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Anna Geary. (Image: Brian McEvoy)<\/p>\nAnna, 38, was pregnant during filming in her role as coach and was thankful that she could offer a fresh perspective to the fitness programmeAnna Geary. (Image: Brian McEvoy)<\/p>\n
Mum-to-be Anna Geary was delighted to showcase exercise during pregnancy throughout this season of Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family.<\/p>\n
The TV presenter announced during the summer that she and her husband Kevin Sexton were expecting their second child.<\/p>\n
Anna, 38, was pregnant during filming in her role as coach and was thankful that she could offer a fresh perspective to the fitness programme.<\/p>\n
Now she is approaching her due date, she added: \u201cI\u2019m glad I\u2019m not running up mountains at this point. I was running up quite steep hills at five months pregnant, but I\u2019m delighted that I was able to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis pregnancy has been healthy and it\u2019s always a fresh perspective. With Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family, often people forget that they\u2019re actually doing a lot of work and a lot of training and a lot of hard, gruelling exercise because there\u2019s such enjoyment in it and there\u2019s entertainment value and team work and all the things that go along with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo to still be able to play a part as a coach and be very active and run alongside my family in spite of being pregnant, as someone who\u2019s a big advocate of exercise I think it\u2019s very important to see that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was great to be able to do it. Now I\u2019m in a position where instead of packing the gear bag for Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family, I\u2019m turning my attention to packing the hospital bag.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still will probably have the same nerves. I used to get very nervous, and still do, before all the Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family challenges, because there\u2019s nearly a feeling of helplessness when you\u2019re on the start line.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re there as much as possible, but you can\u2019t really do anything about it. Giving birth is kind of the same thing, you\u2019re not in control, you don\u2019t know when it\u2019s going to happen or how it\u2019s going to happen. You just have to kind of adapt and go. If anything, Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family has prepared me for childbirth in a weird way!\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes as the series saw a shake-up this year, with Paralympic swimmer Ellen Keane, Dublin GAA star Michael Darragh MacAuley and Irish rugby legend Andrew Trimble joining as coaches alongside veteran stars Anna, Donncha O\u2019Callghan and Davy Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n
Donncha said the shake-up was well-needed to keep the show fresh. \u201cI really enjoyed it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just felt like a freshen up was great.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes as the coaches are gearing up for the finale tonight, with four remaining families battling it out to be named the winners \u2013 taking home the \u20ac15,000 prize and the title of Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family 2025.<\/p>\n
The final of Ireland\u2019s Fittest Family airs tonight at 6.30pm on RTE One and RTE Player.<\/p>\n