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EPISODE · Jul 8, 2025 · 30 MIN

E45 - Rebuild, Reconnect, Run: Your Return to Running Postpartum

from The Women's Running Lab · host Alison Marie, PhD

This episode offers a comprehensive guide to returning to running postpartum, outlining six key strategies to rebuild strength, movement quality, and impact readiness after pregnancy. Host Alison explains how physical changes like pelvic tilt, rib flare, and altered hip mobility affect running mechanics, and emphasizes the importance of restoring core and pelvic floor connection, improving rib and thoracic mobility, and retraining hip function and mid-stance loading. Through intentional progressions in foundational movements like squats and lunges, listeners are guided to build a strong, confident base for running that supports long-term performance and prevents injury. Resources Mentioned:Postpartum Resources: There you will find options for postpartum with a living child at home and for postpartum after pregnancy or infant loss. Each will include the following where workouts and main content are essentially the same but each is taught in its own context and with respect to what postpartum life looks and feels like right now.Postpartum Run Ready Road Map: This FREE resource will introduce you to the 5 steps in my START Formula so that you have confidence that you are taking the steps back to that thing that makes you feel like you, in a way that feels good in your body and builds a solid foundation for all your future performance goals.​Postpartum Run Ready Fundamentals: With this full course eliminate the guesswork with a full step-by-step plan using my START Formula so that you have confidence that you are taking the steps back to that thing that makes you feel like you, in a way that feels good in your body and builds a solid foundation for all your future performance goals. Follow Along Between Episodes on Instagram and if you enjoyed this episode please give a share and tag me in your stories!

This episode offers a comprehensive guide to returning to running postpartum, outlining six key strategies to rebuild strength, movement quality, and impact readiness after pregnancy. Host Alison explains how physical changes like pelvic tilt, rib flare, and altered hip mobility affect running mechanics, and emphasizes the importance of restoring core and pelvic floor connection, improving rib and thoracic mobility, and retraining hip function and mid-stance loading. Through intentional ...

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