Audrey Springer

Happy Mother’s Day!🫶🏻 A week ago giving birth to Camden I had a uterine rupture during labor. In short, I was rushed to an emergency csection and given anesthesia. During surgery I had a few complications needing 4 liters of blood given to me (human body holds about 5.5-6 liters). To whoever sat and held my stomach for over 2 hours to get me to clot, because of a disorder they discovered causing me not to clot, I owe you and every other doctor/nurse that night my life. After 5+ hours of surgery and being intubated and in ICU, my babies have their mama today.🥺 It is not lost on me how lucky I am to be here and hold these two sweet boys. I will never take being their mama for granted. In the morning my husband (who literally deserves the world after all he has done this past week) told me my mom was on her way (from 2 states away). I didn’t understand the severity of the situation coming off sedation and why she would rush down. When we called her she said she had to come check on her baby (me) and make sure her girl was alright after spending a night not knowing if I would be okay.🥺 I have the best mom to wish happy Mother’s Day to today. 💐 Life is beautiful and how lucky are we to have so many women to learn from and grow from. I have so much respect for moms and the way they give themselves without even thinking twice. #mothersday

Bowman Family of Four 🥰 Welcome to the world, Camden Troy Bowman.💙 Born 5/4/24 at 7:07pm They aren’t kidding when they say it takes a village and this weekend we felt the love from ours more than ever before. I had to have a major life saving surgery and spent a bit of time in ICU after labor. My husband, Q, has really been my rock through all of this. Our families. Our parents. My mom and brother who came down to be in the hospital with us. My friends, especially Jenny who showed up in less than 30 mins. Anyone who has checked on me. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Most importantly, Camden is doing amazing and Coop finally got to meet his baby brother last night🥺🥰

My mindset going into this pregnancy was truly: “I am going to be my strongest self til the end.” Here I am at 39 weeks pregnant showing up and keeping my promise to myself.🥺👏🏼 I told myself “ALL OR SOMETHING” every day and that helped me just show up and either lay in the floor and breathe, get a full workout in, a walk (incline or outside), core, or whatever I could do that day. It wasn’t always easy but looking back it was so worth it. The gym has always been a place for me to just let go and I can’t tell you how much it helped having that time mentally this pregnancy. I needed it more days than you can imagine. 🫶🏻If you’re in your pregnancy journey, you CAN do this!!! It’s not always going to be easy but movement is so good for you and baby🥰 have grace for your body and all it is already doing! Proud of you already💪🏻 We are almost to the final workout baby boy💙

I can’t believe we’re here. Baby week🥺💙 I can’t even put into words these past 9 months. I had the hardest time only choosing 10 photos of some of my favorite moments.🫶🏻 1. I am so proud of this body. Never had any intention to post this pic but I truly have never felt more strong. 2. I told Q we were pregnant by having Cooper surprise him at the door wearing this”brother” shirt. I swear in all my 12 years with Q I’ve never seen him smile so big. 3. Baby’s first bump photo. 4. Our first ultrasound. 5. We found out we were having a boy just Q, Coop, and I and it was so special. We were on our way to see my family in Ohio and got to spend about 4 hours just talking about our future with 2 boys. 6. Our announcement pic. 7. I think the hardest part for me has been being so excited for this new baby but also sad with the time that’s gone by of Cooper growing up. He’s going to be the best big brother ever. 8. He just loves baby so much already. 9. Q and Cooper working on the nursery together. It turned out so perfect!! 10. The ultrasound tech gave Coop his own photo and he walked around saying “my baby”.🥺 He’s gone to almost every appt with me and when we leave the office he yells “bye baby”. Now Coop says “baby home” and I love telling him “soon”!!🥺🥰

3 of my go-to core moves at 38 weeks pregnant! Comment “TRAIN” and I’ll send you my workouts!! *Must be following me to get a message☺️ These bird dogs have been around pretty much my whole pregnancy and even before - if you aren’t doing them (pregnant or not) add them in!! I try to do core work 2-3x a week while pregnant whether it’s on a recovery day or after a workout! Each exercise 8x (each side) Repeat 3x I can’t believe how close we’re getting!!!!🤰🏼 When did you go into labor?! Early? Late?

I’ve been seeing this trend and everyone’s “transformations” but tbh this one was a special one for me🫶🏻 Comment “TRAIN” and I’ll send you my workouts I do every week💪🏻 I can’t tell you how proud I am of both seasons postpartum and pregnancy and how my body has taken on so much. Postpartum is hard. Pregnancy is freaking hard. I won’t even lie. I was actually ~8 weeks pregnant in that first video and had put in so much work postpartum to just FEEL strong again in my runs and in my workouts. Fast forward to now and this pregnancy has felt 10x stronger than my first and I’m just so dang proud of my body and all it has done these last 37 weeks. I struggle with feeling so “out of control” of my body during pregnancy but this time I did things so different and to still be lifting, walking, playing with my almost 2 year old every day I am so grateful. Here’s to the final weeks🫶🏻 and another postpartum season of growth!

