Pre & Post Natal Fitness is here!!!

Pre & Post Natal Channel

Did you know we have an entire channel dedicated to preparing your body for carrying a baby, labor and postpartum recovery??? Beachbody on Demand keeps adding amazing programs and all these resources are included in your membership, at no extra charge! Elise Joan, Super Trainer behind Pre & Post Natal Barre series (20+ videos), Barre Blend (Barre, Pilates & Yoga blend), and 3-Week Yoga Retreat, Autumn Calabrese, Super Trainer behind 21-Day Fix, Country Heat and Active Maternity series (5 videos), and Desai Bartlett Super Trainer behind Pre & Post Natal Yoga series (6 videos) break down workouts between 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters, postpartum recovery and even a Diastasis Recti 101 video.

Why perform specific workouts for this stage of life?

Prenatal and postnatal workouts are designed for the extra weight around your midsection, the increased pressure to your pelvis and back, posture and stability challenges, and omit contraindicated positions during pregnancy. You don’t want to hurt yourself or cause undo pressure or stress to your baby. These workouts improve your health while helping build strength and endurance before, during, and after pregnancy, while also preparing your body for labor too. Beachbody also has videos on breath work and ADLs (Activities of Daily Living).

If you don’t have Beachbody on Demand, message me.

Day 10: Cardio Core

Here's Courtney's results in just TWO WEEKS y'all!  Stick with it!

Remember, this workout alternates one cardio interval with one HIIT interval and one core move for 35 minutes. You’ll need your Beachbody strength slides for the core work and Beachbody Performance Energize!  I can totally feel the difference on cardio and leg days!

How are you feeling so far? Are you committed to your workouts and nutrition? I want you to make a promise to give it your all every day. This is for YOU, not anyone else. So if you don’t do your very best, you’re only cheating yourself. Who has time for that? Not me and NOT YOU!

Welcome to the official start of 80 Day Obsession!

Today is Day ONE!  I know 80 days sounds like "really?  EIGHTYYYYYY DAYS????" but I can tell you this... my current group is on Day 63 and we are all freaking out that it's so close to being over and sad!!  We've really formed relationships so if you like having workouts in community...you'll still get them here, but you have to check in!  I love our virtual community and it keeps the excitement and devotion going. I haven't missed a workout yet and I've traveled, had busy days and surprises (like ER visit for my kids).  

Today’s workout is Total Body Core (TBC). It’s under 60 minutes (not by much, but I'll take every minute I can), and we’ll do 2 sets of 15 reps.  You need weights and your Beachbody Resistance Loops. Buy these, don't try to save money getting them elsewhere, I promise, you'll regret it.  You get 2 sets of 3...yellow (easiest), green (middle), blue (hardest) and the different sets are based on your height. The longer ones are for those over 5' 11"  It will take time to get used to both the moves and putting the bands on.  If they roll up when you're doing the exercise, she says they're too light and you need to go up a band, or add a second if you're already using a blue band.  

Listen for Autumn’s form cues because 1) you don’t want you to hurt yourself and 2) you want to make sure you're doing it right. 

Don’t forget to use the Tracker Sheets to keep track of your weight selections. You can make notes about how it felt and whether you should go up or down in weights next time. I made a Tracker Sheet template HERE so each phase is on one page (4 total).  Or you can print out the Beachbody ones HERE.