Deep Core Stability Improves Diastasis Rectus Abdominis
A recent STUDY revealed that deep core stability exercises (like the BIRTHFIT Basics) have a significant influence on improving the functionality of diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA). Write this down and tell someone you love: DEEP CORE STABILITY exercises such as the BIRTHFIT Basics are very important in approximating diastasis rectus …
BIRTHFIT Coach Seminar
Are you a coach? Do you train women? Do you support women throughout the Motherhood Transition? Become a Prenatal and Postpartum BIRTHFIT Coach. The first step is to complete the BIRTHFIT Education, which is online, and can be done all at your own pace. Next, you would submit your paperwork …
Running Postpartum: How Soon After Childbirth Can I Begin?
How soon after birth can I run? Hold up. Running postpartum can look and feel entirely different compared to prepregnancy. Your body has gone through a lot physically, mentally, and emotionally. Running postpartum requires a solid foundation as well as compassion and grace for your physical body. Slow is fast …
The Best Pregnancy Exercises
We know that exercise provides many health benefits whether you’re pregnant or not. Becoming pregnant may bring up questions about which exercises are safe and which aren’t, or what to do if you want to move, but aren’t feeling so great. We want to make things simple. Take a look …
Movement Insight: Pull-ups During Pregnancy
Can I do pull-ups during pregnancy? Should I do pull-ups while pregnant? When we say pull-ups we are referring to strict pull-ups, kipping pull-ups, butterfly pull-ups, and you could even throw ring strict and kipping muscle-ups in the mix. Pull-ups are a gymnastics movement that requires strength, coordination, …
B!RTHF!T + WHOOP
BIRTHFIT has recently partnered with WHOOP to optimize training performance and recovery for our clients. WHOOP is a wearable performance tracking band that measures strain, sleep, respiratory rate, and heart rate variability. Currently, there is little data on strength and conditioning training for women, and even less on pregnancy and …
5 Things to Consider When Self-Checking for Diastasis Recti
At the BIRTHFIT Coach Seminars, we teach everyone how to self-check for diastasis recti. Why? Because diastasis recti is a symptom of core dysfunction and can be observed in all humans. The earliest I like to check for diastasis recti is 6 weeks postpartum. Then, I check every 4-8 weeks …
Eight Things to Consider During a Twin Pregnancy
One sentiment I often hear from other moms before or after their first ultrasound is, “Oh my gosh! What if I’m having twins?” I have twins myself, so I’m not sure if I hear this regularly because they want my opinion on what it would be like, or if there …
General Prenatal Fitness Training Recommendations
I’m pregnant. Now what? This is the most common question we get in regard to prenatal fitness or training. Most people that send in this question embrace movement of some type and train regularly. And they are tired of guessing with training. They are looking for a coach that knows …
Adding Sit-Ups Back Into Your Postpartum Workout
Here at BIRTHFIT, we are generally “Team No Sit-Up” during pregnancy and the first year postpartum. If you want to know why we take this stance check out this Instagram post. But what happens after that first year of postpartum? As much as we are #teamnositup, we are also “Team …