Megan Caldwell, Owner of FIT4MOM Cedar Mill

What is your job title and what does that imply?

I’m the proud proprietor of FIT4MOM Cedar Mill in Portland, Oregon. FIT4MOM is the nation’s chief in prenatal and postnatal fitness. FIT4MOM is exclusive in that I don’t personal a studio. Rather, I run our packages out of parks and outside areas through the good months of the 12 months, and I hire or negotiate areas with indoor malls, church gyms, group facilities, and different areas for the winter months in Portland. I run the enterprise out of my residence, and together with tending to my three babies, I function all elements of the enterprise: I train a handful of courses every week, handle my teacher group, marketplace for our packages, companion with area people organizations, and shoot to be a voice for prenatal and postnatal fitness and wellness for mothers in our group.

How did your journey carry you to the place you are actually?

I’ve all the time been an athlete. I used to be a soccer and basketball participant for years rising up, and competed as a heptathlete in monitor and discipline at Tufts University. I toyed round with changing into a bodily therapist or athletic coach, however ended up with a rewarding educating profession. Seven years in the past, I turned a mom and my world was rocked! I used to be engulfed in my profession in training, working with particular wants college students in low-income communities, however having a toddler of my very own modified my perspective and priorities, and I knew I wanted to search out an choice that gave me extra flexibility. Owning a FIT4MOM franchise actually has been the proper match! It combines my love for educating, my love for fitness, and my love for spending time with and elevating my youngsters.

What does a typical day within the life appear to be for you?

As an entrepreneur, every day is a bit totally different. I’m undecided there’s a so-called “typical” day in my life, however it may look one thing like this:

• 4:45 a.m. Wake up!
• 5:30–6:30 a.m. Teach Body Back HIIT class.
• 7:00–8:00 a.m. Get children prepared for the day.
• 9:30–10:30 a.m. Teach Stroller Strides or Stroller Barre class with my children in tow.
• 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Activities with my children or errands.
• 12:30–3:00 p.m. Kids’ nap time = Work time! Email, shopper follow-up, teacher check-ins, class plan design, finances, advertising, cellphone calls—you title it!
• 3:00–6:00 p.m. Mom responsibility. Pick up massive child from faculty, assist with homework, do home tasks, and play.
• 6:00–7:30 p.m. Dinner and household time.
• 7:30 p.m.–9:30-ish p.m. Teach Body Back or Fit4Baby class OR networking assembly OR enterprise worktime at residence OR hang around with my husband.
• 9:30 p.m. | SLEEP!

What do you want most about your job?

I really like lots about my job. I really like that I can proceed my ardour for educating and fitness, multi function! I really like seeing ladies really feel robust and assured of their our bodies, and obtain issues they didn’t even know had been attainable. I really like having a versatile schedule that enables me to spend time with my youngsters and household. If I had to decide on just one factor, it will be modeling a healthy, energetic life-style to my youngsters. I hope they’re studying that arduous work results in outcomes and healthy habits result in happiness.

What training or certifications do you’ve gotten that assist you in your position?

• Master’s Degree in Special Education
• Bachelor’s Degrees in Early Childhood Development and Public Health
• AFPA Group Fitness Certification
• AFAA Perinatal Fitness Training
• FIT4MOM fitness certifications for Body Back Transformation, Stroller Strides, Stroller Barre, and Fit4Baby courses

What recommendation would you give to others who wish to get into the identical discipline?

My first piece of recommendation is: Choose one thing you’re captivated with and you’ll excel! Training ladies, and particularly mothers, is a rewarding however difficult position—however one that’s so wanted. Go deep into your information of the physique’s anatomy and physiology, class design and format, however finally lead along with your coronary heart. When your purchasers see how passionate you’re and the way a lot you care, you’ll obtain success! (Success for you professionally and likewise success to your purchasers.)

Any remaining feedback or closing ideas?

Being a FIT4MOM proprietor is one of probably the most rewarding careers within the fitness trade. It empowers mothers to be leaders within the prenatal and postnatal fitness world, all whereas tending to their primary position as mothers. I’d welcome anybody to take a look at my web site at cedarmill.fit4mom.com; Instagram: @f4mcedarmill; or Facebook: www.facebook.com/f4mcedarmill.

Explore Certification Options

AFPA Group Fitness Certification
AFPA Prenatal Fitness Training