| Exercise After Pregnancy: How to Look and Feel Your Best, 2nd edition |  | Author: Helene Byrne
Publisher: BeFit-Mom
Category: Book
Buy New: $17.95
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Sales Rank: 39,176
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 134
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0977091716
EAN: 9780977091713
ASIN: 0977091716
Publication Date: June 20, 2007
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Product Description
"Exercise After Pregnancy: How to Look and Feel Your Best" (BeFit-Mom, 2007) offers new mothers the definitive guide to reconditioning after pregnancy. Featuring a safe, easy to follow, and amazingly effective 3-step program that systematically rebuilds the postpartum body and prepares you for the almost nonstop physical demands of motherhood. BRHelene's unique postnatal core system, which integrates the mind/body methods of Pilates and yoga with cutting-edge fitness techniques, can be started just days after giving birth, requires no specialized exercise equipment, and is suitable for all fitness levels. BRThe program: Strengthens all four layer of the abdominal wall, flattens the abs and quickly improves body contours, closes abdominal separation, lengthens and realigns the spine, develops deep core strength and stability, improves flexibility, creates muscular balance throughout the body, builds upper body strength for lifting and carrying, and develops good body usage. BRThe first workout, bPostpartum Exercises/b provides safe, gentle, restorative exercises that can be started just days after giving birth that are designed to speed healing from labor and delivery, relieve discomfort, and start firming up weakened abdominal muscles. BRThe second workout, bKnitting Back Together/b offers a special series of exercises that flatten, shorten and strengthen the abdominal msucles, and develops functional core strength and stability. The third workout, bAdvanced Core Strength/b offers a more challenging total-body core program for women who want to build athletic strength.b"Exercise After Pregnancy: How to Look and Feel Your Best" explains how the pregnancy alters posture and alignment, functional muscular balance and connective tissue, and how to effectively cope with these, and other postnatal changes and challenges. In-depth information and advice on important postnatal concerns regarding the pelvic floor, abdominal separation, and special postpartum abdominal reconditioning techniques help new mothers bounce back as quickly as possible. The book also provides a comprehensive review of good body usage in everyday activities to help women avoid back pain and injury by demonstrating proper lifting and carrying techniques, ergonomic breast feeding, and how to safely manage heavy baby equipment like car seats and strollers as well as front packs and slings.bAcclaimed by new mothers everywhere, the book has also become a must have reference for fitness professionals such as group fitness instructors, personal trainers, Pilates and yoga teachers and other professionals who work with prenatal and postpartum women including physical therapists, massage therapists, doulas, and midwifes.
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