After my OB/GYN gave me the okay to exercise again, 6 weeks after giving birth to my daughter, I decided to start right away. I hadn't worked out in weeks, and hadn't had a good, hard workout for quite a while longer. (Although I did continue long walks and yoga right up to, and on, the morning that my water broke, that did not provide the intensity of exercise that I was used to.) So, my workout routine began.
Much of my exercise timing now works around my daughter's naps. After all, sweating while my baby cries her lungs out doesn't make me feel great. (shocked?) Ab workouts usually come last for me, and by that time, my daughter typically starts fussing or crying. So, I face a fitness dilemma: tend to my daughter or complete my workout. Clearly, working out is not top of the list when a little screamer screams.
My solution? The Mother's Crunch. I lay my baby on my stomach, facing me, and do crunches, holding on to her as my weight. My daughter loves it...she usually relaxes and stops crying by the 3rd crunch, and sometimes even falls asleep on me! Adorable! And, I get to console my little gal while getting my workout in. Win Win.
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