Adriana Chacon-Valencia, far left, works out with fellow mothers with their babies watching from their strollers during the Stroller Strides class at Evelyn Greer Park in Pinecrest. Photo by Allison Diaz / For The Miami Herald

As Merideth Hood sits with her legs extended, pulling on a resistance band anchored behind her flexed feet, her 9-month-old daughter Genevieve crawls on her mother’s lap.

Next to them, 22-month-old Sophia, clad in a pink flowered dress, clumsily mimics as mom Carli Hoppe hops side-to-side in football shuffle.

And across from them, 6-month-old Paola lies on a pink blanket propped up on her arms as mother Gabriela De La Iglesia does a series of planks.

The women are part of a growing exercise trend: mommies burning a sweat with babies — and even older kids – in tow.

Throughout South Florida, mommy-and-me fitness classes have been springing up: Local franchises of national organizations like Baby Boot Camp and Stroller Strides, homegrown fitness groups like BabyWeight and dance classes such as those at Le Petit Studio in North Miami.