Postpartum Weight Loss- âBest Abdominal Equipment to Flatten My Stomach?
October 27, 2009 on 9:34 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffTo Sara of Fit by Sara: “What is the best abdominal equipment to flatten my stomach?”
From Sara of Fit by Sara: “I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is you don’t need any fancy equipment to flatten your abdominals. The bad news is it takes more than doing abdominal crunches to get flat abs. The key to flat abs is eating healthy (i.e., cut back on processed foods, white flour foods, chips, cookies, and sodas), and up your cardio. Cardiovascular exercise such as walking, swimming, biking, aerobics, etc. will burn calories and reduce body fat. Then add in the good ole abdominal crunches 3-4 x per week or yoga and/ or pilates and you’ll start to see flattening of the abdominals. So you don’t need any equipment, just work on reducing body fat, because once you reduce body fat you’ll start seeing abdominal flattening and definition.” -Sara Holliday
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Postpartum Weight Loss- Best Exercise After Having a Baby
October 8, 2009 on 4:49 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffTo Sara of Fit by Sara: What is the best exercise I should do after having my baby?
From Sara of Fit by Sara: After your doctor has given you the thumbs up to exercise (typically 4-6 weeks postpartum), I recommend starting off slow. Walking with your baby in the stroller or baby bjorn is great exercise plus your baby will love the movement and typically fall asleep. Work up to 40 min. of walking 3-5 X per week. As you get stronger you can start implementing interval training to burn more calories and reduce body fat. For example you can do 5-10 min. power walking followed by a 2 min. jog (I highly recommend a jogging stroller for running), then repeat the sequence for a total of 40 min.-Sara Holliday
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Postpartum Weight Loss- âHow much is too much?
October 6, 2009 on 8:57 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffTo Sara of Fit by Sara: “I’ve been very consistent with my workouts and have noticed great results. Sometimes I’m really tired, but I push myself to workout anyway. Should I be working out tired? How much is too much?”
From Sara of Fit by Sara: “That’s great that you’ve been consistent with your workouts! And you’re right, consistency is the key to getting great results. However when you’re tired, your body is telling you something. It’s telling you to rest. If you don’t rest you may end up injured and or over fatigued. Keep with the consistency, but be sure to listen to your body and rest when you feel you need too. I recommend 4-5 X per week of cardio (i.e., swimming, running, biking, kick boxing to get your heart rate up) for 30-45 min. and 2-4 x per week of yoga, pilates and/or light weight lifting for muscle toning. -Sara Holliday
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Postpartum Weight Loss- Motivation to Workout for Husband and Wife
September 24, 2009 on 11:46 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffTo Sara of Fit by Sara: “My husband and I are at least 20 lbs. overweight. We know we need to workout, but just don’t have the motivation to get out the door. What tips do you have to help us?”
From Sara of Fit by Sara: “Since you both want to get in shape, you can help each other. Start of with “baby steps”-set a day and time to go for a walk together. Walk for 5-10 min and look for something you can walk to. The next day set your eyes on a marker that’s a little bit further away. It only takes 2 weeks to build an exercise habit, because you’ll start to feel good. Once you get into the habit of doing a little something each day, reward each other. For example, set goals such as “I/we will walk everyday for 10-15 min. for 2 weeks”. After you’ve met you goals treat each other. How about giving each other massages? Or go on a date to the movies?”-Sara Holliday
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Postpartum Weight Loss- Yoga for a Lean Long Body
September 16, 2009 on 11:28 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments OffTo Sara of Fit by Sara: “I want a “lean, long, yoga body”, but I don’t understand how I can lose weight doing it if it doesn’t get your heart rate up. Do I need to do additional cardio?”
From Sara of Fit by Sara: “There are several different types of yoga, a few of which will get your heart rate up. For example, “Power Yoga” (Ashtanga) and “Flowing Yoga” (Vinyasa) can be great workouts where you will sweat, feel a heart rate boost, lose weight, lengthen your muscles and feel relaxed and balanced after. If you are doing these styles of yoga 4 x per week you probably don’t need to do additional cardio. However, if you are doing vinyasa or ashtanga 2 x per week, I recommend adding a cardio workout, such as a power walk 2-3 x per week. Also be sure to eat healthy since much of the way we look is related to how and what we eat.” -Sara Holliday
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