Tag: Pre Natal Exercise
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How To Lift Weights if You’re Female
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How do I train my core during pregnancy?
I get asked about this a lot. There’s the old advice of avoid doing sit-ups. But why? And what should you really be doing? In short, sit ups work your external abdominal muscles, your 6 pack muscles. These do not really serve you during pregnancy as you want to allow your body to let your…
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Can I Go Spinning When Pregnant?
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How To Exercise in the First Trimester
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line”][heading]How to Exercise in the First Trimester[/heading][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]First things first, it’s totally natural to not exercise in your first trimester. The likelihood is you’re feeling pretty rubbish, exhausted, nausea, sore boobs and whatever other…
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The Pregnancy Diaries: First Trimester
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line”][heading]The First Trimester[/heading][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text] Before you read on, remember, everyone’s pregnancy is different. Some people are throwing their guts up at the sight of broccoli while others say they wouldn’t even know they’re pregnant.…
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Lifting Weights During Pregnancy
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”8156″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”125%”][heading]Lifting Weights During Pregnancy[/heading][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text] And I’m not talking about lifting 2kg dumbbells. For too long, the general consensus has been to take things super easy because pregnant women…
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Exercise Your Pelvic Floor
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Get Fit to Get Pregnant
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line”][image_with_animation image_url=”8067″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”125%”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_custom_heading text=”A lot of people think about exercise once they’re pregnant, but did you know it’s even better to get started before you conceive?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][divider line_type=”No…
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How to start exercising when pregnant
How do you start being active during your pregnancy if you’re new to exercise? The old adage of you can’t exercise when pregnant if you didn’t do it before you got pregnant should hopefully have died a death with those waist training machines of the 1950s (Google them if you don’t know what I’m…
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Mind The Bump
Although exercising during pregnancy is becoming more widely spoken about and encouraged, there are still a few people who believe in nothing but putting your feet up for 9 months while eating for two. Before I continue, every pregnancy is different, so your approach to training will be personal. There is no right or wrong. There…