Early Core Exercises After Baby Delivery
🚨 Ab Rehab! I am 3 weeks postpartum with Annabel. Restore your core with me. Whether your kids are 3 weeks old, 3 years old, or 30 years old... these simple exercises will serve you well! 🔖 SAVE this post using to watch later if you don’t have time right now. Send it to your girlfriends too. Core restoration is not talked about enough and many women injure themselves by doing improper exercises at the improper time. 👌In this video, I go over three valuable exercises that work the pelvic floor, diaphragm, and transverse abdominis to help flatten tummy after baby, get pelvic floor functioning properly, improve posture, decrease back pain, lower stress, improve intimacy, etc. The potential benefits are endless. If you have a few minutes - watch til the end and follow along with me. Head to strongsexymammas.com for coached workouts with Anna Kooiman. We have a brand new *6 week challenge* starting soon! Reserve your spot by joining our full year or monthly membership. Places are limited! Don't delay!
These exercises can help you get back to high impact exercise in a shorter amount of time. Some women never get back to high impact exercise. Building a strong foundation is so important!
'Corrective Exercise' What is it? And how does it ease aches and pains?
The posture of parenthood is a 'slouch' --- let's change that!
So many movements cause us to constantly hunch forward. From nursing and bottle feeding in awkward positions, to the repetitive bend down and pick little one up from the crib, stroller, floor, or carseat - they can cause aches and pains.
Plus! We are so much more accustomed to ‘sitting’ than our ancestors who got a lot more incidental movements in during the day.
I have spent a lot of time getting educated through women’s fitness certifications. If you wonder how I choose which exercises to put in my classes. Here are a few of the reasons!
I’ll bet you can guess some of the most common complaints I hear from women (especially in the prenatal and postnatal period).
Can you relate to any of these?
If so… My Strong Sexy Mammas workouts can help!
-tight hips - pelvic and pubic pain
-weak glutes - flat bum
-weak abdominals - bulging belly - diastasis recti
-sore lower back
-sore upper back
-weak shoulders
-incontinence - weak pelvic floor
In today’s interview, I chat with James Goodlatte from Fit for Birth (fitness certification company for pre and postnatal corrective exercise + diastasis recti core consultant program).