How to lose your pregnancy weight & flatten your tummy | weight loss post pregnancy | postnatal exercises and postpartum exercises
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...]
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...]
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Postnatal core exercise, core strength, 'Fire the Core' (a favourite Pilates phrase), 'deep' abdominal muscles... Yada Yada. You are forgiven for being confused &/or wondering why you should care. And what's the difference between 'core exercise' & Pilates? Is there a difference, or is it a fancy name for the same thing? Well yes there is, but yes it sort of is... & sort of not. … [Read more...]
Postnatal exercises for your abdominal muscles need to focus on using & strengthening your deep core muscles, as well as your pelvic floor, & not just the 'six pack muscle' at the front. You need to avoid sit ups & crunches as well as certain Pilates moves which will make a diastasis recti or abdominal separation worse. The postnatal exercises for your abs you SHOULD BE DOING … [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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