PREGNANCY
Pregnancy Pilates
Pregnancy training and post-partum Pilates
Pilates during pregnancy is designed for women going through this joyful, bright, yet challenging phase of their lives, seeing their bodies change.
Pilates during this phase helps increase flexibility by strengthening the pelvic muscles, preventing excessive lumbar lordosis, and helping all expectant mothers feel better during and after pregnancy.
Pregnancy Pilates: second and third trimester
The instructors at Be You Pilates Studios are all highly qualified professionals with extensive practice and teaching experience at various levels.
In addition, some instructors have completed the highly specialized “Pilates Through Pregnancy and Beyond” course, earning certification to support women during their pre- and post-pregnancy journey.
Once approved by your gynecologist, there are no particular limitations or contraindications to practicing Pilates during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
Depending on the specific stage of pregnancy, the qualified instructor will guide the session, avoiding any unsuitable postures and maximizing the benefits.
Therefore, if your gynecologist has given the green light, you can safely practice Pilates during the second and third trimesters
Post-partum Pilates
To get back into shape after giving birth, post-partum Pilates is highly recommended as a gentle discipline that works on breathing, joint mobility, and muscle tone, especially in the abdominal area.
Post-partum Pilates is also particularly recommended because, in addition to offering physical and postural benefits, it helps lower stress levels and has a positive antidepressant effect.
Pilates lessons during pregnancy
Pilates during pregnancy helps prevent gestational diabetes, improves blood circulation, reduces nausea, manages weight gain, prevents high blood pressure and other complications, and promotes good postpartum recovery.
Physical activity during pregnancy and postpartum should be adapted to the needs and changes the body is undergoing. Diastasis recti, or abdominal distension during pregnancy, is a condition that requires particular attention. This occurs when the rectus abdominis muscle stretches vertically to accommodate the baby.
When it can no longer do so in this direction, it does so horizontally. Every mother experiences this separation during the third trimester, so to prevent the onset of excessive diastasis, it’s important to do abdominal breathing exercises and specifically strengthen your core. Furthermore, if you’ve been diagnosed with mild diastasis, the postpartum program will help you strengthen your abdominal wall with targeted Pilates exercises and potentially close and reduce the diastasis.
Pregnancy Pilates classes are held at Studio Soffiano in Florence and can be practiced in the following ways:
- private
- two-person
- large equipment
- matwork
