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Wetstepz Aquanatal classes at Ramsden Bellhouse
If you're looking for a fitness regimen that will help you keep fit throughout your pregnancy, consider water fitness. Being in water will take the weight off your legs and back and you will feel more comfortable working out. Aside from that, water fitness has been shown to help during labour. According to a study published recently in the journal Reproductive Health, a course of water aerobics classes done by sedentary and low risk pregnant women has been shown to reduce the amount of pain-killing medication women request during labour.
If you are not currently exercising and would like a program you can be comfortable with, an excellent, low-impact program for pregnant women is aqua aerobics or water fitness. Aqua aerobics has most of the fat-burning and endurance-building qualities of land-based aerobics, without the high-impact pounding that can be dangerous while pregnant.
Aqua natal classes promote body awareness during and after pregnancy, by stressing the importance of exercise to alleviate the symptoms of postnatal and antenatal depression. Moreover, aqua natal exercises help reduce and eliminate back pain after pregnancy compared to land-based exercises.
Aqua natal exercises help strengthen your abdominal muscles, including the pelvic floor muscles. Keeping your muscles toned reduce the risk of involuntary defecation or urination after pregnancy. Also, these exercises give you the opportunity to meet expectant mums to share your experience.
Post natal exercises help prepare you both psychologically and physically for successful childbirth. Moreover, it is the best way to keep fit during pregnancy to help improve your overall health. Although these exercises will help you maintain healthy weight, they are not intended for weight loss.
Aqua natal exercises improve your health both during pregnancy and after giving birth, even when you experience complications during birth, it improves stamina and circulation. Exercises also reduce back pains, thereby help you recover faster.
These exercises are less intensive compared to land-based exercises such as lifting weights.
Breastfeeding mothers are vulnerable to hydration, therefore they require intake of fluids during exercise.
For further details please contact Kim on 07722 069314
