Thursday, February 14, 2008

Motherobics-Postpartum Exercise Program

Saw this in a magazine and just had to share...

Yoga: Fetus's Pose
Lie down on your mat and curl up on your side. That's all.
Intermediate: Read a magazine at the same time.
Advanced: To hit your target heart rate, read your hospital bill instead.

Pilates: The One
Lie faceup on your exercise mat. Lift your head and shoulders off the mat and raise your arms slightly above it. Pump arms once, down and up, for a count of one. Lie back down.
Intermediate: Do one more set of one.
Advanced: Get up from mat without shouting for help.

Spinning: Hell Climb
Haul yourself onto the seat of your exercise bike. Pause while your head stops spinning. Climb back down.
Intermediate: While still on bike, take both hands off handlebars and shout. "Look, a mom! No hands!"
Advanced: Remember to bring an ice pack with yhou in case the intermediate move makes you slip and bang your shin.

Jazzercise: Grape-Whine Combination
Stand in your kitchen, shoulders back and knees loose, then slowly sidestep to the fridge. Discover that your spouse has bought chardonnay, which you aren't allowed to have because you're breastfeeding.
Intermediate: Sidestep into room where spouse is sitting. Complain loudly.
Advanced: Lift right leg high and kick him.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

haha! Sounds like a good plan to me!