09/10/2023
Listen up, mum: š©āš§
Hereās my #1 tip for new mums getting back into fitness ā¬ļø
Now, Iām not a new or expecting motherā¦
But I am a new dad, and my wife gave birth to our Lyra 10 short weeks ago š£
As a coach, Iāve taken a number of incredible women through pregnancy, as well as helped them return to full fitness thereafter.
My wife is the latest candidate.
Ceri hit her first post-birth workout yesterday (a round of applause in the comments, please ā¬ļø)
The first thing she did afterwards was have a little cry, and say:
āI felt like myself againā š„²
Now, this resonated with me big time, for one reason:
Iāve worked a huge amount with people with injuries, as well as working through my ownā¦
And straight away I saw the similarities.
- You love being active.
- Injury can stop you exercising and so can later pregnancy, then postpartum recovery.
- You feel as though youāve lost a part of who you are.
On top of that, every second of your time is spent on your baby!
āMe timeā? Never heard of it.
The answer is obvious - weāve got to get you back into it somehow!
So, hereās my tip:
Your life is different now, you canāt treat fitness the way you did before.
You might try getting back into an amount of exercise and find itās unachievable.
Before baby you might have downloaded the first template programme Google offered you and absolutely crushed it.
Try that now and it might not go so well!
DO NOT BLAME YOURSELF FOR THIS.
If it doesnāt and you canāt complete all the work it asks for, thatās the fault of the plan, not the mum.
Youāre the same as anyone else - your plan must fit your life.
Rigidity must be replaced by flexibility.
Not you fitting around a programme, a programme fitting around you.
No, youāre probably not going to be doing as much as youād likeā¦
But youāve got to make a slow mindset shift towards doing what youāre able to and making the most of it.
Hope this helps!
Coach Tom āļø