I got my first Boston Qualifier in 2016. I got my second BQ in 2019. I cried…both times. & still those are two of the best days of my life. Running Boston in 2017 was absolutely incredible. It broke me. But made me appreciate the distance more. 🦄For those wanting to qualify for Boston (or even racing with big goals), I want you to know: I’ve ran that 4 hour marathon thinking, “I’m so far away from qualifying”, I’ve had the 3:35 pacers pass by me watching my dreams slip away, & I’ve showed up to a marathon to only have it destroy me. 👏🏼What I’ve learned is this: 💙, if you have a dream - like qualifying for the Boston Marathon - never EVER give up on it. . 💙I learned that you have to surround yourself with people who believe in you. Who never give up on you. Force you to level up. 💙I learned that chasing a dream requires you to do things you’ve never done, work harder than you’ve ever worked, and a never ending belief that you will accomplish it. . 💙I learned that in running, there are good days and there are bad days - we grow from BOTH. . 💙I learned that Boston doesn’t require a photo - it requires a time. It doesn’t matter how big your thighs are, how much you weigh, or anything. 💙💛What I learned more than anything though is this: the day you achieve that goal or dream will be the most perfect day that was all part of this greater plan. It will be worth all the waiting, all the work, all the belief in yourself, and if that takes days, months, years, numerous tries - it just makes your journey that much sweeter. 🫶🏻For those running Boston on Monday - GOOOD LUCK!!!!! The best advice someone gave me (that’s wasn’t course related) was LOOK UP and soak in every minute. You earned to be there!! ARE YOU RACING?! Are you going for a BQ one day?!

It all starts with you🫶🏻 I love that he’s seen his mom and dad lift weights, run, walk, all the things as part of daily life since he was born. He loves to grab a weight and join me. He loves to flex his muscles because he feels strong. He even pointed at the heaviest weight yesterday and said “here mama”. 😅 On our walks he says “mama run” and “go mama”. ☺️ Do your kids workout with you? Do they go on runs with you?

Fitness, working out, running, all 👏🏻of 👏🏻 it has changed so much for me as a new mom. The LAST SLIDE🥺 Real talk: I think something that was a huge adjustment for me was giving up so much of my “me” time on my terms after my first baby. It was so hard. Coming from workouts I could do whenever for an hour at the gym and runs 5 days a week to truly taking what I can get. This might not be everyone’s case but it took some time for me to be more flexible and something I’m still working on. It makes me nervous heading into postpartum with another baby because I struggled with that part of me for a little bit. Such a bigger purpose now and I have a little one watching me and another one here soon🥺🫶🏻🫶🏻 ALSO: if any new moms are reading this - I’m only two years out but it gets easier & you start feeling more and more yourself with every week that passes! I feel so strong from being so intentional with my build back, so it’s worth it to put in the work on your core, pelvic floor, and basic movements🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 Let me know if you relate to any of these!!

CORE MOVES I’m doing this week 👏🏼🔥 First - love this song!!! Second - I can’t believe I’m 35 weeks this week! Videos are sped up a little to fit in but did them nice, slow, and controlled focusing on breathing and core connection👏🏼 Today I walked 20 mins and then did 3 rounds of these 3 moves 8 reps each round! *note: I had no issue laying on my back for the dead bug but listen to your body here if you’re pregnant #coreexercises #pregnancy #fitpregnancy #fitness #strongmom #workoutmotivation #workout #fitnessmotivation

Nothing changes…if nothing changes👏🏼👏🏼 I felt so far away from my goals postpartum the first time but as I get closer and closer to that season again I love seeing what I did before and CAN do again💪🏻 I know I post a lot of my workouts and runs on here but truly it’s the work people don’t see that matters. Do it for YOU. Tips that helped me: 🔥 ABF workouts 3-5x a week (comment TRAIN and I’ll send you my workouts!!) 🔥 Protein at every meal/snack 🔥 120oz of water daily 🔥 10k steps a day (whether that was walks, runs, etc) Motivation will come and go but staying consistent each day and week helped me more than anything. When you have goals, you’ll make it happen. 👏🏼 . . . . . Strong #strength #viral #relatable #momsofinstagram #pregnancy #postpartum #fitness #fitnessworkouts #workouts

Save this one!!👏🏼 These 2 I do multiple times WEEKLY pregnant or not 🎉 Both feel amazing so give them a try in your warm up, cool down, or even on a rest day! Excited to share more and more things I’ve been doing this pregnancy! Any other mamas pregnant in my community?!? I know I have a ton! When are you due?! . . . . . . . Trending viral strength workout #fitness #fit #homeworkouts #gymworkouts #fullbodyworkout #womenwholift #dailyworkouts #fitnessmotivation #womensrunningcommunity #strengthforrunners #runnersofinstagram #runnergirl #strengthandconditioning #fitness #stronger #momswhoworkout #postpartumfitness #macrocounting motivation stronger

Comment “WORKOUTS” and I’ll DM you the exact workouts we do🔥 Beyond grateful for the ABF community and the strength & confidence they have brought to these workouts 💪🏻 I’d choose strong every single time👏🏼 . . . . . . Fitness | strong | viral | relatable | personal trainer | strength

I hope through my page you see you CAN workout during pregnancy and feel good and strong. Working out during pregnancy makes me feel the strongest I’ve ever felt.👏🏼 It doesn’t mean I’m pushing myself to PRs but it is incredible to see what this body is capable of. Blows my mind. 🔥Did you workout or run through your pregnancy?!?! *in case it needs to be said obviously listen to your doctor about exercise and what your limits are