Some women rock pregnancy. And then there’s Lucibel Nunez, who salsas, sambas, and merengues it.
Nunez is the owner of Fierce Fitness in Santa Rosa, California, where she is also a trainer and health coach. She says her passion is helping others become the best versions of themselves.
It’s true that Nunez knows a little something about inspiring others. Case in point, check out her awesome moves leading a Zumba class at 32 weeks pregnant. The video, posted on Facebook live last week, has been going viral thanks to some epic shimmying.
Nunez is the oldest of three girls, and she remembers her own mother’s very active pregnancies.
“When my mom was pregnant, she continued all of her normal activity: bike riding, weight lifting, hiking,” she says. “I even remember her playing basketball with us kids in Mexico when she was pregnant with my youngest sister. All the kids were freaking out, thinking the baby would just fall out!”
Her mother’s pregnancies were healthy, with all children birthed at home.
“That’s what I grew up thinking was normal, and that’s exactly what I have done and continue to do,” Nunez says.
Her first child was born in February 2014 at home, and Nunez plans to have baby #2 at home as well.
I’m constantly in awe of what women’s bodies can do: How we push ourselves, how we push babies into the world, how we nurture others, how we can be both soft and hard – and how we can dance through it all. This video is the perfect reminder of that.
Salsa on, queen.
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