Keeping fit, happy and healthy in pregnancy and motherhood with Charlie Barker, founder of Bumps and Burpees

This week on the podcast I am joined by Charlie Barker, founder of Bumps & Burpees, a community of mums and mums-to-be wanting to stay fit, happy and healthy during pregnancy and into motherhood.  Charlie a former gymnast, later became a personal trainer and specialised in pre- and post-natal fitness and health.  Her goal is to help mothers build core strength and stamina so they can support their bodies through pregnancy and beyond. Today Charlie joins me to talk about her personal experience of conceiving, pregnancy, her birth story and shares general advice for women around pre and post natal fitness and how to fit in time to exercise. We also answer your listener questions which include: Exercises for pelvic girdle pain  Where to start with exercising again? How do you set realistic fitness goals with a baby/babies? How much standing is too much standing during pregnancy? Is it possible to walk too much during pregnancy? Should there be a limit? Any tips for exercise whilst wearing baby? Post natal exercise that doesn’t feel like your bits are going to fall out? Exercise for diastasis recti? Are there any safe exercises for your core during pregnancy? Or just avoid all? What ab exercise are safe in pregnancy please? My core still feels like jelly 20 months pp. what can I do to strengthen it? I do insanity 3 times a week. Should you stop exercises that cause that ‘heavy’ feeling down below or is that new normal?  Exercises that are good for rebuilding pelvic floor? Any advice on exercise POP, is running ever achievable again? Working out around baby and older sibling? There are a few questions we haven't answered which are better suited to physio advice. I will be chatting with a physio later in the series and will get answers for you! Thank you so much for listening, I will catch up with you all next week, have a lovely week! Please do leave a review, subscribe and rate - it really helps other mums to find the series and be supported by our wonderful community.  Emma xx  To find out more go to bumpsandburpees.com Instagram @bumpsandburpees Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Mum Talk is here for you on your journey into parenthood providing your 'nod along' and 'me too' moments plus answering all the questions we all have! For the first 13 series, Emma is joined by not only incredibly knowledgable guests, some experts in their field, but also Mums and Dads sharing their experience of pregnancy and parenthood. Emma also shares her personal journey from pregnancy to life now with two. Mum Talk is honest, real and informative. For series 14, Emma is back with a brand new series and brand new conversation with her co-host Ali Bastian, who you may recognise from hit TV shows, Hollyoaks, The Bill and Strictly Come Dancing. Ali and Emma are in the thick of motherhood and are here to deep dive into it all with you. Motherhood changes you as a person, physically and mentally, it seems (from personal experience)to give you the most incredible sense of purpose, self-worth and strength you didn’t know you had, whilst simultaneously leading you to question your ‘self’ and more or less everything you have ever known. Ali and Emma have one goal, as it has always been from the beginning of Mum Talk almost 5 years ago, to share in the hope no-one ever feels alone in motherhood. Ali and Emma are here for it all, the highs, the lows, the journey that is motherhood, the realities of building a family, life, love, laughter, tears, heartbreak you name it. Grab a cuppa or pop your headphones in and head out for a walk, join Ali and Emma for ‘hearts on sleeves’ mum talk and journey through motherhood together.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.