How to lose your pregnancy weight & flatten your tummy | weight loss post pregnancy | postnatal exercises and postpartum exercises
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...]
Are your efforts to lose your baby weight getting you nowhere... slowly? Here's the top 5 mindsets why you may not be losing your baby weight, & what you can do to change it! 1. "The XYZ diet worked for me before, so I'm going to do that again" Any diet you have to 'go on', you will at some point have to 'get off'. And you're soon back where you started. #Just sayin. Unfortunately, … [Read more...]
Tried a new combo today for a workout that took less than 20 minutes & left me sweating & breathless! As you will know if you read this blog, long, steady cardio exercise is NOT the way to fat loss! You need interval training, which means short bursts of intensive exercise. I combined just 2 basic moves, one intensive cardio & one body weight resistance exercise: skipping with a jump … [Read more...]
The #Mumentum Mums on Twitter, lead valiantly by New Mum Online, are losing their baby weight with determination, sensible eating & plenty of camaraderie! The focus is on eating fewer calories, which in a nutshell is of course the key to successful weight-loss... *Don't eat more than you need* is a pretty good starting point! But what about exercise? Where is a busy mum to … [Read more...]
Weight loss post-pregnancy (& this post applies to quite a long time post pregnancy please - this is high impact & slightly mad!) needs a little ridiculous-ness sometimes... a bit of fun, some serious heart-rate-raising & a challenge. Please note: these exercises are NOT suitable for before 20 weeks postpartum / postnatal exercise! Jeez woman, everything'll fall out... :0 OK, … [Read more...]
Is there an average time it takes to lose your baby weight? If your youngest is at school, can you really still blame the jelly belly on your babies? How long does the 'post natal' (or post partum if you're reading this in the middle of my night) bit last? Well in my experience (& my clients'), a correctly prescribed postnatal exercise programme will put your body back to where you want … [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...]
Post partum / post natal exercise classes options can be confusing, (get the lowdown on Postnatal Pilates & Bootcamp for New Mums here), & I was recently asked on our facebook page for advice on Power Plate ® Well, since I'm not an expert on this one, I asked the lovely Jenny Burrell, collaborator & trainer at the MuTu System for the full story. Jenny is the Power Plate Academy's … [Read more...]
The MuTu System recommends keeping post partum exercise low impact for the first 20 weeks post partum (at least). If you have knee or other joint problems, are very overweight or simply don't feel comfortable with high impact moves, you may also need to keep your post partum exercise regime low impact. For many women, this is fine, as they don't particularly feel like jumping around anyway... … [Read more...]
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...]
"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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