Pre and Post Natal Exercise

LK-Fitness specialises in pre and post natal training. So whether you are planning a pregnancy, have just found out you're expecting or have just given birth and are a new Mum, then LK-Fitness will help you stay fit, strong and healthy throughout your exciting journey.

Pre Pregnancy Training

If you're planning on becoming pregnant in the near future then there is no better time to start being fit and healthy! Research has demonstrated that regular exercise can bring the following benefits to pregnancy:

• Having a healthy BMI (lower obesity) can increase your chances of conceiving
• Increases the chances of a low risk pregnancy
• Helps to avoid common pregnancy aches & pains
• Helps to reduce unnecessary weight gain
• More likely to drop baby weight quicker post pregnancy
• Less likely to suffer postnatal depression

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Pre Natal Training

If you've just found out you're pregnant and you want to continue or even start a regular exercise routine but not sure what you should/shouldn't be doing then LK-Fitness will help you. LK-Fitness recognises that pregnancy represents one of the most special phases of a woman's life. Every woman is different and can experience completely different pregnancies compared to others, so we will design a programme specifically for you, to cope with the changes that your body is about to encounter. Your health has never been so important. Keeping fit and healthy throughout your pregnancy brings ample of benefits to you and your baby.

Benefits for your baby:

• Improves the growth of the placenta
• Infants are less likely to have colic
• Infants have less body fat at birth, reducing the risk of heart disease & diabetes in adulthood
• Children have been shown to have greater neurodevelopment

Benefits for you:

• Helps to avoid gaining excess baby weight
• Boosts your energy levels
• Lifts your mood
• Reduces risk of pelvis, back & joint pain
• Improves & strengthens posture
• Helps to improve sleep
• Reduced risk of gestational diabetes & pregnancy-induced hypertension
• Prepares the body for childbirth, which can lead to an easier delivery
• A reduction in common pregnancy complaints such as constipation, morning sickness & swelling of the legs
• A quicker return to pre pregnancy weight
• Reduced chances of experiencing bladder control problems following labour
• Less likely to suffer postnatal depression

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Post Natal Training

Congratulations to those of you have given birth to your bundle of joy & are now enjoying being a new Mum!

Your body has gone through a huge amount of change. You are coping with a great deal and you may feel slightly isolated. Finding the motivation, energy and confidence to get back into those workout clothes can be difficult. LK-Fitness understands how demanding Motherhood can be. We also recognise the unique changes that pregnancy leaves on the female body. So as soon as you've had the all clear from your Health care professional, then we are here to bring you back to full fitness.

The benefits of exercising post pregnancy are:

• Improves your mood, relieves stress & helps to prevent post natal depression
• Boosts your energy levels
• Improves your sleep
• Strengthens your posture
• Conditions you abdominal muscles
• Helps strengthen you for the physical demands of motherhood
• Helps lose that excess baby weight & get your pre baby body back
• Strengthens your pelvic floor helping to reduce birth related incontinence
• Firms up & tones your body

Lack of time to yourself after you have had your baby can restrict you from getting back into your exercise routine. That is why LK-Fitness offer home training so you donít even have to leave your front door!

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Group Training

If one to one personal training isn't for you and you would like to join in with other Mums and their babies then why not try our group training sessions. LK-Fitness provides group training for Pre Natal Mums and buggy fit sessions for Post Natal Mums and their babies. It's a really fun way to exercise, provides a cheaper payment option and gives you a chance to meet other women who are at the similar stage of pregnancy as you.

For more information about our group training sessions, please contact us here.