Postnatal Exercise – When to Exercise After Birth – The 6-10 week Myth
If you have been dedicated to your pregnancy exercise routine and making every effort to look after your pregnancy health then the last thing you will want to do after giving birth is sit on your butt, doing nothing but breastfeeding, changing nappies and mopping up sick for the next 6-10 weeks.
Not only will your strength and fitness deteriorate rapidly you will also become much more prone to back injury, uterine incontinence and it will take you a lot longer to recover from the trauma of labour and get your pre-baby body back. Add to that the fact that a sluggish body will add to the extreme fatigue you will be suffering from sleep deprivation and I promise you, that 6-10 weeks will feel like a lifetime sentence!
Now I have to add in here, the 6-10 week probation period is there for a reason. This is the time it takes for the uterus to shrink back to normal, your C-section to heal, your milk to come in, and your hormones to balance out again. So any exercise you do within this cautionary period must be approved by a postnatal exercise professional.
One of the leading gurus in postnatal recovery is my good friend Kaisa Tuominen. She has studied with the leading physiotherapists in postnatal recovery and has incorporated a revolutionary method into her postnatal recovery program called FLAT (because it gives you flat postnatal abs quicker than you ever thought possible!)
The FLAT method is an underground method used by the leading physiotherapists and medical specialists in helping postnatal women recover from prolapse after birth. This one technique is so effective at recruiting the core muscles and activating the pelvic floor that it far surpasses the traditional Kegels.
In fact this postnatal exercise method recruits 95% more muscle fibres than a Kegel, so the potential to help postnatal women recover in rapid time after birth is something we have never seen before!
Now as always, I road test every program that I promote on here (and to be honest this only the second program other than my own that has got my seal of approval), and I can tell you from my own personal experience that this is da bomb! The program goes at a very gentle pace and starts with just a couple of minutes each day of some very simple rehabilitation exercises that you can do whilst breastfeeding.
Now whilst I can’t reveal the technique here, I can direct you to her program! You can get your 18 week postnatal recovery program at http://www.post-natalrecovery.com. It also comes with a full 60 day money back guarantee for your peace of mind and complete satisfaction, so if you don’t like it, you’ve got nothing to lose!
And personally, I wouldn’t wait till you’ve had your baby to get the program. The exercises start from the day you give birth, so to get the most out of it and have the fastes and easiest recovery possible get your copy now, so you know what to do in the recovery room to get yourself back on track!
