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Still Steel!

Pregnancy Hasn't Stopped Leisa Hart

By Carma Haley Shoemaker

After years of the "same old thing," Hart discovered that those who were exercising, including her, were only going through the motions. "If you've ever seen anyone on a stepper or treadmill, you know what I mean," Hart says. "You see someone with headphones on, maybe reading a magazine or a book, even trying to hold a conversation all the while glancing at their clock or their watch, waiting for their time to be done. That's the kind of workout where you try to do anything you can to keep your mind off of the workout and to not concern yourself with proper structure and muscle control. This isn't what it is supposed to be about; this is not what it's supposed to be like."

Hart continues to follow the mainstream and the varying interests regarding exercise and fitness trends. But the difference now is that Hart has found her heart.

"The main ones that my heart and soul are into now are steering in the direction of yoga," Hart says. "I had found that even when I was exercising at very high intensities and everything, I just kept getting bored with different workouts that I was teaching. I was like, 'There has got to be a little bit more to this,' especially when I started heading into motherhood. Yoga has been so popular, and it's been around for 5,000 plus years so I was like, 'There has got to be something to this.'"

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