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Guest blogger Mandi Reading is a certified personal trainer, certified nutrition consultant and mother of three young children. You can find her blogging every day about fitness, nutrition, mothers and their families at Trainermomma.

When I workout, I get the question quite frequently, “What are you training for?”.

The only answer I can honestly give is, “motherhood.”

I work with a lot of women and often they joke that after having their children their bodies take a nose dive and they are stuck in an endless downward spiral. I disagree. Having children is not necessarily a life sentence of love handles. Our children can play a central role to get us and keep us in shape.

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