More about Post-natal Exercise

When you resume doing housework-do not delay it much – keep your posture straight and your muscles of the abdomen contracted. A lazy posture will make your muscles of the abdomen still more flabby and increase the waistline rather than make it trim. While climbing stairs contract your abdominal muscles and then climb upstairs. Remember to walk two stairs at a time. While standing contract your abdominal muscles. Bend forward from the hips while you hold the back of a chair. Try to push the chair with the contracted muscles of the abdominal wall. Stand with contracted abdominal muscles against a wall. Try to flatten the middle of the back against the wall. Try a few lying-down exercises. To begin with, lie on back, hands behind the head. Now, slowly raise yourself to the sitting position. Lie flat on back, arms stretched overhead. As you sit up bringing forward the body, try to touch the toes with your hands. Repeat several times. Lie flat on back, feet crossed. Now make the muscles of the abdomen and seat tight by contraction. Kneeling exercise is also good. Kneel on all fours, keeping your head high. As you contract the abdominal muscles, tuck your head under the arched back. Keeping your abdominal muscles contracted, kneel, sit on the heels and roll the head down on the knees.