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Baby-cise!
Exercise Indoors With Baby By Sandra Greiner, Fitness Consultant
Nursing moms find it easy to keep baby nearby for frequent feedings. Try these mom-and-baby exercises.
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| 1. Baby Bridge With baby on your lap, press your lower back to the floor and pull your navel to your spine (pelvic tilt). Then lift your buttocks off the floor and press your knees together squeezing the gluts and inner thighs. Hold for five to 15 seconds. | 2. Flying Baby Curl With baby on your shins, perform a curl and bring your knees closer to your shoulders. Or try the Baby Curl: With baby on your lap, perform your sit ups say "peek-a-boo" as you make eye contact each time you come up. |
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| 3. Abdominal Baby Hammock Sitting with baby on your lap, lean back with fingers pointing toward body. Extend one leg. As you shift your weight from your hands to your buttocks (chest to extended thigh), pull in the lower abs tight. | 4. Kiss the Baby Push-ups On your knees, torso straight, hold your abs in tight as you kiss baby with each push-up. |
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| 5. Ride the Pony Hamstring Stretch Baby straddles shin as you reach your chest for your thigh | 6. Nose to Nose Glut Stretch From the all-fours position, cross one leg over the other and slide it back on an angle. |
It's much easier to make time for exercise when fitness is fun for you and for your baby!
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