About Broken Giraffe

Or, why the heck did you name your company Broken Giraffe? 

I'm the Broken Giraffe. After struggling with my postpartum body that wasn’t performing as it used to, I sought help from an amazing trainer. She referred to me as the "broken giraffe"—like those toys where you press a button and the entire animal collapses. It wasn’t an insult; it was a way to explain how my muscles weren’t working together. 

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Over the next two years, I let go of many fitness habits that did not serve me.  Some of the injuries I sustained during child birth are permanent and this will have an impact on me for the rest of my life.

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I noticed there was a gap in fitness programming for women like me. Women with pelvic floor dysfunction, chronic back pain, trauma-related injuries, and other reproductive system-related issues. ​Inspired, I got certified as a Personal Trainer in 2015 and opened Broken Giraffe Function & Fitness in 2016. 

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There is so much poor messaging for women by the media and fitness industry. My goal is to teach women to live in their bodies, wherever they're at. My motto is function first, fitness forever.  Once you regain the function of your body, movement feels joyful. And when movement is joyful, fitness is forever. 

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Miranda Montgomery

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