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Pregnancy Exercise Specialist

 

About Exercise & Pregnancy

As in the case with many health conditions, exercise can have a powerful and positive contribution to pregnancy when applied correctly. Developing safe and effective programmes for the pregnant woman is very important.

Research has shown that women who exercised more prior to becoming pregnant had greater body satisfaction during the second trimesters and less depressive symptoms in early pregnancy. Decreasing pre-natal depression will also decrease the risk of post- natal depression.

By establishing an exercise routine prior to becoming pregnant, the mother may overcome a tendency to stop or dramatically decrease physical activity as a result of her pregnancy. In turn, this may lead to continued activity that can be of great benefit to the mother and child during pregnancy as well as after birth. Furthermore, research has shown that women who partake in physical activity prior to pregnancy and continue with light to moderate activity during pregnancy experience a reduced risk for developing gestational diabetes mellitus and abnormal glucose tolerance.

From a cosmetic perspective, by establishing a proper exercise routine the return of the abdominal muscle tone to a normal or flat appearance will be regained quickly and/ or more completely than a person who has never exercised.

Exercise is beneficial for the apparently healthy pregnant client, the client with chronic illness, the unborn child and the child later in life. Research has shown that exercise may have a more favourable effect on the subjective discomfort levels during pregnancy and labour. Exercise in the 1st and 2nd trimester has been correlated with feeling better in the 3rd trimester, a decrease in perceived exertion during labour and is also associated with fewer symptoms of discomforts of pregnancy.

 

Benefits of Exercise For The Pregnant Woman

• Decreased chance of preeclampsia
• Decreased chance of operative delivery
• Decreased chance of developing gestational diabetes
• Improved mood
• Decreased insomnia, stress, anxiety and depression
• Reduction of pregnancy discomforts-backache and lower extremity oedema
• Possible prevention of type 2 diabetes
• Possible prevention of hypertension

My aim is to provide you with safe and easy exercise programmes that will benefit you during pre- pregnancy, your baby during the pre- natal stages and finally regain your cosmetic appearance post natal.

 

Price List

PRE- PREGNANCY 12- WEEK PROGRAMME £40

PREGNANCY- TRIMESTER 1 12 WEEK PROGRAMME £40

PREGNANCY- TRIMESTER 2 12 WEEK PROGRAMME £40

PREGNANCY- TRIMESTER 3 12 WEEK PROGRAMME £40

PREGNANCY- POST NATAL 12 WEEK PROGRAMME £40

 

All of the above packages come with a single training session (1hr)

Additional sessions are available for each stage and will be charged @ £25

For more information on exercise and pregnancy please feel free to contact me Tell no 07866904928 or see me in the gym.