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Well, welcome to our second Friday Floor Sessions. So, every week on a Friday, I’m going to talk you through a set of Pelvic Floor Exercises. These episodes are short, these episodes are actionable, and they are designed to just help you get the job done and tick off your pelvic floor from the to-do list. This is perfect to be having a vaginal or cesarean birth, your pre-pregnancy perhaps you’re during pregnancy, or perhaps even years and years down the track. You could even send this podcast episode to your mum as pelvic floor exercises as something I believe all women need to do.
So, today we are diving into another pelvic floor basics. It’s a small step up from last week. However, as I said last week, everyone is different. So, some of you might find this basic or easy, whereas others of you might find it more challenging. Focus on quality, not quantity. And if you can’t hold for as long as I say, please don’t. Any discomforts or questions, please do stop and consult your healthcare provider.
Okay, get yourself into a position of comfort. So, if you’re standing up or doing things around the house, just quickly sit down. It will only take a couple of minutes, I promise. Fully relax your pelvic floor, relax your tummy. Take a few deep breaths. And every time you breathe out, just focus. First of all, on getting that beautiful relaxation that drop and flop through the pelvic floor and letting go of any tension in your tummy muscles. We want to always start pelvic floor from a position of full relaxation.
Okay, let’s start with quick lifts. So, we’re imagining we’re stopping yourself passing a wind so you’re drawing up through your back passage and then release. Zipping up and release. Lift up and release. Zip up and release. We have 10, release, 9, release, 8, release, 7, release, 6, release, 5, release, 4, release, 3, release, 2, release, last, 1, and let it go drop and flop. Beautiful. Nice few deep breaths and fully release.
Okay, today we’re going to go for five second strength holds. These are your maximum. You’re trying to zip up as strong as you can. But do make sure you can still keep breathing if possible. So, breathing in. As you breathe out, draw up through that back passage as if you’re stopping yourself passing wind, keep breathing, keep drawing up for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fully released, let it go and drop and flop. Okay, again, let’s zip up as strong as you can through that back passage for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fully release, let it go, drop and flop. Okay, let’s go. This is our third, zip it up as strong as you can. 100% Max, keep breathing, keep your glutes relax, that’s a way get going for 4, 3, 2, 1, fully release. And zipping up again. Nice and strong through your back passage of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fully release. We’ve got three more guys. Stay with me. Let’s go zipping up and doing like you’re stopping yourself passing wind. Keep breathing for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fully released. Let it go. Two more. Let’s go zipping up nice and strong for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fully let it go. Amazing last strength hold for now. Let’s go zipping it up for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and fully release, let it go and drop and flop. Okay, we’re going to finish off with a 25 second endurance hold. So, this is a 50% lift. This is the half lift. It’s not your maximum. So, it should feel that little bit easier. Hence, we can hold it a bit longer. When you’re ready. Once you’ve taken a few deep breaths once you feel like you’ve fully relaxed again. Let’s go zipping up halfway drawing up and then the 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, stay with me 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and let it go, drop and flop. You’re done.
That’s it, ladies. Don’t forget to send me a message on Instagram. I would love to hear from you. And if you’ve been enjoying these podcast episodes, it really does help if you could please leave a rating and review. It really does help the podcast get found by more people who would benefit from it. And I do thank each and every one of you for listening, and well done on doing your pelvic floor today. Amazing work ladies. That’s it. We’ll see you next week for another episode of the FitNest Mama Podcast.
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