MeeraKrishnan

Meera took the ante and postnatal qualification after her own second pregnancy, during which she was told by three different people to stop lifting and by nobody at all what she could do instead. She found that unacceptable and then did something about it, which is roughly her approach to everything.

She now coaches a morning class where, on any given week, two or three people are pregnant, postnatal, or somewhere in between, and none of it is treated as remarkable.

How she coaches

Specifically. “Be careful” is not coaching, and Meera will give you the actual answer: this movement, this range, this weight, this many weeks, and here is what changes next month. She keeps notes on where people are in a way that means you do not have to explain yourself every session.

She is also blunt about what she does not know. If something needs a midwife or a physio rather than a coach, she will say so on the spot.

What she is less good at

Heavy singles and competition prep. It is not what she does and she has no interest in pretending otherwise.