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Meet Ingri Pauline

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Ingri Pauline is a women’s nutrition and weightlifting coach. She works specifically with women in order to help meet many of the unique, unmet fitness needs that women have. These issues include post-partum pelvic floor and core rehabilitation, syncing menstrual cycles to training cycles, and the transition from menstruation to menopause. Ingri was also a Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Special Operative and is a 4th generation women’s health practitioner. Here is her story… 


On working with women:

  • Many doctors don’t have a great understanding of how to help post-partum women
  • Exercise & physiology textbooks typically overlook pelvic floor-core issues
  • 50% of the world is women and about 80% of those women will have a baby at some point – It’s not a small percentage of the population that experiences these issues
  • Menstruation has a bad reputation, but in reality, it is a feedback loop and when you learn to use it your life gets exponentially better
    • Can give order to your health, fitness, and nutrition

On becoming a women’s health and fitness coach:

  • Working out has always been an important part of her life
  • Was in the Navy as an explosive ordnance disposal special operative
    • One the higher ranking special ops in the Navy and one of the few that women can be a part of
  • Was in the top 15% physically and top 10% academically
    • Was really motivated to prove herself as, at the time, she was the only woman on the team
  • One day, her team started out on a run and for some reason, her legs were like molasses and she watched her entire team run past her
    • Was super embarrassed and burst out in tears
    • The week before she had been able to do every single thing asked of her, but on that day she couldn’t
  • Had been pushing herself to the limit for two years and her body betrayed her
    • Felt very lost afterward, but started studying Kinesiology
  • Began working in physical therapy and became the go-to post-partum personal trainer at a university in Berlin
    • At this point, she began deeply researching women’s health and began to figure out why her body betrayed her
  • Her mission is to give the knowledge that she has discovered to women in order to make them stronger, better warriors
    • Many women are high performers and really need this info about their bodies
  • Learned a ton from Girls Gone Strong

On becoming an expert:

  • If it’s going to make a difference in your wallet, that is a huge motivator
  • Going to school and learning the basics can be incredibly helpful and important
    • Can help provide an important baseline foundation for the rest of your learning
  • Mentors within your field can also be very helpful
  • Have to be genuinely curious, but she also feels an innate responsibility to stay knowledgeable for her clients
  • Wakes up at 5 am every morning and reads for an hour – calls it “Academic Reading Hour”
    • When pursuing a certification, she’ll also set aside another hour each day to study for that
    • Has to block off the time in her schedule
    • Reading is a muscle – take time to exercise it by reading things you like, and by reading consistently
    • An hour of reading can go much farther than you think
  • Believes that everything is “figure out-able”

On social media and her career:

  • Social media became more useful and enjoyable once she embraced it
  • Utilizes mainly Twitter because ultimately she is a teacher and writer
  • Doesn’t want to set a bad example for young women by parading her body around on Instagram
  • Has found several clients via social media

Following and supporting Ingri:

  • Follow her on Twitter: @IngriPauline
  • Follow her on Instagram: @IngriPauline
  • Visit her website: Ingri Pauline Athletics to read her blog and see her origin story
  • Subscribe to her newsletter discussing women’s health

 

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