Fitness coaches for postpartum
Compare 31 fitness coaches who focus on postpartum. Besides postpartum, the most common focus areas are women's fitness, online coaching, nutrition and habits and mobility and injury. They most often work with women, parents and athletes. Most charge $118 to $200 per hour or session.
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Andrea Allen
Andrea Allen is a personal trainer and nutrition coach who helps moms get fit and healthy after having babies. She runs Deliciously Fit N Healthy and holds a hormone certification. She built the Make Fit Simple Method, which looks at nutrition, hormones, the nervous system, training and core health together. She also hosts a weekly podcast and offers a Diastasis Recti core guide. Her clients include moms who are many years past having a baby.
Ashley Reid
Ashley Reid is an exercise physiologist who helps moms stay active during pregnancy and after birth. Ashley runs Active Mom Fitness and wrote the book Active Mom, published by Bloomsbury. Ashley's guidance focuses on core work and strength training that fit changes in the body and in daily life. Ashley has helped hundreds of moms. Ashley's program has won Best Exercise Program for New & Expecting Moms four times.
Brianna Battles
Brianna Battles is a strength and conditioning coach who works with pregnant and postpartum athletes. She founded Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism and has coached for over 20 years. She has taught thousands of coaches around the world how to train women through pregnancy and after birth. She runs online fitness programs and a certification course for coaches. She also co-owns a jiu jitsu gym in Eagle, Idaho, and hosts the Practice Brave Podcast.
Erica Friedman
Erica Friedman is a pre and postnatal fitness coach who helps women at every stage of motherhood build strength and confidence. She focuses on whole body strength training for the core and pelvic floor. She works one-on-one by video and trains clients in person around San Diego. She also bridges the gap between rehab and athletic performance. Her own two postpartum recoveries shaped how she coaches.
Holly Roser
Holly Roser is a personal trainer and the founder of Holly Roser Fitness. She trains women in San Mateo, San Francisco and the wider Bay Area. Her team focuses on women's wellness, weight loss and injury recovery. She has 17+ years of experience and has been featured in the New York Times. Clients can train in her private San Mateo studio, at home in the Bay Area or New York City, or online.
Kindal Boyle
Kindal Boyle is a pre and postnatal fitness coach who helps women stay strong through pregnancy, postpartum and motherhood. Kindal founded Strong Mama Wellness and has over 12 years in the fitness industry. Kindal has worked with pregnant and postpartum women for 6 years. Kindal holds a degree in Exercise Science and hosts a weekly podcast. Kindal has had 3 C-sections and shares what was learned about recovery.
Lift Run Perform
Lift Run Perform is an online coaching team for runners and endurance athletes who want to add strength training. Mary Johnson founded it in 2017 after working as a strength coach and running coach in Hamden, CT. The team includes running coaches and two physical therapists. Coaches build custom programs that link weight room work to road running. They aim to help runners get stronger, faster and more resilient.
Melissa Ellis
Melissa Ellis is a women's fitness specialist who runs Mom Belly Fitness. She trains women through trying to conceive, pregnancy, postpartum recovery and perimenopause. Her sessions focus on core and pelvic floor work, corrective breathwork, fascia flossing and functional strength. She has more than 10 years in the fitness industry and holds several Fit For Birth certifications. Clients can train with her in person or online, and on-demand training is included with her session packages.
Vicki Hill
Vicki Hill is a women's health and fitness trainer in Bristol. She trains women from pregnancy and the postnatal months through to post menopause. She started her personal training business in 2006 and is a Level 3 Hypopressives Coach. Her work covers pelvic floor rehabilitation, menopause management and pre and postnatal fitness. She sees clients at The Family Practice Osteopaths on Gloucester Road and serves Redland, Bishopston, Henleaze and Clifton.
Erica Ziel
Erica Ziel is a prenatal and postpartum fitness coach and trainer. She helps women who are planning a pregnancy, are pregnant, or are recovering after birth. She created Knocked-Up Fitness and Core Rehab, and she built the Push Prep Method for the pushing stage of labor. She focuses on deep core and pelvic floor strength, with Pilates-based workouts. She also trains other instructors through her own certification course.
Jessie Mundell
Jessie Mundell is a pre and postnatal fitness coach and educator in Canada. She trains pregnant and postpartum women, and women in perimenopause, with a focus on strength, the core and the pelvic floor. She has coached for 15 years. She also certifies trainers and health practitioners who work with pre and postnatal clients. Her programs use a non-diet approach and value all body sizes.
