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Although antenatal exercise is receiving an increasing amount of attention within the media, the health and fitness industry and the NHS clear advice on what is the best thing for women to do still seems to be missing. In this article we are going to go through the different types of exercise available to pregnant [...]
Improving your postnatal fitness, or even starting to exercise after pregnancy is at the forefront of many women’s minds, although it is heavily advised and a must if you want to fit into those pre-pregnancy jeans it is important not too rush things! Returning to your pre-pregnancy body as quickly as some celebrities do just [...]
Like a lot of prenatal exercise the benefits of prenatal yoga are too undoubted. Yoga is a discipline that focuses on the balance between your mind, body and breath, the controlled movements you will perform are a great way to help alleviate prenatal discomforts whilst also giving the added benefit of helping to prepare you [...]
For decades mums have used running as a way to help regain their pre-pregnancy figure after giving birth and it’s easy to see why. Running requires a minimal amount of kit, it’s free and so convenient why wouldn’t you squeeze in 20-minute run when you have a little spare time. However, new mums need to [...]
Exercise for pregnant women – what intensity is right for antenatal exercise?
By admin | April 11, 2012
A common question asked by women wanting to exercise when pregnant is what intensity is it safe to exercise at ? Previously it was advised that women use their heart rate as an indicator, not letting it exceed 140 beats per minute, however as heart rate differs so massively from one woman to the next [...]
During a health pregnancy it is inevitable that your bump will increase in size and weight and with it your abdominals will become stretched and weakened also and in some cases they may even separate, this is known as “distasis recti”. This isn’t necessarily the case in all pregnancies it largely depends on the individual [...]
Previously we have discussed lower back pain, what contributes to it, how to manage it and what exercises are best to help alleviate it; in this section we are going to take a look at upper back and again identify it causes, how to manage it and then what exercises are best to combat it. [...]
It is very common for pregnant women to experience back pain both during and after pregnancy, many women think it is often their back that is actually the problem when in fact most of the time their back is rather the symptom than the cause. Postnatal exercise needs to have a focus on addressing the [...]
Many women tend to neglect resistance exercise during pregnancy opting rather for swimming, pilates or yoga despite it being massively important to strengthen your body for what lies ahead. From what we gather women tend to neglect it as they are not sure what to do, how to do it, why they should be doing [...]
Reclaiming your body after nine months of pregnancy can be a mental and physical challenge. When can I exercise again? Whether your goal is getting into your favourite pair of jeans, retraining your pelvic floor or strengthening your body for the tasks that lay ahead, many women are eager to get back into regular exercise after giving [...]
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