Meet Your Trainers
Erin Schirack
I’m Erin, a wife, fitness professional, business owner, and MOM
of twin girls, Kennedy and Lila.
After my girls were born, my fitness routine went down the toilet. I found myself so consumed with taking care of them that I was too tired to take care of myself. I gained weight, had no energy, and became anxious and depressed. After way too long of feeling like crap, I realized I needed to take back control and take care of myself. I hired a trainer to train with virtually at home. I developed an exercise routine, woke up early to make sure I dedicated time to myself, and found more ways to sneak fitness into my everyday life
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LEARN MOREAm I telling you that this is the secret weapon to getting into shape and that this is attainable for everyone? NO! What I’m here to share with you are what we like to call MOM- Minutes. These are the sneaky ways to add fitness to your daily life with kids. We’ve all been there and have had the statement “I DON’T HAVE TIME” leave our lips. This is true. Being a MOM is a full-time ++ job, and it’s EXHAUSTING! Whether you feel you don’t have the time or just flat out are too damn tired, small changes lead to GREAT BIG ones, and even incorporating a little more movement into your daily life will lead to a better you! A workout doesn’t have to be a dedicated 20-60 minutes of your day all crammed together. In fact, the secret to gaining strength and losing weight is to add more movement into your daily life, no matter how that looks. A few squats while you’re washing the dishes, push-ups while your kids are eating breakfast, simple exercises done throughout that day that total up to MORE MOVEMENT and result in more energy, strength, and maybe even a few lbs shed. With the brainpower of my super fantastic trainer Wes, we’ve created a program that will provide you with a list of exercises that you can sneak into your daily routine and a weekly sample plan of how to add MORE MOVEMENT into your MOM-Minutes.
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QUALIFICATIONSCertified Pilates Instructor
Wesley Showalter
His government name is Wesley Showalter, but most refer to him as Wes, Show-Dub, Cat Whisperer, or The Sheriff.
Wes started training with a coach at age 12 in an attempt to make up for lack of natural athleticism and improve his body composition. Fascinated by the training process and the results they yielded kept Wes coming back to the gym regularly. As a teenager, the weight room became a sanctuary for Wes through some difficult times by relieving stress with the added bonus of being around others that wanted to become stronger humans.
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LEARN MOREAm I telling you that this is the secret weapon to getting into shape and that this is attainable for everyone? NO! What I’m here to share with you are what we like to call MOM- Minutes. These are the sneaky ways to add fitness to your daily life with kids. We’ve all been there and have had the statement “I DON’T HAVE TIME” leave our lips. This is true. Being a MOM is a full-time ++ job, and it’s EXHAUSTING! Whether you feel you don’t have the time or just flat out are too damn tired, small changes lead to GREAT BIG ones, and even incorporating a little more movement into your daily life will lead to a better you! A workout doesn’t have to be a dedicated 20-60 minutes of your day all crammed together. In fact, the secret to gaining strength and losing weight is to add more movement into your daily life, no matter how that looks. A few squats while you’re washing the dishes, push-ups while your kids are eating breakfast, simple exercises done throughout that day that total up to MORE MOVEMENT and result in more energy, strength, and maybe even a few lbs shed. With the brainpower of my super fantastic trainer Wes, we’ve created a program that will provide you with a list of exercises that you can sneak into your daily routine and a weekly sample plan of how to add MORE MOVEMENT into your MOM-Minutes.
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QUALIFICATIONSCertified Pilates Instructor
"You might not have 30 minutes, but you have 3
MOM-Minutes 10 times throughout the day, and getting it done is better than perfect."
About the MOM-Minutes Method
When folks hear the words like exercise, training, and workout, certain things come to mind based on life experience. It will differ slightly from person to person. One common thought process is that a workout HAS to be a certain amount of time (usually somewhere between 30 minutes to an hour is what pops into people's heads), or it isn't a workout that exercises have to be done at the same time block to reap the benefits of training, or that you have to be drenched in sweat every time.
One, this isn't true, and two, when people have these false expectations in their head, it tends to lead to a thought process of "Well, I only have 15 (shit, 10) minutes, and I can't do it all at the same time or as it is written up so I'll do it tomorrow (more like never)." This all-or-nothing mentality is typical amongst many but moms, even more so. Why? Because Moms are BUSY! They constantly juggle things like snack time, drop-off and pick-ups, laundry, groceries, temper tantrums, dirty diapers, and nap times.
The training process is all about consistently stressing (not like a 2-year-old meltdown in the store stressing but rather in the form of exercise) the system to drive adaptation (stronger, leaner, more flexible, etc.). You can still train (in the form of the exercises we program) and still drive adaptation, even if you have to break up your training throughout the day.
The key is being consistent about it and playing the long game. We all know one week of training isn't going to give you a nice ass, keeping on top of doing what you can and how you can regularly can start to accumulate over time and yield results (typically takes 4-6 weeks to begin to adapt to a training program).