The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness is an invaluable reference manual for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for pregnant women. Packed with practical tips on designing activity programmes, as well as how to apply the correct techniques to over 40 exercises, aided by full colour photos. This is an up-to-date practical guide to the underpinning theory and includes comprehensive recommended reading for each chapter. Learn about the physiological changes during pregnancy and how this affects exercise programmes, including contra-indications to be considered when working with pregnant clients. Also covered are the required legal and insurance elements.

Baby Weight, an innovative prenatal and postpartum fitness plan, helps you control weight gain and maintain muscle tone during pregnancy and get your body back faster after baby comes. Baby Weight is unique to other books on the market today in that it was developed by a licensed Physical Therapist and certified Perinatal Fitness Educator, offering the insight of an experienced healthcare professional aware of the unique needs of the prenatal and postpartum mother. Learn all you need to know about the changes in your body and how to counteract adverse body changes and common aches and pains through specific exercises that isolate the exact muscles weakened during pregnancy and childbirth. Baby Weight features the CoreMama(tm) exercises, which teach you to work the muscles that need it most in a progressive and intense program that caters to all fitness levels. Since the exercises were developed by a Physical Therapist and Perinatal Fitness Educator specializing the treatment of women during and after pregnancy, you can rest assured that the intense exercises will safely challenge you within the limits of your abilities to push to the next level. You will sweat, you will tremble, and you will definitely feel like you've had a work out after doing these exercises! After baby comes, the postnatal program will teach you to use your baby's weight to help you lose your baby weight by incorporating your baby into the exercises, making them more effective and more fun! The handling techniques used to integrate baby into the exercises, developed by a neonatal and pediatric Physical Therapist, help stimulate your baby's motor development. Mom and baby grow strong together!Of course, weight control doesn't depend on exercise alone. Learn to follow a balanced and healthy diet with Baby Weight's practical and easy-to-implement nutritional advice that teaches you to make conscious food choices. If you are looking for a guide to get and stay in shape during and after pregnancy, look no further!

An authoratitive guide to exercise in water for pregnant women, a popular form of pre-natal exercise with many health benefits. Packed with exercise ideas and essential safety considerations for when working with pregnant clients.

"Presents various benefits of exercising during all the stages of pregnancy, and gives exercise recommendations for pregnant women."--Résumé de l'éd.

The Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Fitness is an invaluable reference manual for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for pregnant women. The book is packed with practical tips on designing activity programmes, as well as how to apply the correct techniques to over 40 exercises, aided by full colour photos. This is an up-to-date practical guide to the underpinning theory and includes comprehensive recommended reading for each chapter. Learn about the physiological changes during pregnancy and how this affects exercise programmes, including contra-indications to be considered when working with pregnant clients. Also covered are the required legal and insurance elements.

Pregnancy Fitness covers all physical and physiological aspects of pregnancy, birth, and recovery. Practical and accessible, it delivers stretching, strengthening, and functional exercises as well as sample workout programs to take you safely and confidently through each phase of pregnancy and postpartum fitness.

Your all-in-one guide for a fit pregnancy! As a mom-to-be, you want the best for your baby and yourself. You need sensible, up-to-date advice on maintaining a healthy diet and a robust fitness level. The Everything Guide to Pregnancy Health and Nutrition is your ultimate mother's helper for diet, exercise, nutrition, and more--at every stage. Inside, you'll find information on: Determining your caloric needs When (and when not!) to exercise The best and worst foods for pregnancy Exercises for all your major muscle groups Vegetarian or vegan pregnancies Getting back into exercise after your baby is born With extra information on pre- and post-pregnancy health, this guide is the perfect handbook for mamas-to-be looking to stay healthy!