These postnatal pelvic floor exercises on the Bellicon® Rebounder strengthen the pelvic floor after pregnancy in a fun, effective way. Whilst doing kegel exercises is a great start to understanding where your pelvic floor is, knowing how to exercise your pelvic floor postpartum to prevent leaking and incontinence is more than just doing kegel exercises. Your pelvic floor is part
Use these 3 pieces of equipment for postnatal exercises you can do at home! Postnatal exercises can easily be done at home with these 3 pieces of equipment, that are easy to store and simple to use for strengthening the pelvic floor, the deep inner muscle, the transverse abdominus and the gluteal muscles (bottom). These are the type of
This ultimate pregnancy fitness tips checklist for trimester one will help improve your health and your babies health before your arrival! It’s the first part of my three part blog (trimester two and three follow this blog). Finding out you’re pregnant is mostly an exhilarating, exciting feeling. Then it feels like quite a journey, with the hormones kicking in, your body
Diastasis Recti is an abdominal separation which occurs at the midline of the paired muscle, the rectus abdominis, known as the abdominals or ‘abs’. This muscle runs vertically from your pubic bone up to the top of your ribcage at the front of your upper body and is separated by a ‘midline’ technically called the linea alba or abdominal raphe. You may notice a
By Vicky Warr, pregnancy and postnatal fitness specialist and founder of TheBeezKneez Hive. This postnatal core exercise targets your abdominals, specifically your transverse abdominals, the deeper muscles that have been stretched and weakened during pregnancy. It also helps strengthen your back too, ideal for new mothers who are lifting and carrying their babies, and want to keep their backs pain free. It is a
A c-section is major abdominal surgery and it usually takes longer to recover afterwards as your scar is tender and you feel some pain in the stomach area. This c-section exercise is a great rehabilitation postnatal exercise which helps strengthen your core muscles. It is also suitable if you have had abdominal surgery. You can do this exercise at home and you
This move, the clam, is a very effective, easy to do postnatal exercise that targets the outside of the bottom which typically loses strength and tone during pregnancy. The glutes (bottom) become weaker due to the extra weight your body is carrying but also as it’s likely you are or were sitting down more as your pregnancy progressed. A weak muscle is a flabby muscle so by strengthening
Vicky Warr, pregnancy and postnatal fitness specialist answers a very popular question Q Like a lot of other new mums, I want to lose my baby weight but I need to shift more than a few pounds! What are your top 5 tips to get started? A I talk to a lot of my pregnant clients about their postpartum exercise routine, especially the ones
Are you ready to take ten minutes to tone up your abdominals and begin to melt the mummy tummy? All you need is just 30 minutes a week to try these five top post natal exercises, designed to effectively challenge your stomach muscles. Shape up the sides of the waist, the lower abdominals and strengthen the deepest muscles, the transversus abdominis by
Safe, effective, amazing workout from TheBeezKneez. Doctor and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital accredited. Limited to 6 places. Starts: Tuesday 17th February to Tuesday 31st March, 7.20pm. This is a 6 week course of 6 sessions where you’ll guided through key pregnancy fitness and toning exercises as well as food advice to shape up your bump and help nourish your growing baby. The course
