Pre-Natal Fitness/Yoga

Yes, it is safe to exercise while pregnant! As long as you have your doctor’s approval, of course. Hiring a Personal Trainer who specializes in Pre-Natal Fitness/Yoga is beneficial to pregnant women because every woman’s bodily capabilities are different. A specialist can customize the exercise plan to your capabilities whether you were active before your pregnancy or not. Group fitness classes range in intensity and are tailored to the general population making sure it is safe for everyone no matter what her fitness capabilities are. That is where a pregnant woman would benefit from private sessions with Pre-Natal Fitness/Yoga Specialist, so that the exercises could be tailored to your own personal strengths, and weaknesses.

Benefits of exercising and stretching while pregnant include:
-Reduces back pain, wrist pain, shoulder pain, sciatic pain
-Eases Constipation
-May decrease risk of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, large amounts of weight gain, and swelling
-helps make daily activities easier
-helps you lose the baby weight after the baby is born
-Improves mood as the baby can sense the happiness in you
-improves posture
-ability to cope with labor, easier child birth
-improves sleep
-strength
-endurance
-less likely to need a C-section
-Strengthens your immune system, reducing risks of colds/flu during pregnancy

 

Post-Natal Fitness/Yoga

Once a woman’s body has experienced a pregnancy, and has gone through labor, whether natural birth or C-section, her body is now different. Which is okay, however that means the exercises she performs should be different as well. Do you know if you have Diastasis Recti (abdominal separation)? If you do, did you know there are specific exercises to avoid like crunches, sit ups, and planks that could make the doming (pooch) of your stomach worse? Did you know that specific exercises could make you urinate? Do certain exercises make your chest feel uncomfortable? Do certain exercises make your breast milk leak? Do you suffer from shoulder and neck pain from holding a baby? Did you know there are specific stretches and exercises to lengthen and strengthen your muscles? Therefore, a Personal Trainer who specializes in Post-Natal Fitness could take these common obstacles into consideration and come up with effective alternative exercises.

For example, for mothers who have shoulder and neck pain from having large breasts, breast feeding, and from holding the baby, a specialist will take this into consideration and assign specific stretches to lengthen and exercises to strengthen the muscles. For mothers who have wrist pain from holding the baby between the thumb and index finger, a specialist will give you alternative exercises [that are just as effective and challenging] that don’t involve the wrist. A specialist understands your situation and is aware of the changes made to your body, therefore any limitations are not considered just an excuse.

Get the benefits of having a Personal Trainer, in a cost-efficient way. Get a group together with women with the same goals and interests. You’ll receive a level of social support you will not get by working out alone. Even if you are not all on the same fitness level, Orly is there to modify the exercise for each person to succeed.

 

Examples of Groups Fitness Classes Offered:

-Pre-Natal Stretch & Strength

-Post-Natal “ABulous” Abs  

-Post-Natal Mommy Makeover

-30 Mommy Minute HIIT

(High Intensity Interval Training for 30 Minutes)

-Total Body Strength & Conditioning

-Perfect Posture class

-Amazing Arms class

-Cardio Class

-Plumpy Butt Class

-Thunder Thigh Burner Class

-Fitness For Obesity

-Belly Dance Class

-Persian Dance Class

-Customized classes offered upon request

If you are wondering why strength and sculpting are in the same category, here’s why. When you work on getting stronger, you are building a sculpted figure as well. Strength training will make you stronger and helps aid in fat loss. Adding resistance to your exercise routine will not only make you stronger but it will make your body tighter, toned, and sculpted. It’s like getting a mommy makeover without the surgery! Benefits include:

-get “ABulous” Abs
-get a Brazilian butt lift
-get rid of thunder thighs
-get nice arms
-get rid of bra fat/back fat
-get improved posture
-get stronger for daily life
-get free of pain

Ways you can work on strength is with resistance bands, dumbells, and TRX (equipment I provide).. You can benefit from personal training by having me show you how to lift weights with proper form so that you don’t injure yourself.