Michelle Bridges reveals her secret workout weapon

Forget kettlebells, resistance bands or fancy gym memberships, Michelle Bridges has one piece of exercise equipment she swears by.

“My most efficient prop is my son [Axel]. He's 10 kilos,” Michelle told Be. "I get to train as well as have fun with him.”

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Taking motherhood in her stride, Michelle, who’s currently encouraging people to get up and move to lower the risk of Sedentary Death Syndrome reveals being a new mum saw her back getting “sore and weak” from all the time spent sitting and feeding.

In a rare moment of vulnerability, Michelle showed a very different side to herself this week, confessing how out of tune she now feels with her body.

“Today I started doubting myself. Doubting my fitness. Doubting whether I can pull myself back,” she wrote in a candid Instagram post. “My training has been inconsistent. Period.”

But Michelle’s happy to show her vulnerabilities, telling Be that like everybody else, she struggles to keep motivated.

“You need to pull yourself out of a funk and stop thinking about yourself,” she says. “The truth is better than fiction [on social media]. I had so many positive responses after I posted that, people told me they were inspired to go exercise.”

And even though her routine has changed, the Australian Institute of Fitness ambassador still makes time to exercise wherever – and whenever – she gets the chance.

“The weirdest place [I did a workout] was on a [median] strip in the middle of the road. I was doing a workshop and we had to do the workout and the fire alarm went off,” says Michelle. “I’ve also done plenty of workouts in emergency stairwells.”

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