Back After Baby Stronger, BABS, is a postpartum class in Emo, Co. Laois for women who want to lift weights without making their symptoms worse
Classes are a mix of core and strength exercises, low impact cardio to help you get stronger and feel more comfortable in your clothes. Babies are welcome
6 week term €60 starting on Thursday 9th January at 11:00am
Are you a new mum? Wondering what exercises are safe? Or how you will ever feel like you again?
It can be hard to get back to doing the exercises you love after pregnancy. What about the 6 week check? Are you good to go after that?
I talk to women everyday who tell me that they don’t know where to start, they want to be strong again and get back to their gym classes or running.
When we want to get back to exercising after pregnancy we think we have 2 options:
A buggy boot camp/gym class that you used to go to - you lower the weight and maybe avoid the jumping jacks and burpees in case you leak but ultimately you never fix your leaking or your diastasis. You occasionally wee yourself but that’s the cost of having a baby right?
A couch to 5k - you love running and this sounds like a great idea. You wear black leggings and a sanitary pad just in case. But you’ve missed the strength work needed and there’s no introduction to impact so you end up in the deep end. Leaking, heaviness in your pelvic floor and your worried you have made it worse.
Neither of these sound like good options!
That’s why I created the BABS programme. It is a unique mix of breathing and core exercises, strength and impact workouts designed to help you recover, regain strength and get back to what you love!
Martina is a brilliant trainer. Her classes are thoughtfully planned and purposeful, with each exercise designed to help heal and rebuild strength postpartum. She explains the importance of breathing and alignment in a way that’s easy to understand, offers corrections and adjustments as well as adaptations when needed. I left her classes feeling much, much stronger than when I began! -Mandy
Instead of following random YouTube videos with no clue if you’re even doing it right, Join BABS and get expert coaching.
6 classes for €60, that’s €10 per class!
What you can expect?
Each class starts with breathing exercises to reconnecting your core and pelvic floor. This is the foundation of everything else including running and jumping! We work on alignment with ribs stacked over hips to help you move efficiently, get rid of aches and pains and get a stronger core.
But it’s not all about slow mat based exercises, classes included weights which we progress every 4 weeks.
Then we add in some impact like hopping and jumping so you are confident your body and pelvic floor is strong!
I have used my REPS method for years working with 100s of women online and in person to get them moving and loving exercise after pregnancy.
Reconnect your core and pelvic floor. Realign your posture and learn to stack ribs over hips
Empathy for yourself, your symptoms and situation - you won’t always have leaking or prolapse symptoms but learning how to manage them helps you progress and get stronger.
Progress with weights, impact and intensity - yes the fun stuff!
Stay consistent - don’t get bored of the basic rehab and learn how to exercise no matter what life throws at you
I didn't know what I could do safely after having a baby, I wasn't sure if there was certain things to avoid. I didn't feel like me anymore, my body shape had changed. The classes made me realise I was much stronger than I thought. I also felt more toned and had to buy some smaller jeans. You made going to the gym fun for the first time ever! - Louise
Hi I’m Martina!
I am a qualified pregnancy and postpartum coach and founder of Fit Mná.
My online classes and programmes have helped 100s of women exercise during pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. I have helped women to heal diastasis and leaking so they can get back to the exercises they love.
I understand the challenges around training during pregnancy and balancing the demands of motherhood and exercise as I have also trained throughout my own pregnancy and postpartum journey.