Today I speak with Mike and Brittney Savitch, owners and co-founders of The Conditioning Room, located in Arlington, Virginia. The mission of the Conditioning Room is to help people create healthy, sustainable habits to become their strongest version. Mike grew up in the Virgin Islands and competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics on the bobsled team. He has been involved in personal and athletic training for over 20 years. Brittney came from the world of dance performance and instruction. She has spent her time since involve with personal and group training. Brittney and Mike share their experience working with moms and talks about the common issues they see. We talk about their approach to postpartum programming and how they encourage moms to lift heavy and try new things. The mental aspect of fitness, especially postpartum, is so frequently overlooked. You don’t want to miss what they have to say! We talk about:-importance of mental strength -difference between Mike and Brittney’s mental game. -background in fitness-Brittney’s experience with pregnancy and postpartum -the why behind the stimulus  -dad’s “postpartum” experience Time Stamps1:00 introduction3:52 experience working with moms8:45 setting up postpartum programming13:05 navigating parenting, fitness, and owning a gym20:40 fatherhood “postpartum” CONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH MIKE & BRITTNEYIG: https://www.instagram.com/theconditioningroom/Website: https://theconditioningroom.fit/The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey.  This show has been a long time in the making!   You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.   If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!  If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)