your problems will resolve!”🤔🙄
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If Pilates and yoga are your jam and you can find ways to do them that support your unique rehab process, i.e. they help you re-establish reflexive core stability, breath with the diaphragm, coordinate your PF with your diaphragm and recruit your pelvic floor optimally, then YAY!
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But don’t kid yourself in thinking that
these modalities are guaranteed to solve all of your pelvic health problems, because they ain’t.
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And if you’re like me and you don’t want to be limited to those forms of movement and exercise, that is absolutely ok too!
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You see, I’m all about that iron, particularly the kettlebell!
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To me it represents functional whole body strength and they are fun as heck to train with.
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There are countless exercises you can do with the kettlebell to build your body and support your core and pelvic floor.
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Kettlebells come in many different weights, so you control volume and intensity of your movement.
And with a handle that lends itself to all sorts of cool carries to help you train not just for sport, but for utility, because, hello, we have to carry stuff! Carrying kids, groceries, even just my body used to increase my POP symptoms, until I started TRAINING how to be strong and manage pressure WITH kettlebells!
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I’m not saying kettlebells are the end all be all of fixing your pelvic health problems. They are no more of a panacea than #kegels are.
But they are an incredible tool that when applied well, can re-build strength in movement for clients of ALL ages and fitness capabilities.
And this can be said for MANY other forms of training besides yoga and Pilates.
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Let’s stop limiting people to what has been deemed “safe” and let’s find things that inspire and address weaknesses!
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#kettlebellsoverkegels #sarahsmithstrength #kettlebells4coolkids #pelvicfloor #rehab #pelvicorganprolapse