Pregnancy

Are Planks Safe During Pregnancy?

You've probably heard that they're "not safe". You've probably ALSO heard that they are perfectly safe. Welcome to the wonderful world of...

Healthy Toilet Habits During Pregnancy

This might seem like a strange topic, and it may not seem that important, BUT, establishing good toilet habits is incredibly important...

My Top Tip for Training during Pregnancy

There are a few things that are MORE important than training your core during pregnancy

Top 5 Pregnancy Core Exercises

Women are obsessed with doing "core" exercises, and I get asked almost daily what exercises you should do for your core during pre

My Prenatal Fitness "Programme"

Now that I'm postpartum I want to share with you a retrospective view of my training through pregnancy. I write "programme" in inverted...

GUIDELINES FOR LIFTING WHEN PREGNANT

If you'd prefer to listen to a video about this you can check out this video that I made on the same topic One of my aims during this...

Starting to Show: Body Image in Pregnancy

Imperceptible from the front, but getting hard to hide from the side. It's still at that awkward phase though where I just look like I'm...

Can you do Handstands during Pregnancy?

Handstands while pregnant: here's everything that you need to know... If you ask this question, most people will tell you a resounding...

What NOT to say to a Pregnant Woman

This one was a very cathartic one to write. Months of stupid, insensitive comments all pent up came flooding out as soon as I touched...

Avoiding Stretch Marks during Pregnancy?

For those of you who know me well, you might be a little surprised that I'm writing about this topic – it's not the sort of thing I...

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