How to lose your pregnancy weight & flatten your tummy | weight loss post pregnancy | postnatal exercises and postpartum exercises
MuTu Intensive workouts are extremely effective & last only 15 minutes or so (sometimes less), which is very cool, especially for busy Mamas. But those 15 minutes aren't your activity quota, they're your *intensive exercise to get fit & strong & gorgeous & sweaty* quota. Movement, ie walking, needs to be part of your day too. Here's why & how. Mums don't have any spare … [Read more...]
The MuTu System Barefoot Running Journey started last week when I explained the concept of barefoot walking & running... click back to there first if you missed it! OK, so having received my rather fabulous retro gold barefoot shoes from VIVObarefoot this week, I spent a couple of days just walking & getting used to them. Which was definitely no hardship as they are SO comfortable! Like, … [Read more...]
Going Barefoot: the new buzzword in running & walking. Should we be ditching our shoes in favour of a more 'natural' way of moving? Won't it hurt? What does it mean? Is it a fad? How do you do it? Join me as I learn... What's 'Natural' Anyway? The human foot is an incredibly complex system. Dozens of bones, ligaments & muscles make up an amazing machine of joints & levers that … [Read more...]
Should your 'tuck your tailbone' to work your core? No. Here's why. Here's some stuff you may have been told as a kid in ballet class, or just last week by an exercise instructor... cues we have been hearing (& as instructors, taught to teach) for years about how to stand in 'correct posture' or how to 'work your core': "Squeeze your butt muscles" "Suck in your stomach" "Tuck your … [Read more...]
Finding time to exercise after having a baby is hard, so really effective postnatal exercise needs to be very efficient. It needs to give the biggest results in the shortest amount of time! Trips to the gym involving travel, bag packing & an hour's 'same old routine' workout simply don't happen for most of us, & so exercise doesn't happen... again. Us mums have many excuses not to … [Read more...]
Exercise after c-section: What got cut? What does it mean for the strength & the look of your tummy? What exercises will help & how soon can you start? What Happened In There? Just because lots (that's millions) of women have a c-section, that doesn't mean it's not major surgery. Don't underestimate the physiological trauma your body has undergone, & don't let anyone make you feel … [Read more...]
Home Exercise Equipment Guide No. 3: Gym Ball Gym Ball, Balance Ball, Stability Ball, Fit Ball, Swiss Ball, Pilates Ball, even Birthing Ball... they all mean the same thing - a big bouncy ball with a thousand uses to help flatten your mummy tummy! You may have one already, quite possibly un-used & un-loved, bought on a whim to 'use in labour' or 'to do tummy exercises, but I'm not quite … [Read more...]
Here comes The Science Bit... High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) & Metabolic Resistance Training (MRT) are buzzwords in the world of exercise geeks right now. What are they, how do you do them & why should you care? All sounds a bit hard core doesn't it? So I'm going to start with the last question - why should you care? Because its the most interesting. You don't need to … [Read more...]
Home Exercise Equipment Guide No.2: The Intervals Timer This little device transformed my personal workouts because it means you don't have to watch the clock while fitting in a really effective interval training or Metabolic Resistance Training workout. Don't worry about the buzz words - I've got that bit covered for you - it means exercising to lose fat whilst building lean muscle - ie SHAPE … [Read more...]
MuTu® System is all about exercise that works around your life, not the other way around: no gym membership, creche, machines, classes or choreography necessary! All MuTu® System workouts last around 15 minutes (some are even less) & importantly, you don't need any equipment to work out effectively, when you're doing it the MuTu way! But home exercise equipment can add variety, intensity … [Read more...]
"I'm Wendy, pre & postpartum exercise specialist & flatten-er of mummy tummies! Also mum to a gorgeous little boy & to a feisty little girl who might just rule the world one day...
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