Today, I thought I’d look back on all my past Fit Mama Friday interviews and guest posts and come up with some statistics for you! Fit Mama Friday launched back in February 2013 and since my very first Fit Mama Friday post (featuring the lovely Elli), I’ve featured 51 amazing mamas and 1 awesome dad!
To get started, let’s see what most of my fit mamas and fit dads prefer as their workout:
The majority are in the gym, lifting weights, and other strength training as their main workout. Right behind the gym-goers are the runners, making up 33% of the series. Yoga, CrossFit and Dance are all tied at 8% of the field, with just a handful of mamas doing Pilates or taking part in triathlons. (No, they don’t add up to 100% – many of the respondents had more than one preferred form of exercise).
Some of the more unusual preferred workouts have included Zoe teaching herself ballet in the middle of the Australian bush, Kim who does a daily exercise with as many repetitions as her age (currently 44 reps a day!) Alaya who decided to teach herself Kettlebells, dancer Jaya who invented her own dance fitness class and now teaches it, Lucinda who is a hockey-playing mom rather than a hockey mom, Angi who started fitness classes for people and their dogs, and Alexa who became a pole dance fitness instructor after falling in love with the workout.
And where are these Fit Mama and Fit Dad Fridays from? Sadly, it’s not a very multi-cultural bunch:
I clearly need some nomination help, here! This map is pretty indicative of the Fit Mama Friday readership, but I would love to feature some fit and healthy parents from all over the world. Who do you know from a different part of the world who would like to be featured on the series? Nominate them! Share the link for the archives and ask if it’s something they’d consider doing.
Some more statistics for you:
Although the jobs of Fit Mama Fridays are varied, I’ve featured 17 bloggers and 11 personal trainers in the series, a nod to the fact that I know a lot of bloggers and trainers! Included amongst the Fit Mama Friday professions have been an English professor and poet, a lawyer, a charter school founder, a photographer, a boat captain and more.
They’ve had to overcome injury and illness, setbacks and tragedy. Emily suffers chronic migraines and still works out through the pain. Saskia was diagnosed with Graves’ Disease after her first pregnancy. Amy suffered due to hip dysplasia, leading to two hip reconstructions. Taylor ended up in the ICU diagnosed with May Thurner Syndrome immediately after giving birth to her first son. Aimee deals with the stress and pain of her youngest daughter having a serious neurological impairment by running.
Finally, although I have often claimed that the majority of my Fit Mama Friday parents say that working out first thing in the morning is the best way to get your workout done, it turns out I am a big liar liar pants on fire. Only 32% of featured parents work out in the early morning. Of those, though, there is an impressive 4:30am workout time by Robin, closely followed by Casey getting her gym-time in at 4:45am. Brava, ladies!
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Happy Anniversary!!! I love the way you’ve categorized everything here. And, I think you actually do have some diversity and I so wish I could help you with some fit friends from around the globe. No matter where they are from, I truly enjoy reading all the stories you post here. keep them coming!
Allie recently posted…Keepin’ It Real
Thank you! I clearly need to take an extended vacation overseas and make lots of mama friends … for the blog, of course! Keep your eyes peeled for fit Spanish mamas for me!
This is so cool! I love how you put all your stats together! It’s so interesting to get an overall background on this series!
Have a great weekend! 🙂
Britt@MyOwnBalance recently posted…Friday’s Food & Fitness: Yo-ga-onna love it!
Thanks Britt! It was fun to put together and I was actually surprised by some of the stats.
So interesting! You’ve done some great research too on our own blog and that’s inspiring. Someone asked me today what my most viewed post of all time is, and I had no idea how to find that out.
Tamara recently posted…The Triple Threat.
Ha ha ha – I think this is the first time I’ve ever done research on my blog like this. It was interesting to look at all the stats behind my fit mamas.
This was so fun!! I loved seeing all the statistics and stuff from all of your Fit Mama (and Dad) features! Thank you for including me in such a great group of moms (and dad!).
Kim recently posted…Break a Leg
Having featured a dad made me have to reword everything! 😉 I’m so happy you were part of this awesome series, Kim. You’re one of the most inspiring fit mamas I know!!