Pilates After Pregnancy

by: AndreaDow
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October 24th, 2006

Pilates is an incredible tool to help your body get back into shape after pregnancy. After getting medical clearance from their doctor, most women can get back to or start pilates after 6 weeks past delivery. One of Pilates goal is to pull everything (including the abdominals) back to the center and up. After 9-10 months of things moving South, it will feel great to move things North away from gravity! Remember....we are trying to defy gravity. The improved stability, strength, stamina, posture and flexibility achieved through Pilates will also help you handle your new caretaking roles.

Brooke Siler, owner of re:AB studio in New York City, was interviewed by Oprah Magazine (www.oprah.com) about quick exercises you can do post-pregnancy. Here is a great exercise you can do anywhere, anytime. Stand with your heels together, big toes two to three inches apart. Pull your lowers abs in and up and inner thighs tight together. Lift off your heels and rise onto the balls of your feet. Make sure the heels stay glued together. Now slowly bend the knees (directing the knees out over the 2nd and 3rd toes) and keep the heels off the floor and the back straight. Lower your heels to the floor and slowly straighten legs. Pull your inner thighs together and pull your abdominals in and up. Perform 5 repititions and then reverse the sequence (keep the heels down and start with bending the knees, lift off the heels, straighten your legs and then lower heels to the floor) for 5 more repititions.

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