Fit Mama Perth

This week is Women's Health Week and this year's theme is three words I want every mum reading this to hold onto: DO IT ANYWAY.

It's about taking the small step toward your health even when the day is full, when you're tired and when the conditions are nowhere near perfect. It's the walk you almost talked yourself out of, the glass of water, the ten minutes that you didn't think were worth it, you do it anyway and it adds up.

Today's focus in the campaign is on how you fuel yourself and as a mum this one runs deep, because so many women spend the day making sure everyone else has eaten and reach the evening running on not much at all.

When you’re busy looking after everyone else, it’s easy to forget about feeding yourself properly. But you need food and energy too, especially on the days when there’s a lot going on.

We're following the week's themes day by day, moving through fuelling, movement, rest, mental wellbeing and connection.

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This is what happens when we stop treating movement as all or nothing.

The mums who make it work long-term know that every little bit counts, it’s about finding ways to move throughout your day and making it part of everyday life.

If that sounds like the kind of support you have been looking for, the link in my bio is where to start.

The question I from pregnant mums is whether they are supposed to wind everything right back.

The answer is almost always no, you keep the foundations and layer a few specialist adjustments on top. Overwhelming research and guidelines tell us that exercise in pregnancy is a great thing.

If you want help applying any of this to you, make sure to reach out.

I love these updated guidelines because they finally match how a mum's day actually works.

You're already moving all day, lifting a toddler, walking to school, up and down the stairs a hundred times. The new guidelines see that as movement, not as the stuff that happens around your "proper" exercise.

Pick one line off this list and give it a nudge this week. That is how this works, small and repeatable, not all at once.

Did you know the movement guidelines for adults were updated recently.

The headline change is this: movement, sitting less and sleep are now looked at together, as one connected picture rather than three separate things. What you do outside your workout matters too - getting up regularly, moving throughout the day and giving your body time to rest all add up.

For a mum whose day rarely goes to plan it's a great way to think about it, because it means the ten minute walk, the floor play with your toddler and a decent night's sleep all count toward the same goal.

We're talking about this all week, starting with what the new adult guidelines actually say and then what changes and what does not, when you're pregnant. Save this and come back for the rest.

Can relate to this, does the idea of your whole day counting in your movement quota feel more doable than a workout you can never quite fit in?

A modification isn’t “taking the easy option”

Some days your body needs a different version of an exercise and that doesn’t make your workout any less valuable.

Pregnancy, postpartum, injury, energy levels… there are so many reasons we might need to change how we train.

At Fitmama, we’re all about meeting your body where it’s at and progressing from there 💪🏻💕

Working with a MumSafe certified trainer means working with someone who understands the pelvic floor, the postpartum core, the hormonal landscape of motherhood and midlife and the kind of training that actually serves your body at every stage.

Sessions are built around you, where you are right now, what your body has been through and where you want to go.

The link in my bio is where to start.

This week I am asking the mums in this community a question.

If you could go back and tell yourself one thing about your body at any stage of motherhood, what would it be?

Comment below, I will be reading every one.

Not all core exercises are created equal after birth and timing matters more than most people think.

Here are the four phases of postpartum core rebuilding, what each one involves and how to know when you're ready to move forward. Save this one.