Begin with gentle, healing movement that focus' on breathwork, reconnecting your deep core and mobility to support your comfort. Gradually progress week to week, introducing more complex and challenging movements so you feel confident and strong returning to doing what you love in the gym. Complete alongside your own workouts, or as a stand-only program.
With a combination of strength, length, relaxation, pelvic stability, glute and hip stabilizer strength and full body mobility, these 10-15 minutes workouts are designed to give you a well-rounded postpartum recovery.
Your recovery goes beyond direct core work. To heal for function and performance we need to look at the body as an entire system. Our body does not work in isolation, so why train it that way?
Take the guesswork out of your recovery. Whether you are 1 week postpartum or 1 year, this program will bring you back to the foundations and progress your training week to week.
Begin with breathing mechanics, mobility, posture, alignment. This phase also includes breast/bottle feeding relief, pelvic floor release and relaxation and approaches for prolapse symptoms/pelvic heaviness and back. This phase is gentle to begin as soon as you are ready to after birth (although cesarean mama's may feel more comfortable waiting a little longer - around 2 weeks - until you are comfortable lying on your back and side).
This phase takes you through to your 6 week doctors clearance. Here, we introduce basic core and pelvic floor work, and gradually begin adding more load and complexity to your recovery. Throughout this phase we also have a strong emphasis on your glutes, hip stabilizers, hamstring strength and full body function.
In the final 4 weeks of the program, you should be starting to feel more connected and stronger in your postpartum body. You may have also begun adding in your own strength workouts at this stage. Here, we introduce more complexity to your movements - building on top of familiar exercises and adding more resistance. You've spent 6 weeks mastering the basics and now it's time to load your body to aid your recovery.