Gwyneth Paltrow just gave birth to baby Moses recently. I imagine, as with baby Apple before, she will recover her figure in no time at all. Paltrow, like my sister-in-law, is blessed with a great figure that little seems to disrupt. However, the other benefit that Paltrow has over the rest of us is access to some of the best fitness training on the market.
They can recover their pre-pregnancy figures in short form, because they are training back to them. Well, if they can do it, why can’t we? This was the argument posed by LaReine Chabut in her book Lose that Baby Fat. Although the theory is hardly revolutionary, the sensible approach is probably one of the best for not only recovering your figure, but also toning the new curves you’ve added to it with pregnancy.
Chabut talks from experience as a fitness video instructor, model and author. She claimed to never worry about her figure until she had a baby. Like many others before her, her figure took a hit and she was surprised by how traumatic the experience was. Now determined, Chabut tackled post-baby fitness as her goal.
The workout begins lightly, focusing on walking and stretching. These are both activities you can do in the first weeks after the baby’s birth. Eventually you will work on towards specific abs, arms, gluts, chest, upper back and leg exercises. She has included weight and circuit training as well.
The focus is on understanding that having a baby changes your body, period. However, you can take control of those changes, you can trim and you can tone. You may not recover your actual pre-pregnancy figure, but you can enhance the lush and curvier one you’ve been given.
Chabut’s book is a good way to tackle those first few weeks after baby, especially when you start to wonder if you will ever look the way you did before. Maintaining exercise before, during and after the pregnancy will help you retain your figure easier. However, retraining your figure is as important.