Mobility work and some stretching can be beneficial during pregnancy and in the postpartum period depending on how you are feeling in different areas of your body. Because relaxin increases joint laxity throughout pregnancy and the effects linger into the postpartum it’s important that if you are stretching to be aware of your body. ItContinue reading “Mobility Work in Pregnancy and the Postpartum”
Monthly Archives: May 2022
My 3 Least Favourite Exercises of All Time (And Why I Try to do Them Anyways)
We all have them…those exercises we just don’t like, the ones we don’t want to do, the ones we aren’t good at. Whatever your reason is for avoiding a specific exercise there are situations where we all do it. Even health and fitness professionals have exercises we avoid. So today, I’m throwing my hands inContinue reading “My 3 Least Favourite Exercises of All Time (And Why I Try to do Them Anyways)”
Second Trimester Workout
Welcome to your second trimester. It is at this point (if you haven’t already) that you may find you start to need some adjustments to some of your exercises. When you will need to start making these adjustments will vary from one individual to the next. I will try and give you examples of feelingsContinue reading “Second Trimester Workout”
Current Fitness Routine
My original goal with this post was to give you a glimpse into my current fitness routine and when I went to write it out I realized just how all over the place my fitness routine has been in the year of 2022. So yes I will share my current routine with you, but IContinue reading “Current Fitness Routine”
Diastasis Recti Through Pregnancy & Postpartum
Diastasis Recti has been portrayed often as a “bad thing” during pregnancy and the postpartum period. It’s presented as something that needs to be avoided… But…here’s the thing. During pregnancy your belly is going to grow as baby grows, that is a fact. Because your belly needs to grow the tissues of the belly areContinue reading “Diastasis Recti Through Pregnancy & Postpartum”
Why is Nutrition Even Important?
When starting on a health and fitness journey nutrition is often one of the biggest and most talked about topics…but why is nutrition important? Healthy eating and nutrition has become one of the most talked about health topics while still remaining the most difficult for people to tackle and probably one of the most confusing.Continue reading “Why is Nutrition Even Important?”
Upper Body Workout
I honestly am not sure where the heck the month of April went, but here we are with another new month, which means another new monthly workout! May’s workout is going to focus on training upper body. Generally, I find women tend to neglect their upper body more often and although I love training lowerContinue reading “Upper Body Workout”
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