Good day, my name is Jamie Atlas and I would like to thank you for clicking into this video, that's me right there. The baby workout that we are going to do is going to have a sac containing bags of rice. Please make sure that before this workout you warm up properly. We are going to show you exercises with the baby in the left hand and then the right hand, do both sides and make sure that you work within a comfortable range of ability, that's very important.
The basic baby lunge, essentially a lunge where we are holding the baby in one side, this means the collar has to stabilize us and keep us tall. One side of the ab is working hard as the other as we lunge forward. The advanced baby lunge involves a reach to the ground. In a real world, a baby will drop things and we will need to pick them up while holding that baby. It's important that we practice and strengthen ourselves in this range of movement. It's also important that we are able to go to the front and the side. Right now you are seeing a basic version of the side lunge and we are just reaching for the knee.
The advanced version has us reaching for the ground. We are not always going to be able to reach to the front. It maybe easier for us to reach to the side. If we don't practice it, then we won't be able to build strength at it. The Baby Step Back Lunge, sometimes we are going to want to step back and drop down. If we have knee problems, this can be an excellent alternative to the front lunge. The Crib Reach, for this exercise you are going to see me reach over, pick the baby out of the crib and bring him up. For an extra bonus, I could cradle the child with one arm, but for right now you get the idea. I am taking the arms up and away from the body as if I am going over an imaginary round.
Yeah, because I am not always going to be facing the crib, I am actually going to practice myself taking that baby, putting into the crib and then picking them up and being ready to go. I am getting rotation, I am also getting all sorts of extra movements from my core, hamstrings and glutes. Crib reach with step. I am going to take the baby out of the crib, pick him up and take step forward as if I am ready to go. You can make the baby heavier if you would like to for this exercise. But you will notice that as I bend over my calves, hamstring, glutes, lower back, upper back are all getting a great workout. It's a movement that I can do, that I am going to need in many different situations when holding a child and taking a child from the ground or from the crib.
The car seat carry and step, the car seat unfortunately plus baby is going to weigh about twenty pounds. That's me telling you that, yes this is a twenty pound weight and you need to get there as soon as you can. Make sure you take the weight away from the body. You are not going to be able to hold a car seat right next to the body. So it's important that we are able to build those muscles and keep a neutral spine as we go. Find yourself a stair or a step or a back of a chair to step up to. I need to take that car seat and put it in the car as well. In this case, I am stepping forward with my right leg and I am leaning forward with my left hand. Notice the left hand is still held away from the body.
With this baby hold, I need to be able to hold the baby for extended periods of time. But I want to make sure that I do is hold this baby and walk around do your everyday activities, but make sure that you develop that bicep in that angle.
Thanks so much for tuning in. Please be sure to tell your other pregnant and postpartum friends about this video. It really is a workout for this design to give people real world strength for their baby. Thanks for tuning in again and please go to the website if you would like to read more.
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