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Ante natal exercise class…

Our ante natal classes are pilates based and adhere with the findings of the latest medical research into why, and how to exercise during your pregnancy. It is so important not to give up exercising during pregnancy, and putting your feet up for 9 months will not help labour! Everyone is encouraged to work at their own level, performing exercises to promote a correct posture focusing on core stability and pelvic floor strengthening, endurance work, and flexibility to ensure an adequate, healthy weight gain. There is no time like the present and therefore we encourage all ‘mums to be’ to start or continue exercising as soon as they can.

Post natal Pilates Class

These classes are specifically designed for new mums. They’re great for getting abdominal and pelvic floor muscles working again!

Through a series of progressive slow measured movements, pilates focuses on developing core abdominal strength. Pilates will not only benefit muscle tone and strength but will also focus on breathing and postural alignment. In addition to this, Pilates helps promote relaxation and allows an opportunity to de-stress.

You can even bring your baby with you to class…

The Experts…

Genine Adam

Genine Adam is qualified in teaching Authentic Classical Pilates which is the original method of exercise developed by Joseph Pilates himself. She has been teaching for 5 years, originally in South Africa but more recently in the UK for the New York Pilates Studio. Her passion for Pilates has developed from a lifelong interest in exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle. Over the years Genine has experimented with various exercise regimes in her quest to find the ultimate workout.

Post natal exercise class…

Firstly congratulations on the arrival of junior, but now is the time to focus on yourself and get back into those clothes that were last worn 9 months ago and are still hanging up in your wardrobe! Exercise after giving birth is vital to enable you to regain your muscle power and cardiovascular fitness and tones those areas that get increasingly hard to keep in shape after the birth. Exercise also releases feel good hormones, and let’s be honest, we need as many of these as we can get! Our post natal exercise group focuses on core stability and pelvic floor strengthening, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility and education, and each new mother can work to their own level to regain confidence in their bodies. But most of all it is fun and sociable as you get to meet other mothers who are fighting to get rid of the extra few pounds of baby weight as well.

We recommend that you have had a post natal check with your doctor or midwife before attending, but usually we start at 6 weeks post normal delivery or 10-12 weeks post caesarian delivery.

The Experts…

Our ante and post-natal classes are run by an internationally certified Personal Trainer who has completed the American Council on Exercise ‘Pregnancy & Exercise’ qualification. She also has in-depth practical experience of working with over 100 clients while they were trying to conceive, during pregnancy and in the post-natal period. Her qualifications include: ACE (American) Exercise & Pregnancy, ACE (American) Pilates Mat Training, RSA Aerobics Teacher, BCRPA (Canadian) Personal Trainer.

Gemma Frankland

Gemma Frankland qualified as an International Personal Trainer in 2003. Starting-off with a wide and varied client base, she gained an enormous breadth of experience in cardiovascular development, weight-management, and resistance training. Gemma then decided to focus on the specific areas of fitness about which she had become most passionate: