Elly, A Few Weeks Postnatal. Baby is just behind the camera!
If you’re looking for specialist pregnancy or postnatal personal training, you need to be sure you’re really getting an expert.
If you’re pregnant or have recently had a baby, the world of gyms & exercise classes suddenly doesn’t seem to be belong to you anymore (if it you ever felt it did that is 
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Gyms are wary, pointing pregnant women nervously towards the treadmill with instructions to ‘only walk’ & to ‘make sure you keep your heart rate below 140BPM’ (this is outdated & inadequate advice BTW).
Most class instructors will want you to sit most of it out, & even your personal trainer is highly likely NOT to be specifically qualified. The teenagers patrolling the gym with ‘Personal Trainer’ emblazoned across their backs just don’t seem to exactly relate to what you & your body really need. They are almost definitely NOT really a specialist pregnancy or postnatal personal trainer.
Yesterday a new client joined us who has been working with her own personal trainer for years very happily. He is highly qualified & she enjoys training with him. But at 13 weeks pregnant, neither of them feels confident that he can give her the right kind of instruction. Good for him, I think that shows real professionalism to refer her. Some (& this applies to many professions) would be more concerned with keeping her short term business, than putting her in the safest hands.
Anyone advertising or claiming to be a pregnancy or postnatal personal trainer in SW London (or anywhere else for that matter… Google just like me to remind you where we are ) should be able to give you certain reassurances… See previous post ‘How Do You Know if Your Pregnancy or Postnatal Personal Trainer is Any Good?’ for some guidelines when choosing.
Your relationship with your personal trainer at any time is a pretty close one. They see you sweaty, with no make up, feeling vulnerable & not-so-self confident… add to this the hormones, tiredness, emotions & monumental physiological changes of pregnancy & motherhood… & you really do want to make sure you’re comfortable with this person!
Qualifications are very important, obviously. As are insurance, first aid training & of course experience. But the missing link is what we at No More Excuses like to refer to as ‘getting it’. My fabulous team don’t just know how to train pregnant & postnatal women, they do it all the time, they know how to work around young children, they know exactly where you want to be… but at the same time they know exactly what else you’re dealing with. They Get It.
Military boot camp style suits some clients (we’ll shout at you if you really want us to!). Some women prefer a much more sensitive approach. Neither is any more effective than the other.
No More Excuses pregnancy & postnatal personal trainers in SW London (got it now, Google?) get you the results you’re after – safely – that’s a given. But where we are a little more flexible & undertsanding to the needs of mums – expectant, new or otherwise – is in the way we get you there.
You tell us you want No More Mummy Tummy, more energy, a strong pelvic floor & no back ache. You want to be a lean, shapely, energetic & sexy mummy, not a size zero but not flabby either. No problem, we can help!
If you’d like a free, no obligation at your home, just fill out the form on the right & I’ll get right back to you to arrange it.
What are your pregnancy or postnatal experiences of gyms, instrcuctors or classes? Did you feel in safe hands? Did they ‘get it’??
Hello, I'm Wendy Powell, Founder of No More Excuses, creator of the 
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