Exercises After Pregnancy
June 16, 2008
Although having baby is a good experience for any of the women but how you do feel when you see extra fat around your belly. Doing exercises after having baby is as important as at the time of pregnancy. Now, you want pre-pregnancy figure and want to shape your body as well. You can start exercising when you feel yourself capable to take exertion again. Most of the women wait for six weeks postpartum check-up but if you feel comfortable you can start as soon as possible.
Doing exercises is a best option to cut down the fat around your body. Some of the important post pregnancy exercises are mentioned below:
Yoga- Yoga is a post pregnancy exercise which is getting most popular between people of all over the world. Gentle yoga poses can be the excellent way to get your blood flowing while reducing stress. You may need to avoid some of the poses of Yoga as inversions but basic moves like supported briefs, warrior1 and pelvic tilts are great way to start. You may be able to find postpartum yoga classes at a gym or at a health club near to you.
Kegel Exercises- Kegel exercises are convenient exercises after pregnancy because they can be done almost anywhere, anytime. The exercises consist of contracting certain pelvic muscle groups over and over again to firm them up. It’s important to note that if you begin contracting the wrong muscles; these exercises won’t work for you. One way to get a feel for using the right muscles is the next time you urinate stop and tighten your muscles to stop your urine for a few seconds. Those are your Kegel muscles that you are controlling. Do this a few times to get the feel for them.
Walking- Walking is an easy way to get perfect body shape after pregnancy, slow walks can help prepare your body for more vigorous exercise, as well as get you fresh air. If you exercised before pregnancy, you may need about six weeks before you can return to what you were doing before.
Oblique Exercises- Oblique which is often called love handles is muscles which present diagonally around your torso. These are very simple to crunch except you rise up and alternate sides. Instead of basic crunch, you would reach your right elbow diagonally toward left knee. Now, lower back to the ground. Do the same with right elbow. 2-3 sets of 20-25 repetitions will prove beneficial.
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