The more thought I gave to matrescence, the more I kept coming back to postpartum fitness. This being the fitness transition that occurs upon entering new motherhood. I am now 2 years postpartum and my fitness - namely strength and power - is just now returning to where it was before getting pregnant. Sure, this entire time I have been making it to my weekly yoga session, going for runs, and taking some weight classes. But the pace at which I truly “bounced back” has been excruciatingly slow.