Using the gym ball in pregnancy
The gym ball is a great piece of equipment to support your workouts during pregnancy. As pregnancy develops, exercises lying on your back are not advised, and often sitting positions on the floor can become uncomfortable. The gym ball offers additional versatility in terms of both support, and challenges to continue progressing your workouts. Sitting […]
A complete guide to exercise in pregnancy
To kick off the New Year, and also to officially announce that I will be publishing a pregnancy/postnatal related blog on the 1st of EVERY month, we are starting with a COMPLETE PREGNANCY GUIDE! (This post contains a couple of affiliate links. Thank you for your support). The pregnancy journey is an exciting, and somewhat […]
Supine exercise in pregnancy; should we be lying down?
Exercising in pregnancy is so highly recommended, if we follow the correct guidelines! Although most exercise is safe there are a few specific things to be aware of to ensure full safety to both mum and baby and that no adverse symptoms occur. You can read the full Antenatal Guidelines here. Supine exercise in pregnancy (lying […]
Exercise in pregnancy: The complete antenatal guidelines
Here we present the recently released, up-to-date complete Antenatal Exercise Guidelines! Exercising during pregnancy is now greatly encouraged, however there is so much confusion around what is safe to do, what is wrong to do, and who should be doing what to ensure the best for both mother and baby! In fact, only 15% of […]
Pregnancy pilates- How to have a safe workout every time
My Fitness During Pregnancy
Questions answered! Part 2!
This series of questions are very varied, but ones that I have been asked repeatedly over the past few weeks! I hope they help! Here we are talking breathing, pregnancy, and toning! Question 1: I always seem to breathe the wrong way with the Pilates exercises! Why is this and is it important to correct […]
