The Athlete Mom Project | Hybrid Strength Training, Postpartum Healing, Nutrition for Females, Mountain Adventures, and Tips
Chandler Sommerfeldt | Strength and Conditioning Coach, Postpartum and Precision Nutrition Certified and Active Life Professional Candidate
47 episodes
2 weeks ago
The Athlete Mom Project is where mountain-loving moms come to get stronger, fuel better, and reclaim their athletic identity—without sacrificing family life. Hosted by strength & endurance coach Chandler Sommerfeldt, this podcast blends science-backed training, practical nutrition strategies, and mindset shifts to help you build muscle, lose body fat, boost energy, and perform at your best in the mountains and beyond.
From trail running to strength training, postpartum recovery to performance fueling, each episode delivers real talk, actionable tips, and inspiring stories for athlete moms who want to feel confident, capable, and unstoppable—on the trail, in the gym, and in everyday life.
Whether you’re chasing your kids or a finish line, The Athlete Mom Project will help you train smarter, eat to perform, and step into the strongest version of yourself. And if you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong. When done right, movement can quite literally change your life because Movement is Medicine.
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The Athlete Mom Project is where mountain-loving moms come to get stronger, fuel better, and reclaim their athletic identity—without sacrificing family life. Hosted by strength & endurance coach Chandler Sommerfeldt, this podcast blends science-backed training, practical nutrition strategies, and mindset shifts to help you build muscle, lose body fat, boost energy, and perform at your best in the mountains and beyond.
From trail running to strength training, postpartum recovery to performance fueling, each episode delivers real talk, actionable tips, and inspiring stories for athlete moms who want to feel confident, capable, and unstoppable—on the trail, in the gym, and in everyday life.
Whether you’re chasing your kids or a finish line, The Athlete Mom Project will help you train smarter, eat to perform, and step into the strongest version of yourself. And if you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong. When done right, movement can quite literally change your life because Movement is Medicine.
#46 - The Hormone–Movement Connection: How Breath Impacts Your Recovery and Performance As A Mom
The Athlete Mom Project | Hybrid Strength Training, Postpartum Healing, Nutrition for Females, Mountain Adventures, and Tips
36 minutes
2 weeks ago
#46 - The Hormone–Movement Connection: How Breath Impacts Your Recovery and Performance As A Mom
If you’ve ever felt like no amount of sleep, coffee, or training fixes your fatigue — this episode is your wake-up call.
Today I break down how breathing sits beneath recovery, hormones, and capacity in the Athlete Mom Hierarchy of Needs. You’ll learn how to use nasal breathing for performance, improve your CO₂ tolerance, and activate your parasympathetic nervous system to recover faster, balance hormones, and finally feel strong again.
👉 Inside this episode, you’ll learn:
The science of breathwork for athletes and why your breath drives your hormones, energy, and nervous system recovery
How to use breathing exercises for endurance, lifting, and mom-life stress
Why nasal breathing boosts nitric oxide, HRV, and oxygen delivery through the Bohr effect
The real connection between capacity vs. load training and breath — and how it impacts your energy, pain, and performance
How to increase CO₂ tolerance with the BOLT test for better focus and less anxiety
Whether you’re a mountain athlete, busy mom, or hybrid lifter-runner, this episode gives you science-backed breathing tools you can use today to raise your capacity without adding more to your plate.
💨 Download my free guide — THE HORMONE–MOVEMENT CONNECTION FOR ATHLETE MOMS
Learn how to sync your breath, hormones, and training to your capacity vs. load model so you can train smarter, recover faster, and live with more energy.
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The Athlete Mom Project | Hybrid Strength Training, Postpartum Healing, Nutrition for Females, Mountain Adventures, and Tips
The Athlete Mom Project is where mountain-loving moms come to get stronger, fuel better, and reclaim their athletic identity—without sacrificing family life. Hosted by strength & endurance coach Chandler Sommerfeldt, this podcast blends science-backed training, practical nutrition strategies, and mindset shifts to help you build muscle, lose body fat, boost energy, and perform at your best in the mountains and beyond.
From trail running to strength training, postpartum recovery to performance fueling, each episode delivers real talk, actionable tips, and inspiring stories for athlete moms who want to feel confident, capable, and unstoppable—on the trail, in the gym, and in everyday life.
Whether you’re chasing your kids or a finish line, The Athlete Mom Project will help you train smarter, eat to perform, and step into the strongest version of yourself. And if you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong. When done right, movement can quite literally change your life because Movement is Medicine.
