Fitness

You don’t need to avoid exercise for nine months, unless you have specific medical advice telling you not to do any exercise during pregnancy or to adjust certain movements. If you exercised before you became pregnant, you can continue to exercise now. The aim should be to keep your current level of fitness rather than trying to reach peak fitness. If you were not regularly active before pregnancy, start off gently and avoid any exercises where you cannot talk without getting out of breath. Exercise during pregnancy offers many physical and emotional benefits. Physical activity may also help manage some symptoms of pregnancy and make you feel better, knowing you’re doing something good for yourself and your baby. Exercise during and after pregnancy: We answer the ten most asked questions.  1. Should I exercise during pregnancy? The NHS guidelines states that the more active and fit you are during pregnancy, the easier it will be for you to adapt to your changing shape and natural weight

The Top 5 Workout Moves That All New Mums Should Master From Our Partners at CARiFiT In this blog we cover our go-to exercises help to boost your mood, ease aches and strengthen your body for the demands of motherhood…these are the very basic building blocks and will get you moving again in a safe and beneficial way. Lifting your baby out of a cot, carrying a car seat (wow those things are heavy), making coffee one-handed with your little one on your hip: being a mum places serious demands on your body. While the early days and weeks post-birth should be focused on restoring your core and pelvic floor muscles (think of it like building a house: the core and pelvic floor are the foundations) after your 6-week GP sign off (or around 10-12 weeks if you had a C-section) it’s a great idea to start working on functional movement patterns that will get you stronger, make daily #mumlife tasks a little easier and even alleviate those newfound aches and pains. By functional movement patterns, we

The CARiFiT guide to home workouts for new mums!   Home workouts have never been more relevant, searched for or useful than right now. They provide much needed movement and physical stimulation and the mental health benefits that everyone is well aware come from a workout. As well as this, at a time of great isolation they provide a much needed sense of community, friendship and belonging – a safe place to hang out, chat and interact. As a new mum there is even more ‘home workouts’ hitting your social feed and being advertised to you then ever before BUT just because you can do something in your front room doesn’t always mean that you should. As a postnatal client you still need to apply proper training protocols to your workouts to keep you safe and injury free and the workouts beneficial and appropriate. Just as a high impact plyometric training session built around burpees and jump squats may be an inappropriate choice for a new mum in the gym – it is an equally inappropriate choice