Core health in postpartum
Blossom Strong
English - July 01, 2020 18:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBFitness Health & Fitness Kids & Family Parenting fitness motherhood motherhood transition pregnancy mom momfit postpartum strength strong blossom Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"Will my core ever look the same after having my baby?"
Whether you've outright asked the question out loud or it silently ruminates in your mind when you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, your journey to rebuilding your core starts with mindset and movement.
Blanche and Esther talk about mental strategies paired with movements to show kindness to your changing body through the motherhood transition.
Welcome and weekly update
09:08 It's all about balance
13:25 investing in strength rather than aesthetics
19:12 Adapting the mental strategy of kindness toward your body
19:49 Be strategic about the progressive movements you plan to rebuild your core
21:56 What is diastasis recti?
26:26 What is not considered diastasis?
30:09 How do I increase functional strength with diastasis?
30:59 "Finding your fence" - defining the difference between coning as constructive feedback and coning as a warning side that you're putting excess pressure on your abdomen
35:21 List of movements to get familiar with when rebuilding your core
36:11 Deadbug
37:33 Holds
37:48 Heel Slides
38:12 Supine Marches
38:27 Pelvic tilts
39:40 Standing Marches
40:00 Off-set Carry (rack carry, farmer's carry, waiter's carry)
40:17 Side Oblique Sit (the "down" position seen in the first 7 seconds and as a rest in between side plank progression)
41:03 Side planks