Please watch through this video guide on how to check your abdominals, have a go at checking yourself, then email your findings to me at kate@katesmartfitness.com. I am happy to arrange a phone consultation if you are in any worried …
Author: Kate Smart
Sleep hygiene and the post natal woman
There has been a lot written on the importance of sleep over the last few years, in fact, last year, researchers for a BBC programme suggested that our society had become ‘supremely arrogant’ in ignoring the importance of sleep. This …
Nourishing for Hormonal Balance in the Postnatal Period
I think it is a well known fact that the postnatal woman has gone through, and continues to function with a huge hormonal shift, but rarely do we discuss what can be done to support the woman, to maximise her …
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Prune and Chia Pots
This is a super quick dairy free dessert, inspired by a recipe from Jenny Burrell that I often serve to my Holistic Core Restore® clients. There’s no added sugar and the chia seeds add masses of nutrients, particularly healthy fats …
When it comes to the crunch…..
Kate Smart
Posted in Exercising the Core, Home Workout, online programmes, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Floor, Post Natal Exercise, Self Care, Uncategorized
I think this is one of the biggest questions when it comes to postnatal exercise….. When can I crunch? Why can’t I crunch? What can I do instead of crunches? Alongside losing excess baby weight, getting back into …
Tagged with: abdominals, crunches, diastasis recti, exercise, pelvic floor, postnatal, prolapse, tummy
Well hello 2015!
Keeping it simple…… So, as the first day of 2015 draws to a close I’m wondering if you’ve drawn up a list of resolutions? My timelines have been jam-packed with ‘lose 7 lbs in 7 days’, ‘New Year…new you’ …
A little healing recipe for you
If you’re feeling under the weather and your immune system needs a boost, try making good old fashioned stock (or Bone Broth). A fantastic source of collagen and minerals such as calcium and magnesium, bone broth is increasingly …
A lovely Autumnal lunch
Hallowe’en – a time for pumpkin carving, trick or treating and for most of us a huge overload of sugary things that we have appropriated from our children’s Hallowe’en haul….. or is that just me? Raiding the organic veg box …
…..and breathe
This week I was nominated to write 3 posts on Facebook over three days, each day listing 3 things that were really positive about my day, or for which I was grateful. I had seen other people’s and enjoyed them, …
Be Kind to YOU!!
Over on the FooFooFunClub Facebook page we are experiencing a 7 day ‘Be Kind to You’ incentive. Every day this week, you choose something small (or big, go on – go big) that is for YOU! What better way …
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