Julie Leonard
Julie Leonard is a personal trainer who coaches women through pregnancy, postpartum and perimenopause. She runs Strong Body Strong Mama in Columbus, Ohio, and trains clients online and in person. Her work centers on the core and pelvic floor. She offers self-paced programs for birth preparation and early postpartum recovery, plus one-on-one coaching. Her programs include options that work after a C-section.
Katie Breard
Katie Breard is a women's fitness and nutrition coach who helps women through pregnancy, postpartum, busy motherhood and perimenopause. She runs Methods by Katie Breard from Charleston, South Carolina, and coaches clients online around the world. She also trains women in person. Her own training through IVF, two high-risk pregnancies and two C-sections shapes her work. She builds plans with macro coaching and workouts that fit a busy day, including 20-minute sessions.
Louise Hurley
Louise Hurley is a fitness coach who helps mums exercise safely through pregnancy, the postpartum months and later stages of motherhood. She runs Strong Mums and hosts The Body Resilient Mum podcast. She is a MumSafe Trainer and a Pregnancy and Postnatal Exercise Specialist with a psychology degree. Her programs include small group classes, personal training and online coaching. She works with pelvic health physiotherapists when a client has one.
Peter Lap
Peter Lap is a post-natal exercise specialist who helps women recover after giving birth. He has trained women in the Edinburgh area for more than 10 years and has written about post-natal health for years. He is best known for fixing Diastasis Recti through exercise. He runs Healthy Post Natal Body, an online program with session plans that also targets back pain, neck pain and posture.
Rhonda Chamberlain
Rhonda Chamberlain is a physiotherapist and pre and postnatal fitness coach who helps busy moms return to exercise. She combines physiotherapy with strength training in her plans. She does not focus on weight loss or "bouncing back." She competed in gymnastics for over 12 years and earned her postpartum athleticism coach certificate in March 2020.
Sara Niblock
Sara Niblock is a kinesiologist and postpartum corrective exercise specialist in Canada. She coaches active moms through pregnancy, postpartum recovery and later strength training. She founded Mountain Mom Strong to close the gap between physiotherapy and a confident return to sport. Her programs rebuild the breath, pelvic floor and core, then add load and impact step by step. Many clients aim to return to hiking, trail running, mountain biking and snowboarding.
Sohee Carpenter
Sohee Carpenter is a fitness coach and content creator who helps women build strength and improve their relationship with food, fitness, and their body. She holds a PhD in Sports Science and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist. She has advised Women's Health Magazine on fitness since 2018. Her Sohee Fit brand offers training programs, nutrition programs, and coaching built on her eat. lift. thrive. approach.
Stacey Schaedler
Stacey Schaedler is an online strength and nutrition coach for busy women. Stacey works with women 35 and older who have always been active but now feel pain when they lift. Stacey has spent 24 years in fitness and 14 years running a business. Stacey has guided thousands of women, many of them moms and many in perimenopause or menopause. Stacey's programs teach clients to connect breath to movement and train without pain.
Stephanie Thomas
Stephanie Thomas is a personal trainer and health coach who coaches women online. She works with brides getting ready for their wedding day and with women who are pregnant or postpartum. She is also a yoga teacher and a certified pre and postnatal trainer. Her practice, Stephanie Thomas Fitness, offers Bridal Body Fitness, online personal training with nutrition coaching, and downloadable guides. Her programs mix strength training, nutrition help, and stress-reducing habits.
Whitney Meza
Whitney Meza is a fitness and lifestyle coach who helps people with movement, eating habits, and mindset. Whitney has coached over 800 individuals and calls Whitney a movement specialist. Whitney's clients include competitive athletes, cancer survivors, grandparents, and pregnant and postpartum parents. Whitney runs Wellness Blueprint, an outdoor fitness studio in Somerville, Massachusetts, with group classes and one-on-one coaching. Whitney's coaching covers both training and the mental side, like time, emotions, and asking for a raise.
Leslie
Leslie is a pre and postnatal fitness coach who helps people exercise safely during pregnancy and after birth. She is a certified personal trainer and a prenatal and postnatal corrective exercise specialist. Her work targets diastasis recti, pelvic floor problems, and low back pain. She offers on-demand classes, live Zoom classes, and one-on-one training, online or in person.
