article_snippet: Zara Phillips is just like the rest of us.
article_snippet: More than a year after giving birth to Mia in January 2014 the Queen's granddaughter, who is currently 15th in line to the throne, says Zara Phillips is still battling to regain Zara Phillips pre-baby fitness levels.
article_snippet: Zara Phillips says Zara Phillips is battling to get Zara Phillips fitness levels back more than a year after daughter
article_snippet: But, despite an active pregnancy in which Zara Phillips eschewed NHS guidelines and rode with Zara Phillips baby bump, Zara Phillips was forced to take a break from competitive riding and Zara Phillips says Zara Phillips's found it a battle to return to the same level of fitness since becoming a mum.
article_snippet: Zara, who got back on the saddle just 12 weeks after giving birth to Mia, says Zara Phillips now spends Zara Phillips afternoons swimming and cycling to get back in shape.
article_snippet: A pregnant Zara in August 2013, left, and at Goodwood six months after giving birth to Mia in July 2014, right .
article_snippet: Zara, pictured at the Cheltenham Festival this month, says getting back in shape after having a baby is 'tough' Zara said: 'I also try to work out on an exercise bike first thing in the morning.'
article_snippet: Zara's stables are next to the cottage Zara shares with Mike and Mia at Gatcombe Park, the Gloucestershire estate that belongs to Zara mother, Princess Anne, and with 17 months to go until the 2016 Olympics in Rio Zara is training hard.
article_snippet: And the royal  said the family-friendly nature of the eventing circuit means Zara can bring Mia with Zara to competitions 'so I don't have to go the entire day missing Zara'.
article_snippet: Zara, pictured with Mia, is often seen at equestrian events with Zara one-year-old daughter in tow .
article_snippet: But training doesn't mean Zara has to miss out on family life – Zara has a live-in horse lorry where Mia Mia can sleep at eventing competitions, which Zara says are great for families.
highlights_snippet: Zara, 33, is swimming and cycling to get back in shape .
  