BodyFabulous Fitness — Local services in Brisbane City

No pregnancy/post-natal personal trainer ticks all the boxes like Dahlas does. 20 years of personal training experience, mum of three, and a corporate career behind her. She brings insight to every pain or niggle, proactively diagnoses subtleties in posture and movement and provides a customized set of exercises which have strengthened and mobilized me through pregnancy and beyond. Knows all the muscular skeletal conditions my physio diagnoses and has exercises to alleviate. She has a view on what is safe and appropriate and at what level to pitch workouts. Plans each session in advance and adapts to fit how you feel on the day. She’s smart and highly experienced and has literally 1,000s of moves. Workouts are varied and I’m tired enough to feel progress but not so tired I can’t get through the day with my kids. Intended to do ten sessions with Dahlas to get me through the later stages of my first pregnancy/recovery, have now trained with her for over three years and two babies. I was looking for a specialist skill set and found it for sure! Am now working out with Dahlas three times a week and am lifting weights and running - feeling strong and perfectly balanced. Talking of balance... her chat is great too and every session lifted me, even at the most challenging times and sleep deprived of days! There’s almost always a baby or toddler crashing my sessions and Dahlas is amazing at proactively managing them so I can get the most out of my workout. Dahlas has built an awesome network of professions and her referrals for physio and massage have been the best. Originally found Dahlas using Google - hence reason for writing a review - never had a better search...

Being 40 and on my fourth pregnancy I have learnt a thing or two. My first two children were in my early twenties, my body and general wellbeing bounced back quite effortlessly however this wasn't the case with my third pregnancy, which was in my late 30's. I worked long hours on my feet, choose the wrong exercise and movement choices and carried on with life like i was pregnant and 22 again. After this pregnancy I had a magnitude of postpartum issues, severe diastasis recti, plantar fasciitis, haemorrhoids, poor pelvic floor function, hip and back instability and issues with my first rib from poor posture. I am not stranger to exercise either and i have participated in everything ranging from Touch football to F45, the internet is flooded with conflicting information about pregnancy exercise and whats suitable so that was when i decided I needed to find a specialist in this area, not just to support my body but also my baby. That's why I enrolled in BodyFab pregnancy workshop. Dahlas is absolutely fabulous, and full of knowledge. The workshop covers everything! Safe exercise to support your forever changing pregnant body, movement, stability, health, nutrition, birth-ball use during labour and don't be fooled with the idea your heart rate will be stagnant during these short exercise routines, I was puffed! On top of all this you received goodies bags, just the icing on the cake. This is truely the best investment i have ever made during a pregnancy, you wont be...

Dahlas has run an amazing 10-week program of Mum and Bubs Pilates at Modern Mamas. There's not a lot of instructor-led exercises I've enjoyed in the past, but Dahlas has made this weekly time a really special part of my post-partum journey. With the emphasis on gently stretching and strengthening my post-partum body, breathing deeply, and knowing which parts of my body which are under stress from being a new mum (think of all the hunching, twisting, lifting...), I always feel much better for having come along to a class :) I would highly recommend this class for new mums....