Exercising WITH baby...

[mommy_someday]

I remember (vaguely) reading something somewhere about using your baby as weights for exercise. For instance, holding baby while doing squats to add extra resistence. Obviously, I haven't a clue where I read this and my searches have come up empty. I checked out Baby Boot Camp, but it seems more stroller-oriented, plus I'd like it to be something that I can do at home without having to pack everything in the car on a daily basis.

Anybody have a link, magazine article, anything like this that I can use to create a workout I can do WITH DS? This extra weight is slowin' me down. I gotta get rid of it!

Thanks!

[JulieL]

Reeca here you go:

http://www.progressiveparent.com/Pregnancy_postnatal_exercise/Postnatal_Workout.htm

A girlfriend of mine got this and the pregnancy one and really liked it. Downside it's only VHS - but maybe Scotty can put it on DVD for you???

Just found this one - looks cute!

http://www.infantastic.com/


Postnatal w/out baby workouts:

http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?ean=85365139220&pwb=1

http://store.babycenter.com/product/books_music_video/dvd_video/fitness/3296

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305786372/104-2127605-7637501?v=glance


http://www.fitnessbeginnings.com/fit-mama-postnatal.html

http://store.babycenter.com/product/books_music_video/music_and_videos/fitness/7242


That's a start - I'll look up more!

[COElizabeth]

I'm doing a stroller class right now, but we worked out inside the other day since the temp was well on its way to 100+. A few things we did while holding the babies:

Walking lunges (makes them harder because your balance is thrown off a bit if you carry the baby on your side!)
Wall squats
Abdominal crunches (with your knees bent and your baby lying on your shins)

We also did mini-push-ups with our knees on a mat and our chests and faces over the babies (with your knees on the mat it's less strenuous than a real push-up - and for me less likely that I would fall on the baby!).

Elizabeth, Mom to James, 9-20-02
and Charlotte, 11-04-04