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Today, in part 3 of core exercises throughout your pregnancy we are focusing on core exercises in your third trimester. It’s important to remember that generally the exercises outlined below are safe for the third trimester in most women but ensure that you are listening to your body and adjusting where you need to. WhatContinue reading “Core Training Part 3: Core Exercises for Your Third Trimester”

Last week we talked about core exercises for your first trimester and today we are going to continue on by talking about core training in your second trimester. If you haven’t checked out the exercises from last week go ahead and do that, but this week I’m going to focus on second trimester safe exercises.Continue reading “Core Training Part 2: Core Exercises for Your Second Trimester”

Core training through pregnancy and the postpartum is a topic that can be confusing and over the next four blog posts I want to shed a little bit of light into the topic by looking at some core exercises typically appropriate for each trimester and exercises for the early postpartum period. I do want toContinue reading “Core Training Part 1: Core Exercises for Your First Trimester”

Nutrition…it’s probably one of the toughest topics to tackle when it comes to overall health and wellness…and yet it’s also talked about more than any other topic. But how do you know what’s right? How do you know what is going to work for you? What do you listen to when one source is tellingContinue reading “Your Top 5 Nutrition Questions Answered”

Meditation is a buzz topic these days but do you actually know what meditation is. The answer might be different then your initial thoughts. Meditation is generally thought to be comprised of sitting on the floor with your legs crossed chanting “ohm”. While meditation may be this for some people there are numerous forms ofContinue reading “Meditation: What is It and Why You Should Care…5 Health Benefits”

If you are recently postpartum you may not be thinking about returning to fitness and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. It’s important that as a new momma, or a momma adding another child into the mix that you take the time you need to heal and develop a routine that suits your life.Continue reading “5 Exercises for Immediately Postpartum”

I have a full blown confession to make…training upper body is not my favourite. Over the years I have learned to love it more, but I even still today there are days where I’m not excited to train upper body. Even with that said I still make sure that I am training these upper bodyContinue reading “Carrying Babies or Carrying Groceries: An Upper Body Workout to Help With Both”

Throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period your hormones will change drastically. Last week we touched on the hormonal changes that take place throughout pregnancy and today we will touch on the changes that happen in the postpartum period. Labour is triggered by a complex series of events including changes in hormones. During labour oxytocin risesContinue reading “Hormone Series: Your Hormones Postpartum”