Fitness For Moms
Do you have tight hips?
Adductor rockbacks are one of my absolute favourite mobility movements to help get more mobility throughout your hips, glutes and pelvic floor.
This is a great warm-up to do before a lower body or full body workout to help warm-up your legs and glutes so you can get better results from all those squats and hip thrusts!
Give them a try.
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Side plank is a great core exercise for most moms.
But there are subtle technique mistakes that you could be making that will impact your results.
In today’s #formfriday video I share 3 quick tips to help you improve your side plank form so you can get stronger abs.
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After having your baby you may have noticed that your core is feeling a little (or a lot) weaker than you remember it feeling pre-baby.
That’s why the core is one of the major areas I focus on when working with my clients.
And knee-ups are one of my favourite core exercises for moms because they can go from super basic, to very challenging.
In today’s video I give you 4 variations to try.
While the holidays can be fun, they can also bring on a lot of stress.
Especially with this year being the year of COVID-19.
We’ve been through a lot, haven’t we?
So put on some comfy workout clothes and press play on this quick full body workout!
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I wasn’t prepared to feel as weak as I did after my first baby.
My abs felt like Jell-O.
My back was tight and stiff and sore.
I felt like I could barely lift or move without something, somewhere aching or feeling about as strong as a limp noodle.
So I did what most new moms do. I worked on rebuilding my core and pelvic floor strength.
But what I didn’t realize at that time was that there was another key area of my body that I wasn’t focusing on. And it’s as important – maybe for some moms even more important – than your core and pelvic floor.
That’s why I always make sure my clients don’t forget about this during their workouts.
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When you have no symptoms (like pain, pressure or leaking) and you’re feeling good, can you just dive right back into your usual workouts after pregnancy?
What about if you are having symptoms? What do you do then?
One of the reasons I decided to focus on coaching postpartum exercise specifically is because – even though more education is out there – there is still a lot of confusion and frustration over, “What can I do? What can’t I do?”
And one of the biggest sources of frustration is when to know it’s “safe” to go back to your usual workouts. Especially if the workouts are more challenging and include movements like running, jumping, heavy lifting, little to no rest…
There will never be a one size fits all approach to returning to exercise postpartum. But there is a mistake I see a lot of new moms commonly make.
And it can cause or contribute to issues now and in the future, so you need to be mindful about this.
I made this mistake after my first pregnancy. I don’t want you to make it too.
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