Serena Williams shares glimpse of postpartum fitness journey and fans are doing a double take

Serena Williams returned to her busy life just weeks after giving birth to her second daughter with husband Alexis Ohanian on August 22.

The former tennis pro, 42, Shares a glimpse into her postpartum fitness journey with photos from the gymshe was lying on a yoga mat wearing all-black fitness gear.

However, Hovering over her is her six-year-old child, Olympiashe appears to be watching and encouraging her mom to complete her daily tasks.

Serena captioned the candid photo: “Olympia watched me try to get my abs to work again. Fitness coming!” Fans found the illusion of Olympia’s hair directly covering her mom hard to watch for once.

Alexis commented: “Love this photo,” while one fan wrote: “I know I’m not the only one looking for Olympia?” Another said: “If you didn’t tell me I would have thought That’s your hair and the pillow underneath.”

A third added: “Ha, cool angle! Two heads in one,” while a fourth gushed: “You got Serena, the best Olympia coach is watching you.”

The award-winning athlete has been less active on social media than usual since welcoming baby Adira, but she quickly took to her YouTube channel to share an inside look at her newborn’s nursery.

Based on the look she provided, the theme of the space appears to be “red and opulent,” as the entire room is decked out with velvet and gold accessories, a large crib with gorgeous draping, and, of course, a crown on top of everything All closed.

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The furniture in the nursery was provided by Dutch company By Selina, and in an Instagram post about the nursery display, Serena mentioned that she saw a crib in their store that “just blew my mind.” , which is also the inspiration for this space.

She continued: “I wanted to see if I could get something similar, but in my own colors of course. Since I don’t know the gender, I wanted to do a neutral color, but not grey, yellow or brown.

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“I wanted something different. Red. They only had 6 weeks to make…and they delivered! I actually got Adira the next day! Thank you for making my nursery dream come true real.”

In the video, Serena welcomes fans to the set as she gets ready, getting as dirty as possible during her pregnancy despite wearing a Gucci-printed two-piece took his own hand.

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Meanwhile, Olympia is as sassy as ever, constantly popping in and out of the video, and at one point, when Serena entered her eldest daughter’s room and used it as an example, Olympia kicked her out.

“Shouldn’t I be in your room?” she asked her six-year-old, who defiantly replied: “No!” Serena joked to the camera: “I was kicked out of a better place.”

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