Advice for women trying to lose pregnancy weight
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Celebrity Trainer Owen McKibbin shares advice for new moms on the best methods to lose the baby weight and how to incorporate your baby in the exercises as well
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The best way to lose the pregnancy weight in my opinion is to exercise with your child. You can do presses with your infant. And trust me, if you do enough of them, you're going to get winded. You're going to feel that burn in your shoulders, in your chest. You're going to have to stabilize your ab muscles, which are so important in the birthing process. You have to stabilize by lifting your children.
You can hold your child here and do squats. If you go on Google, I've done many baby workouts with my son Blaze when he was that small. Now he's bigger than I am.
But if you incorporate the child in the workout routine, much like reading to a child when they're young. They don't know what you're doing, and they don't know the words you're saying, but it shows them the value of a book. Same thing with exercise.
If they see you laying on the couch and smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, they're going to think that's what's cool. But if they see you moving and incorporating you into the movement, they're going to be like, hey dad. I want to try that.
A great example is I used to try the stairs with Blaze. And I used to put him on my shoulders. And one day, he goes, Daddy put me down. I can do it. And sure enough, I put him on the stairs, and it's all about learning.
Education is huge when you're working out with your kid. He learned the difference between water and sweat. He learned that your body produces one and it's saltier. Your heart rate, why is your heart pounding so hard? I'm using my muscles. We're going uphill.
And then when he got a little more advanced, I said, when I get up there, grab my feet. So I started doing pull ups with him hanging from my feet.
So you know, people look at us, it's exercise. I've got this baby weight. You can make it fun and educational at the same time.
Celebrity Trainer Owen McKibbin shares advice for new moms on the best methods to lose the baby weight and how to incorporate your baby in the exercises as well
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