Postnatal - The Core Collective - Ab Focused Workouts
Challenging postnatal core workouts designed to reconnect, reactivate & strengthen your abdominals after pregnancy and childbirth. These workouts are designed for any woman who has recently closed their ab separation following pregnancy and childbirth. These workouts will challenge your new found connection and safely build strength and endurance to your deep core. These workouts, known as the primary series, form the foundation of your core reactivation, appropriate only after healing your Diastasis Recti.
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Form and Technique - Bridge Correctly (Postnatal)
Join Ali as she takes Jacqui through how to bridge correctly when you are postpartum. Bridging is an awesome exercise to fire up through the glutes, strengthen the back chain and start to connect through all the layers of the abdominals.
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18 Mins - Core Workout - No Props (Postnatal)
Join Ali for this core workout moving through flexion, all fours & side planks to rebuild strength
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NEW! Form and Technique - Adding Flexion (Postnatal)
Join All & new mama Jacqui to safely understand how to start adding flexion into your core workout.
Ali's pick of the week Nov 28. 22
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10 Mins - Core - Small Ball (Postnatal)
Join Ali to safely but effectively work your core in an all fours & then in a simple supine series.
Ali's pick of the week 24th of January.
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14 Mins - Core - Pilates Ball (Postnatal)
Join Ali with a small ball (or cushion) to activate the connection of pelvic floor & inner thighs.
Ali's pick of the week 3.01.22
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11 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
Gather, connect, zip, draw together - these are the images to focus on in this postnatal core flow.
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10 mins - Core - Pilates Ball (Postnatal)
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11 Mins - Core - Small Ball (Postnatal)
Join Ali to mindfully & safely connect to your core to build back your strength
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9 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
Once you have closed your separation you need to focus on shortening up the more superficial layers of the abs - the 6 pack and obliques. This is a wonderful workout to begin that process. If you feel any tugging on the midline or are unable to stay connected in any of the exercises - stop and co...
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13 Mins - Core - Block (Postnatal)
This is a postnatal core workout designed for any woman who has recently closed their ab separation following pregnancy and childbirth. These workouts will challenge your new found connection and safely build strength and endurance to your deep core. These workouts, known as the primary series, f...
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14 Mins - Core - Block (Postnatal)
This is the perfect workout to try if you've recently closed your diastasis and ready to challenge the new found connection! Ali also focuses on reactivating the psoas in the workout. The Psoas is a crucial deep core muscles that requires your attention - a healthy, strong psoas will mean better,...
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14 Mins - Core - Foam Roller (Postnatal)
We have avoided doing any flexion for a long time but if you have closed your diastasis, challenged your connection in all different positions and feel ready for the next progression this core workout is for you. Ali uses the foam roller in all different positions to find neutral, challenge, bala...
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8 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
Planking is such an awesome way to increase your over-all body strength and a wonderful position to challenge your abdominals in neutral - join Ali as she moves through a planking series down to the mat to finish with some roll-ups.
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13 Mins - Core - Small Ball (Postnatal)
Join Ali as she challenges her abdominal connection with the small ball. There is a lot of flexion in this workout so if you have not completely closed your diastasis make sure you do that first and then return when you're ready!
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14 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
Now that you have healed your diastasic it's time to challenge the connection of the muscles in different positions and also to begin to introduce some flexion into your workouts. This is the perfect ab workout to try once you have healed the separation but still feeling some weakness in your cor...
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9 Mins - Core - Small Ball (Postnatal)
This is a core focused workout that is ideal for the postnatal woman who has completely closed her Diastasis and is looking really challenge her abdomonial strength. There is particular emphasis on pelvic floor connection to inner thigh activation and with the inclusion of some flexion - this wor...
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8 Mins - Core - Block (Postnatal)
As your abdominal strength grows you will want to challenge your core connection in different positions - this workout does the fundamental exercises you've been working on but challenges you by doing them in table top. These workouts, known as the primary series, form the foundation of your core...
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14 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
Oh Yeah - you've been working so hard to close that diastasis and you're now ready to move on from the primary series to some more challenging ab exercises and positions - one of Ali's favorite core workouts this takes you from standing all the way down to roll-ups and even teaser! Modifications ...
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8 Mins - Core - Block (Postnatal)
This is a quick workout to target the core in a primary abdominal series that focuses on the fundamental exercises but challenges the connection by being in tabletop. This is the perfect series to do at the beginning of your workout to help you find that pelvic stability and connection to the bod...
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13 Mins - Core - Block (Postnatal)
This is the perfect workout for you to do when you have closed your diastasis and wanting to challenge the connection of the TVA and pelvic floor whilst also beginning to shorten all the other abdominal muscles. These workouts, known as the primary series, form the foundation of your core reactiv...
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16 Mins - Core - Small Ball & Block (Postnatal)
Using props to challenge connection and balance this core workout is perfect for when you are ready to move on from the primary abs series and want to be challenged with more flexion and advanced exercises.
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9 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
This is a wonderful core workout to build towards once you have done all the hard work of closing your separation, completing the primary series and feel ready to include some more challenging flexion. This workout is preparing you for your return to the complete Pilates abdominal repertoire.
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10 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
The primary ab series requires you to have closed your diastasic and be ready to include some more challenging positions and exercises. This workout is done in plank and ask you to find some great shoulder stability and hamstring strength while staying connected to your spine the whole time. Thes...
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16 Mins - Core - No Props (Postnatal)
During our pregnancy we have limited rotation available in the mid spine - In this workout Ali combines lots of neutral core work with rotation and yoga inspired poses. One Ali's favorite workouts - every time you do this workout you will see how you have progressed in a different way!