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...]
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...]
Pelvic Floor Exercises... why do moms need them? This is why! Thanks Betty! (Oh, & here's HOW to do pelvic floor exercises ;)) … [Read more...]
When it comes to losing your mummy tummy, baby belly, jelly belly, pooch, muffin top or whichever is your preferred affectionate name ;) there are a number of areas of confusion. A quick search on YouTube & Google produced the following: an exercise for diastasis recti which showed a pregnant woman doing oblique crunches; an eminent plastic surgeon stating categorically that a mummy … [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...]
As a postpartum exercise specialist trainer, I am often asked about the suitability of certain popular exercise DVD's or programs for postpartum fitness. I won't name them simply because this isn't a review of individual products, but I'm talking about regimes that promise to get you 'ripped', 'tiny' or give you 'rock hard abs'... The workouts are 'tough' with an emphasis on fast & dramatic … [Read more...]
Following on from Putting on Weight in Pregnancy, explaining how much goes on, I figured it might be helpful to give you some pointers on actually losing weight after pregnancy. Not all your pregnancy weight gain was fat, but once all those extras have gone & your body no longer needs those extra maternal fat stores... the rest is. :( If we were to believe the celebrity magazines, we'd … [Read more...]
I hadn't really thought of my business as being about sex. But given that the MuTu System teaches mums how to improve their body, self confidence, energy & pelvic floor, I probably shouldn't have been surprised to receive a very happy email today from a woman who really has reclaimed her Mojo! All mums know that once teas have been made, tantrums dealt with, night wakings comforted, toys … [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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