Workout for mums with babies...

 

Good morning blogger world...

So, being an avid pinner, I quite often spend my early mornings/late evenings browsing the fitness section of Pinterest for great new ideas to keep my workouts and diets interesting.

I am a person who gets bored VERY fast, so if I don't keep myself trying new things, I just don't do!

 

Anyway, I found this link to Self magazine's website, providing a GREAT, crossfit inspired workout for mums with babies...The excercises featured are designed for you to be able to do with your LO in a pushchair/stroller, so no excuses!

 

I don't like to say these workouts are for 'new mums', as anyone who has recently given birth knows, as a 'new mum' there are a few very important things to remember...

1. You MUST take it easy for at least 6 weeks after birth, longer if you had a C-Section...

2. Unless you're a frigging robot, you feel like if you so much as cough, your insides are going to fall out through your arse...

3. You have to gradually work yourself back into fitness, gently! Unless you have been working out throughout your pregnancy and know what you're doing, then please please don't over do it. It's FAR more important to be able to function for your new bub in those first weeks, so NO OVERDOING IT!!

 

Anyway guys, here's the link!

 

http://www.self.com/fitness/blogs/freshfitnesstips/2012/09/4-crossfit-inspired-moves-to-b.html

 

Enjoy!!

Today's Workout...

My workouts vary on how I feel on the day, some days I'll hunt down a crossfit workout and find bodyrock.tv VERY helpful! Plus most workouts are under 30mins and high impact for AMAZING results... GREAT for mums with little time...
Some days I use my Nike fitness app to pick out area focused workouts thr mix strength and cardio...
Mainly, most days, I will do strength workouts of some sort. This is where you focus on strengthening and shaping your muscles, rather than specifically trying to lose weight...
However, I do have days where I do cardio. I power walk my dog most days between 3 and 5 miles, and today I got out on a run for the first time in a long time...
Runs are great, and I found a great pin (yeah yeah I'm an AVID Pinterest fan ha), that gives total beginners instructions on how to work up to running 30 mins without stopping...
I'll post the link one day if anyone is interested...
Every now and again I'll do yoga/Pilates, but to be honest, having a 3 year old and OCD means I tend to get irritated when trying to be 'calm and peaceful' for that long :-)
That and quite often I end up thinking about my next cup of black coffee...

Today's Workout.

- 12 jump squats
- 10 standard squats
- 10 lunges on each leg
- 30 hip raises
- 50 fast paced squeezes at top of hip raise
- 12 hip raises with opposite leg lifted on each leg
- 25 (excuse me for not knowing the technical name) on all fours lift one leg up and kick with flat foot up to the ceiling then back down... Do 25 on each leg...
- 30 second plank
- 50 standard sit-ups

I then grabbed the dog and went for a run. It was my first run in a while, so consisted of the following...

-Power Walk 2-3mins
-Run 2mins
-Power Walk 1min
-Run 2mins
-Power Walk 1min
-Run 3mins
-Power Walk 4mins

I know this isn't much to the advanced runner or advanced body builders out there, but listen, I'm a relatively normal human being... I sometimes only have the odd 10-30min slots to excercise and that's if I'm lucky...
It's not about how much you do, it's about having the balls and willpower to feel tired, drained, crazy etc and still think to yourself that doing a little is better than sitting doing nothing at all!

Took the dog for another walk this evening too...