Heidi Klum’s Pregnancy Ab Toning Secrets

Heidi Klum’s Pregnancy Ab Toning Secrets

With Heidi Klum expecting her fourth baby in a few weeks, she has managed to stay in amazing shape throughout her pregnancy and showed off her near perfect baby expecting figure at the Emmy’s last week.   In addition to maintaining a healthy diet she exercises 4-6 times a week and tones her abs with some of these moves:

1.   Sit cross-legged with your back against a wall, Inhale while expanding your belly and filling your lungs.  Exhale while pulling your belly in.  Start with 3 sets of 15.

2.  Sit in a semi-reclined position using pillows for support, keep your knees almost even with your chest.  Hold arms straight out in front on the outside of knees.  While exhaling lift your back off the pillow, pulling your chest towards your knees.   Lower your body and inhale.  Start with 3 sets of 15.

3.  Get on all fours with your hands placed under your shoulder for support and knees on the ground under your hips.  Keep spine and back in a neutral position.  Inhale pulling your belly up under your spine and hold for 5 seconds.  Exhale and release without letting your back sag.  Repeat for 3 sets of 15.

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Exercising for Two

Exercising for Two

Studies* have shown that pregnant women who get regular aerobic exercise not only boost their own health but may also boost the development of their fetus’s respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems.  The exercise-exposed fetuses showed signs of having a more mature nervous system as well as lower heart rates and higher heart rate variability during breathing movements.  These finding suggest that these fetuses were healthier and developing at a faster rate than the fetuses of non-exercisers.  If you are expecting, hopefully, this will be motivation to get you moving today.  Here are a few aerobic exercises that are easy and fun to do at home or at your gym:

• Brisk Walking
• Biking
• Group Exercise Classes such as Step or Cardio Kick-Boxing
• Swimming
• Dancing
• Jogging
• Using the Elliptical Machine

*The Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and the University of Kansas Medical Center

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Amber Stone’s Body of Stone Fitness

For anyone living in and around the Tri-County area, there is a new fitness center located in London, KY that you must check-out! Body of Stone Fitness, owned and operated by Amber Stone is the only place in town you can find a fully certified staff of personal trainers with all the required education and experience.

 
Body of Stone Fitness facility is the only facility in town with instructors certified by the International Youth Conditioning Association.
Amber and her team of trainers offer a wide variety of group exercise classes, personal training, bootcamps, as well as many other additional services. Their mission is to inspire people to make positive changes, thereby realizing their optimal potential.

 

Amber is living this mission as she recently competed in the Bikini Universe Competition in Miami Beach, Florida and has her sights set on competing in the Fitness America Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada in November.  Amber is the proud mother of two children and resides in London, KY with her husband, Chris Stone.

If you are interested in learning more about Body of Stone Fitness you can contact Amber.

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When to exercise again after having a baby?

If you had a natural child birth, it takes 4-6 weeks for the uterus to shrink back to normal size.  If you had a C section it would take 6-8 weeks for the uterus to shrink back to normal size.  The wait times for cardio and weights depends on how intense your work-outs were prior to and during your pregnancy, for example, if you focused only on cardio and did not lift weights then you should resume with cardio first.  Regardless of whether it is cardio or weights, you should be careful to initially avoid any strenuous activities or jolting motions.  You should resume regular work-outs but do so with decreased intensity.  Make sure to speak with your doctor first before resuming any physical activity.