Cori Lefkowith
Cori Lefkowith runs Redefining Strength, an online coaching business that helps women 40+ build strength, improve metabolism and gain confidence. The team has worked with over 10,000 women using the STRONG System. Coaches focus on losing fat while keeping and building muscle. Redefining Strength has more than a decade of experience, a #1 best-selling book and over 100 million YouTube views. Clients get one coach backed by dietitians and physical therapists.
Sarah Ann
Sarah Ann is a fitness trainer who coaches women through pregnancy and after birth. Her programs fit first-time moms and moms with older children. She holds a certification in postpartum nutrition and shares recipes and lifestyle tips on her blog. She has also written a book. New clients can try a free workout and book a free session before they sign up.
Jay Shreddinger
Jay Shreddinger is a personal trainer and sports physio in London. He coaches adults on weight loss, strength training, Pilates and recovery from injury. He has more than 7 years of personal training experience and over 2 years in rehabilitation work. He holds an MSc in Sports Rehabilitation and Soft Tissue Therapy. He trains clients at Evolve Gym in Ruislip and also travels to train clients across London.
Margaret Bates
Margaret Bates is a personal trainer and strength coach who helps women stay strong through pregnancy, postpartum and menopause. She runs Strong As A Mom in Chesterland, Ohio. She has 10 years of experience training clients in person and online. She combines fitness, nutrition and mindset coaching. She also works with women trying to conceive and women who are not pre or postnatal. Her business also runs a Mom's Strength Club.
Red Hot Personal Training
Red Hot Personal Training is a Horsham practice that trains women only. It offers one-to-one personal training, Pilates and pre and post natal training. Sessions happen at the client's home, garden or local park across Sussex. The trainers bring all equipment and music. They are also qualified in Nutrition for Weight Management, so they build nutrition plans around each client. Online training is also available.
Belinda Norton-Smith
Belinda Norton-Smith is a bioenergetic educator and fitness trainer who works with women and parents on health, habits, and family routines. She has 26 years in the wellness field and has written nine books, including Fit Mama. She writes on fitness for Wellbeing Magazine and presents on Wellbeing TV. She created The Humanness Method, a skill-based program on body function, routines, and lifelong habits. She also offers one-on-one sessions and parenting support.
Brandice
Brandice runs Grace Filled Plate. He is a personal trainer and nutrition coach who helps Christian women find peace with food. He has coached hundreds of women over 10 years. He wrote a Bible-based book on binge eating and hosts the Grace Filled Food Freedom podcast. His own decade of all-or-nothing eating shaped his approach, which puts faith and grace ahead of diet rules.
Nora Meldere
Nora Meldere is a nutrition and wellbeing coach in Cyprus. She helps people build habits that last by mixing nutrition advice, yoga, fitness and mindfulness. She holds NASM personal training and behavioral change certifications and a Precision Nutrition Level 1 credential. She is also a yoga teacher and a pre and postnatal coach. She is currently training as a counseling psychologist, which adds a focus on how mental states show up in the body and daily routines.
Alasen Zarndt
Alasen Zarndt is a health and nutrition coach in Illinois who helps women feel like themselves again after having a baby. She works with pregnant and postpartum people, including breastfeeders and working moms. Her coaching uses everyday foods that fit a busy routine. She aims to help clients reach their ideal weight, gain energy and build strength without long hours in the kitchen or gym. She trained at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Allen | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Ashley Reid | Postpartum and Women's fitness | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Brianna Battles | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Erica Friedman | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Holly Roser | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $113 to $185 per session |
| Kindal Boyle | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Lift Run Perform | Strength and powerlifting and Running and endurance | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Melissa Ellis | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Vicki Hill | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $75 to $125 an hour |
| Erica Ziel | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $100 to $160 an hour |
| Jessie Mundell | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $85 to $150 an hour |
| Julie Leonard | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $100 to $160 an hour |
| Katie Breard | Women's fitness and Postpartum | $100 to $160 an hour |
| Louise Hurley | Postpartum and Women's fitness | $75 to $140 an hour |
| Peter Lap | Postpartum and Women's fitness | $75 to $140 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a fitness coach for postpartum cost?
Most fitness coaches charge $118 to $200 per hour or session.
Can I work with a fitness coach online?
Yes. Of the fitness coaches on this page who say how they work, 88% offer online sessions.
What else do these fitness coaches help with?
Common focus areas include women's fitness, online coaching, nutrition and habits and mobility and injury.
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Last updated September 2026.