Women We Love: Dana Vollmer

Team USA Swimmer Dana Vollmer calls herself a Mama on a Mission! She wants to show how powerful Mamas can be and that becoming a parent doesn’t mean giving up her life.

Mama on a Mission…

In London Dana Vollmer won 3 Gold Medals and set 2 World Records. She became Mama to her son Arlen in 2015.

The Mama on a Mission is trying to become the first American swimmer to win Gold after Giving Birth. Early morning workouts were tough and sometimes Arlen would come along with her so that she could breast feed him. Eventually that had to stop because her pediatrician told her it may not be so good for her baby to have such an erratic sleep schedule.

Becoming a Mama means shorter workouts but it also means that Vollmer needs to make every minute of her workouts count. (My own two cents: Shorter workouts that are high volume with recoveries built in make a lot of sense for busy health minded moms.)

Where did she get so much confidence from?

She got it from HER Mama!

I love this quote from an Article on In Style.com

“Over the years, it’s been a roller coaster of a journey — as every Olympian’s story is — so there’s definitely low moments where it’s nice to have someone who helps you look beyond the sport,” Dana tells me.

“She [her mother] was always really good at letting me see how much I’ve got to travel and being in school and the friends that I had — keeping me grounded and keeping things in perspective. All of that goes into when you’re standing behind the blocks, knowing this isn’t life or death. This is hopefully 55 seconds of my life. That goes by so fast and to really appreciate every moment of it. Is it going to hurt? Yeah, it always does. That’s part of it — to just really love every moment that you’re doing it,”

What about the critics and people who doubt she can get back to where she was?

I have no doubt that I can get back to where I was. Can I do it by August? I don’t know. But I’m sure as hell going to try. Go big or Go Home. That’s what I’ve been telling myself the entire time!

We believe this Mama on a Mission can do what she puts her mind to!