Every MotherReviews of every-mother.com

Every Mother has been a total fitness game changer for me. I'm 8yr PP and had essentially blown out my core doing intense ab exercises through Les Mills Core (I still love LM and do many of their other programs but will not go back to that one again). I had induced 2cm DR top, 3cm middle, and an umbilical hernia with all the crunches and other similarly injurious core stuff I was doing. I did the Reclaim Classic program and am now 1cm top and 1.75cm middle, and the umbilical hernia is no longer noticeable! The best thing about this program is the education aspect--i now feel very comfortable trying other exercise programs and knowing when and how to modify (or avoid) certain positions to protect my core. It's like I learned another language. I also like the exercises in EM itself. The strength ones are challenging, and the core-focused ones feel just right. I do wish the cardio ones were more challenging (I rarely break a sweat), and I wish the yoga ones involved more stretching (they rarely leave me feeling limber). I do like all of the instructors, and the new ones have great energy; I just still haven't found the intensity I'm looking for, even in the HIIT workouts, cardio-wise. That may just be personal preference. The app itself is very intuitive, and the Village aspect is great. There are several flaws with the app, though: (1) to go from the Village to your path, you have to select "back to app" which is frustrating, (2) using your phone's "back" function generally just makes you exit the app, not go to the previous area, unless you're in a comment thread, (3) the workout library is organized by Strength, Core, Cardio, and Restorative, which is great, but there's no option to search by type, so if you want to find a Pilates or HIIT class you have to scroll through Restorative (or is it Strength?) for Pilates and Cardio for HIIT, so it takes awhile, and trying to search by workout length takes even longer, (4) having an option to design your own path would be phenomenal, so that you could arrange your workouts according to your own weekly routine, but the only option for customization is to go to the workout library each day, which is laborious, and (5) I wish that the CC tracks had a version with cues to *relax* the pelvic floor instead, for those of us with an overactive pelvic floor (overall, there is little support for overactive PF needs, although a new Village channel to ask questions of a PF specialist has been added, which is awesome--thank you, EM!). The pros far outweigh those cons, though. I signed up for an annual subscription after completing Reclaim and moving to Surpass because I consider EM to be an integral part of my fitness routine now. Thank you for designing such a wonderful and effective program and giving me the knowledge and tools I need to exercise safely and stop being my own worst fitness enemy!

My ab separation has reduced to 2 fingers from 4 fingers at my belly bottom and completely closed above and below belly bottom within 3 months. I am so glad for this program. I am still working on my ab via the extended version of the program and hopeful that it will close completely very soon.

The program is amazing! It really works - I've seen a change in appearance and strength and feeling as well. I did traditional physical therapy for a while for DR and Every Mother uses many of the same exercises but walks me thought them. The only thing I would change is I wish there was a way to turn off the talking in the core compressions. After a few times, I don't need the coaching the whole time, just a sound to tell me when its time to switch exercises. Other than that I have loved using Every Mother and have seen great results so far.

This program has been easy to stick to for me. I like that there is a workout all ready to go for me every day- and while I can always choose to do a different or additional workouts, I love having something just already to go to. I definitely feel stronger in my core, which is what I was looking for to help me avoid injuries to my low back. I like that these workouts are challenging but are still safe for my core. I did it for 3 months and am planning to keep going because I love the structure of this program. Because I’m paying for it, I’m motivated to be faithful in exercising.

Some of the exercises when you’re in the middle of doing them, the explanation seems vague and it makes it hard to complete it properly, so I would like to see more detailed explanation during some of the exercises, abs having the camera zoomed out to shoot the instructors entire body would help as well.

Gives me great strategies to target my core without adding any stress to my body. I like the idea of having choices and challenges in workouts. While pilates are a great alternative, I wish they offered alternatives to exercises that required additional exercise gear (bolster, yoga box). I would have liked a heads up that we needed to purchase or find prior to completing challenges. I had to watch and skip or modify exercises my own way.

I love the length of the workouts, mostly 15-20 minutes plus an additional 10 minutes of core compressions. There’s a nice mix of challenging, moderately challenging, and lighter workouts. Most workouts incorporate full body strength training with slight emphasis on lower or upper body according to the type of workout (upper/lower/core). My stomach is flatter than when I started, and I’ve maintained nice muscle definition. But my diastasis recti never completely healed, even after two years of doing this program about 5 days/week most of the time. I completed the original reclaim program twice and reclaim 2 twice with a short foray into surpass last summer before Reclaim 2 came out when I thought my DR had closed enough, as well as a few of the 3-week challenges. I started this program when my youngest was about 21 months old.

I love the variety of workouts and the subscription helps keep me accountable. For the most part I have used the app everyday. I have not necessarily seen progress in the width of my ab separation yet, but I think I have seen progress in the depth.