Posted by Dana Marie on Friday, June 24, 2011
Under: Mom Tips
How to workout if your muscles are separated after having children. After having children I have what is called Diastasis Recti (this is where your abdominal muscles split in two). Having this made me wander if I could do p90x and especially the ab ripper. I decided to do the P90x and ab ripper anyway but tried to take it easy until I felt more comfortable. The one thing I do recommend if you have this, is a waist trimmer belt. No matter what workout I am doing I always wearing the waist trimmer belt. It helps hold my abs together, gives me extra support for my back and it makes me sweat and you burn more fat. It is a great investment a fairly inexpensive. A must have for me.
No matter what workout I am doing I always wearing the waist trimmer belt. It helps hold my abs together, gives me extra support for my back and it makes me sweat and you burn more fat. It is a great investment a fairly inexpensive. A must have for me.
I am a stay at home mother of 4 children eight and under. There is not a lot of extra time to go to the gym and working out. So I do my workouts at home. There are a ton of workout videos to choose from when it comes to working out at home and I am one to try them all. I had my fourth child in April of 2009. Two months after having him, I decided to do the p90x lean program. I started out doing it everyday, but having four kids at home I was limited to 3 times a week. So while it took me longer than 90 days I still saw results. In the beginning I could do absolutely no push ups or pull ups; I could not make it through the whole video doing everything properly; I could not do and still have a hard time doing the Ab Ripper, but I try to be careful since my abs are split from having children. While doing p90x I lost 15 pounds. I went down 3 or 4 pant sizes. I am definitely stronger and leaner. I can actually do push ups now after doing the p90x. I am still not where I want to be, but that is why I keep pushing play. Now I also do some Insanity, and have also done Billy's Boot Camp. I like to mix it up, but my favorite is the P90x.
I am a stay at home mother of 4 children eight and under. There is not a lot of extra time to go to the gym and working out. So I do my workouts at home. There are a ton of workout videos to choose from when it comes to working out at home and I am one to try them all. I had my fourth child in April of 2009. Two months after having him, I decided to do the p90x lean program. I started out doing it everyday, but having four kids at home I was limited to 3 times a week. So while it took me longer than 90 days I still saw results. In the beginning I could do absolutely no push ups or pull ups; I could not make it through the whole video doing everything properly; I could not do and still have a hard time doing the Ab Ripper, but I try to be careful since my abs are split from having children. While doing p90x I lost 15 pounds. I went down 3 or 4 pant sizes. I am definitely stronger and leaner. I can actually do push ups now after doing the p90x. I am still not where I want to be, but that is why I keep pushing play. Now I also do some Insanity, and have also done Billy's Boot Camp. I like to mix it up, but my favorite is the P90x.
