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BIO
Stott Pilates
Pre & Post Natal,
Personal trainer
Fitness guru Maddy Tusler on rebuilding post partum fitness levels.
POST BABY
BODY
Finding the time to exercise can seem impossible with a new baby, you may feel your fitness has disappeared and you don’t know where to start to get your figure back. Start slowly, build up gradually and be patient with yourself. Combining cardio and resistance exercises is the most effective way of losing weight. It doesn’t have to be in a gym or
both at the same time. When you feel ready, a brisk walk around the park with the buggy and then this quick 15 minute body resistance workout workout is all you need to get started. First of all make sure you have given your body enough time to heal 6 weeks after natural birth or 6-8 weeks after C-section. Apart from Kegels or walking. As much as you are more than likely dying to start getting back into shape, or perhaps this is your first time that you want to start a regular exercise programme, make sure you aren’t going to set yourself back by not listening to the guidelines. There is an enormous temptation to throw yourself into a hard-core routine or go straight back to what you
were previously doing. But please be kind and take the first few months a little easier and take time to work on activating those deep core muscles that have been weakened and or perhaps operated on. You will not only be giving yourself the best building blocks to give you a really strong foundation to build your cardio and strength and flexibility training but you will give yourself less chance of injuring yourself and setting yourself back. Physiologically your body will have changed and your pelvis and core area destabilised so our first real goal is to get your core centre strong again. Always listen to your body don’t push through pain.