MKE Moms outdoor workouts strengthen the local parenting community
CBS 58 MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- MKE Moms is a local workout group started by Haley Bretl's desire to build a community around motherhood and fitness. Twice a week, moms meet at the tennis courts at Lake Park to workout with like-minded people. Half of the space is women on mats working out, but the other half are their children being cared for by a nanny. Classes take place from 9-10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
The community if full of moms from every stage of motherhood-- from those babywearing to those whose kids are out of the house.
Bretl is a pre and postnatal fitness instructor. She was inspired to start these outdoor workouts when her own kids didn't like being left at the fitness center daycare.
"My son he would scream when I would drop him off, so I feel like I would just heat phantom cries, so mentally I just wasn’t invested in my work out anyways," she said.