MarkReganFitness.co.uk - Helping you to unlock your potential
MarkReganFitness.co.uk - Helping you to unlock your potential
The post-natal period is a difficult time to make a commitment to exercise as getting to know and care for the baby can take up a lot of time. There is a danger that the mother will leaver herself no personal time for exercise.
Are you looking to shed that baby fat and get back into shape after delivering your new born? An appropriate exercise program is vital in order to strengthen weakened muscle groups and connective tissue.
As a Personal Trainer I can customise a training program specific for all post-natal women. The programs will be designed to strengthen muscles and joints which have been stretched, improve your posture and burn away excess body fat accumulated during the pregnancy.
It is recommended that women avoid all physical stress for two weeks. Daily activities can be fully resumed after six weeks of delivering the baby. Those who delivered by Caesarean section should wait twelve weeks before commencing ecxercise to allow for adequate healing time.
Post-natal women should be made aware of the following factors and its implications on an effective exercise program:
Relaxin produced during pregnancy will have weakened the sacroiliac joint and the pubis symphasis. Therefore maintenance stretching is strongly recommended but stretching to increase flexibility is to be avoided for 16-20 weeks.
Gentle abdominal exercises performed early on in the post-natal period will be vital in encouraging the recovery process.
Breast-feeding and exercise are both big fluid drains. Therefore it is essential that water intake around breast-feeding and exercise is a top priority.
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