The Perfect Pregnancy Workout vol 1
You’ve got nine months to prepare for the challenge of your life. Use every minute! The Perfect Pregnancy Workout will: -improve your mood -reduce lower back pain -develop mental discipline to control labor pain -tone your lower body to handle the demands of labor and birth -make it easier to lose weight after your baby is born -strengthen your upper body to lift and hold your baby -help eliminate or avoid incontinence and hemorroids
Karyne Steben, a world-class acrobat formerly with Cirque du Soleil, leads us through the sculpting workout, combining strength moves with graceful flexibility.
First time exercisers can feel at ease; Karyne illustrates exercise techniques and explains the dos and don’ts of exercise during pregnancy in a clear, easy-to-understand twelve-minute instructional section.
With options to make it fun for beginners and challenging for advanced exercisers, anyone can do The Perfect Pregnancy Workout!
The Perfect Pregnancy Workout video is a 43 minute pregnancy exercise video: 5 minute warm-up, 33 minute workout, 5 minute cool down. There is also a 12 minute instructional section explaining proper technique for pregnancy exercise.
*The Perfect Pregnancy Workout includes exercise variations for women with diastasis recti.*
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Excellent workout!
Great full body & cardio work out. Great cues & easy to follow the instructor. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is expecting & is also wanting to stay in shape!
5 Stars Great prenatal workout dvd
You get a real workout. You get to sweat it out. On screen u get to see 3 (beginner, intermediate, advance) levels at once so u’ll have the option to choose the appropriate level for ur fitness, and also it does not get boring quickly. The pace of the workout is good, and before you know it, the 45min is over.
Only 1 area I find the instruction to be a bit doubtful is that while my gym instructor always stress to bend/lunge legs with knee not over the foot, this one says to bend it over the foot.
3 Stars challenging but not fun, and impractical
I think this workout is pretty thorough: after I do it, I feel as if most of my muscle groups have worked. It’s manageable for somebody who is medium-fit. It’s more about strength training than cardio, so makes a good complement to walking/swimming/whatever else you do. The things I don’t like about it are: it isn’t broken down into sections, so you have to do the whole 45 minute workout or nothing (or switch off in the middle, which I often do). If you don’t have much time, and/or have another kid or kids who may wake up while you’re trying to work-out, then it’s much better to have a dvd that is in shorter sections (like Leeza Hardt). Also, it is really depressing to look at. The setting is this bleak basement-like warehouse, and it’s dark; it’s somehow a real downer. If I have to watch somebody doing exercises on TV, I’d rather have some mountains or ocean in the background. But that may be just me. I find I have to make myself do this workout, and it feels like a real chore, though I do feel better after I do it.
5 Stars Excellent workout–preg-appropriate, offers different levels
I highly recommend this workout because it’s neither too wimpy, but doesn’t kill you. Throughout the various exercises, there are different levels of activity shown and depending on your level of fitness, how you feel that day, or how far along you are, you can decide what you feel up to. It does get the heartrate up–safely–but it’s really about sculpting and staying toned in all the right places. I do this video as well as cardio such as walking and the elliptical. For a totally out of shape person, this workout would be hard but you have to start somewhere, and you could do fewer reps. For someone just looking to stay toned, it’s great, and if you were super fit before pregnancy, this is also excellent because you can follow the “advanced” level.
5 Stars The Only Workout Video I Used!
I used this DVD throughout my twin pregnancy (up until about 8-months), and never got tired of it. I was pretty fit before getting pregnant, but wanted to be very careful (safe) while pregnant, so I looked for a DVD that would guide pregnancy-safe exercise instead of hitting the gym like I was used to. This video was fantastic - it is SO different than most of the others out there - the music, the stagecraft, and Karyne’s gentle voice are quite a contrast to the bouncy, bubbly cheerleading instructor voices that just grate on your nerves. I appreciated the focus on building core strength, the integration of Kegel’s into the routine (which, despite my best intentions, I rarely found myself doing any other time throughout the day), and the workout flow, which covered arms, legs, and belly, in addition to back and overall balance. I also purchased Leisa Hart’s Fit Mama Prenatal Workout, and made it through one viewing - it was a lot more “bouncy,” and much less soothing. I would definitely recommend this for any pregnant mom who wants to stay fit, but also wants to stay relaxed!
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