u/Pwrlt9

I have been strength training for the past 12ish years or so doing all different forms of fitness with powerlifting being my main and favorite. I am about 7 months postpartum and have been back in the gym since being cleared by my doctor. I was so excited to get back to moving and doing what I was doing before my pregnancy, wanting to compete again. I got my strength back pretty quick, lost majority of the weight I gained and able to do compounds again (squats bench deadlift).

I was excited to be back and getting back to it but recently (maybe about a month) I feel I have lost that excitement and spark of even going to the gym. My husband and I met in the gym, it’s a decent part of our life. We have been able to start going to the gym together again as our gym has a kid center so we take our son, it’s been so nice to be able to go together again; we usually do separate workouts but still mingle with one another. He came up to me a few days ago saying I don’t look enthused or like I wanted to be there, I’ve noticed this in myself so I wasn’t offended but he was just saying what he noticed which I appreciate. He said he’s always admired my tenacity of hitting my powerlifting/strength goals I had for myself and doing what I needed to to get there; to a healthy level, I’m not one to limit eating or stuff like that but doing different exercises that may not be typically seen in the gym to help with power but still building. He said it makes him sad that he can see the spark kinda fade and not be there anymore.

Part of me feels it could be some PPD creeping back and stress of my immediate family I have going on with my side.

So any advice on how to get the motivation back postpartum? Please ask questions, I didn’t want to make the post long af

I have been strength training for the past 12ish years or so doing all different forms of fitness with powerlifting being my main and favorite. I am about 7 months postpartum and have been back in the gym since being cleared by my doctor. I was so excited to get back to moving and doing what I was doing before my pregnancy, wanting to compete again. I got my strength back pretty quick, lost majority of the weight I gained and able to do compounds again (squats bench deadlift).

I was excited to be back and getting back to it but recently (maybe about a month) I feel I have lost that excitement and spark of even going to the gym. My husband and I met in the gym, it’s a decent part of our life. We have been able to start going to the gym together again as our gym has a kid center so we take our son, it’s been so nice to be able to go together again; we usually do separate workouts but still mingle with one another. He came up to me a few days ago saying I don’t look enthused or like I wanted to be there, I’ve noticed this in myself so I wasn’t offended but he was just saying what he noticed which I appreciate. He said he’s always admired my tenacity of hitting my powerlifting/strength goals I had for myself and doing what I needed to to get there; to a healthy level, I’m not one to limit eating or stuff like that but doing different exercises that may not be typically seen in the gym to help with power but still building. He said it makes him sad that he can see the spark kinda fade and not be there anymore.

Part of me feels it could be some PPD creeping back and stress of my immediate family I have going on with my side.

So any advice on how to get the motivation back postpartum? Please ask questions, I didn’t want to make the post long af