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Sydney Rhodes, CPT | Pregnancy & Postpartum Fitness
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If you don’t learn anything else about fitness during pregnancy and postpartum, PLEASE learn THIS! 🫶🏻 This breathing technique is the literal 🔑KEY🔑 to preg & pp fitness. Why? Well, because diaphragmatic breathing: 🤍helps strengthen your TVA (transverse abdominals), which act as your “corset” to hold your bump up 🤍strengthens and protects your lower back — taking a load off of it in later pregnancy when your belly gets really heavy! 🤍helps with your stability (which can be extremely challenged during pregnancy) 🤍helps strengthen and heal your inner core postpartum 🤍will help you get your abs back more easily pp A lot of women ask “is it okay to flex my abs while pregnant?” The answer is yes, but this is how you do it!… When you take that big #diaphragmaticbreath , you simultaneously contract your abs/core. You can also do a kegel at the same time! You can practice this technique by itself as much as you want throughout pregnancy, but it is CRUCIAL that you do this while lifting weights. This will protect your back and core while weightlifting and you will be able to lift more weight, for longer in your pregnancy! Okay, PHEW!! 😮‍💨 now… ANY QUESTIONS mamas?! 😍 I’m more than happy to help!!! Comment below! Also, DM me the word “pregnant” or “postpartum” if you’d like me to send you my Pregnancy and Postpartum Core Guides when I finish them! 🫶🏻 #pregnancy #postpartum #postpartumfitness #postpartumjourney #postpartumworkout #postpartumworkouts #postnatal #postnatalfitness #postnatalworkout #pregnancyworkout #pregnancyworkouts #pregnancyfitness #prenatalfitness #prenatalworkout #innercorebreathing #innercore #pelvicfloorexercises #pelvicfloor