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Feel confident and capable as a mom-to-be with Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy: A Yoga and Fitness Plan. Desi Bartlett, founder of the popular Mothers Into Living Fit program, guides you through your pregnancy. You will feel great in your own body, have the strength to deliver your baby, and recover quickly.
With the 3 + 1 Total Body Fitness philosophy, Bartlett combines yoga, resistance training, cardiovascular training, and nutrition. The emphasis on yoga improves posture, increases flexibility, and relieves low back pain and tension throughout your body. You’ll discover the techniques to nurture your mental well-being, allowing you to manage the emotional highs and lows of pregnancy and motherhood. You’ll find a plan for each stage of pregnancy and postpartum recovery, as well as the following: Over 100 exercises and yoga poses with appropriate safety guidelines 16 ready-to-use practices for various stages of pregnancy Desi’s quick tips and advice, including features like Mommy Move, Information No One Tells You, Love-Your-Baby Visualization, and Fun Foods A truly fit, confident mom is created from the inside out. Let Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy teach you how to prioritize your health and happiness, Cultivate your inner power and be a fierce, strong, sexy mom!
From the Publisher
Standing Lateral Stretch
CE exam available
For certified professionals, a companion continuing education exam can be completed after reading this book. The Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy Online CE Exam may be purchased separately or as part of the Your Strong, Sexy Pregnancy With CE Exam package that includes both the book and the exam.
Maintain your fitness throughout pregnancy
Nurture a strong body and mind before, during, and after pregnancy
With the 3 + 1 Total Body Fitness philosophy, Desi Bartlett combines yoga, resistance training, cardiovascular training, and nutrition so you can enjoy a strong and healthy lifestyle that benefits you and your baby. Each chapter offers valuable tips on movement, pregnancy, mental and emotional health, and a Fun Foods recipe. The 16 workouts cover every stage of pregnancy and postpartum recovery, including two for moms over 40.
Over 100 exercises and yoga poses with appropriate safety guidelines 16 ready-to-use practices for various stages of pregnancy Desi’s quick tips and advice, including features like Mommy Move, Information No One Tells You, Love-Your-Baby Visualization, and Fun Foods
Increase endurance and build strength
First trimester
Pointer Dog Pose
Benefits
This pose is great for core strength (TVA, obliques, lower back) and is also beneficial for balance training.
Feeling
This gives you a long line of energy extending in two directions (front and back), like the arrow on a compass.
Second trimester
Goddess Pose
Benefits
This pose strengthens the lower body with particular emphasis on the inner thigh and, like the Clock Squats, can help build strength in the core stabilizers (glutes, quads, hamstrings, abductors, inner thighs, abs, lower back, obliques, and TVA).
Feeling
If you are or were a ballerina at any time in your life, remember the feeling of grace that this movement has as your powerful legs carry you up and down. If you are not a dancer, think of the beautiful quiet strength that ballerinas and ice skaters have. The movement looks easy and beautiful on the outside, and that is a direct result of the power and strength on the inside.
Third trimester
Seated Side-to-Side Rock
Benefits
This movement mobilizes the muscles of the pelvic floor.
Feeling
Experience the feeling of mobility in the hips as though you were a child simply enjoying playtime with a beach ball. This is a valid form of exercise that has distinct benefits for pelvic mobility, but it’s also fun! Allow yourself to be playful and perhaps take a moment to think of all of the ways you can start to invite the spirit of play into your life. Soon you will be the mama of a little one who loves to play.
Publisher : Human Kinetics; First Edition (April 5, 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1492569801
ISBN-13 : 978-1492569800
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 0.176 ounces
Dimensions : 6.9 x 0.6 x 9.9 inches
