How to lose your pregnancy weight & flatten your tummy | weight loss post pregnancy | postnatal exercises and postpartum exercises
Did you know that how you stand affects the tone of your pelvic floor? I'm working on something very exciting for you at the moment which combines the ultimate in MuTu Core, MuTu Breathe & MuTu Posture & will literally get your body EXACTLY where it needs to be to tone & flatten your tummy, perk-ify (I love that word so much I made it up...) your butt & strengthen your pelvic … [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...]
This is something I am asked A LOT. You want to narrow a Diastasis Recti, strengthen your core & pelvic floor & get a flatter stomach after having babies. And after some weeks of corrective exercise... you're like, 'So, I'm fixed now. My core WORKS! Cool! Can I stop?' Yes & no. The process of learning to use your transverse abdominis & pelvic floor muscles (they're attached … [Read more...]
Pelvic Floor Exercises... why do moms need them? This is why! Thanks Betty! (Oh, & here's HOW to do pelvic floor exercises ;)) … [Read more...]
Sex after childbirth can be a sensitive issue, in more ways than one. That 'giving birth' thing is a life changing event which affects every aspect of your body, your emotions & your relationship with your partner. It may also have been traumatic, physically damaging & painful... so if you're not feeling like doing it right away, don't! But to help ease you back into the idea that *down … [Read more...]
Mums are told all the time *do your pelvic floor exercises!*. But Kegels (named after the gynecologist who invented them, a bloke, incidentally. Go figure...) & pelvic floor exercises can be confusing. You've heard about them so many times, you almost don't like to ask, "HOW do I do pelvic floor exercises?", & WHY are they so important?" Your pelvic floor is the set of muscles that … [Read more...]
Pelvic floor exercises. You know you're supposed to do them... you're possibly reminded you really should be doing them when you laugh, sneeze, cough or try to run. But how do you do pelvic floor exercises? Is it just squeezing?? Actually no, & to really tone your undercarriage, we need to move onwards from pelvic floor exercises consisting only of static Kegels. I recently blogged … [Read more...]
If you've ever been pregnant (which if you're here I'm assuming you probably have) you will have heard of pelvic floor exercises. They're pretty darned important should you wish to hold in your wee for the rest of your days, so well worth genning up on. Pelvic floor exercises are often called Kegels, named after the (male of course) gynecologist who 'invented' them. According to Wikipedia, … [Read more...]
Try your pelvic floor exercises in time to Christmas carols today! I'm liking 'Little Donkey' for the long slow ones, 'Hark The Herald Angels' for some quicker ones, & for the impressively toned pelvic floors & undercarriages amongst you, how about 'Deck the Halls' (I'm squinting a bit on the fa la la la...) If you've forgotten how important these exercises are, as part of your pregnancy … [Read more...]
If you only manage one pregnancy or postnatal exercise (& please do more!), then it has to be pelvic floor exercises. All pre/post exercise programmes should include these - if yours doesn't - get a new one! More on pelvic floor exercises here! Your pelvic floor muscles act as a muscular 'sling' which supports your internal organs (it literally holds them in preventing prolapse), provides … [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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