Vivian Lord Personal Training

📎 MAMA 🤍

This photo was taken only a few minutes after you made me a mum, little one. A few moments after I was reborn too. The most astounding moment of my life. You are, by far, my proudest moment and my greatest achievement.

Here’s to all the other mums out there, of all different kinds. Incredibly strong women quietly persevering, bound together by the selfless kind of love that motherhood teaches you. Whether you’re still waiting to hold your babies, missing your babies or totally overwhelmed by your babies (because they ARE mental 🤣🤣) you’re doing a great job, and the world is so lucky to have mothers, full stop.

📎 FIRST TRIMESTER EXERCISE​​​​​​​​
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First off, no, you absolutely do not need to avoid exercise in your first trimester.​​​​​​​​
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If you are familiar with the exercise you’re doing, it’s something you enjoy and you feel up to it then go for it!​​​​​​​​
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Equally, if you can’t think of anything worse than exercising - don’t worry! You can come back to exercise whenever you feel motivated and able.​​​​​​​​
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Tips for safe pregnancy exercise -​​​​​​​​
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✔️ Avoiding working to your max - try whatever you’re doing at about 70% effort & always make sure you have something left in the tank​​​​​​​​
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✔️ Stay hydrated - you’ll need to take on more water than you usually do, so come prepared ​​​​​​​​
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✔️ Avoid excessive twisting motions, long isometric holds and (later in pregnancy) big crunching motions​​​​​​​​
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✔️ Don’t bang the bump. And for that reason, generally speaking, unless you are a professional athlete who has been advised otherwise by their own team, you should avoid high risk & contact sports - gymnastics, horse riding, rugby etc. ​​​​​​​​
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Most of all, listen to your body. Exercise to feel good and if it doesn’t make you feel good, don’t do it. ✨ ​​​​​​​​
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To me, you are perfect.

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and is surviving the food coma that is Betwixtmas.

📎 SIGNING OFF

Signing off for Christmas so I can fully embrace the carnage.

Hope you all get whatever you need - rest, support, a lie in, laughs, family time - as well as the things you want.

See you on the other side!

Lots of love xx

📎 I HAVE A NEW BABY
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But thankfully this one doesn’t cry 😅🙌
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Yesterday was officially Day 1 of and honestly it felt so good to be back doing my instructor thing (accompanied by a banging playlist ofc)
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Feels like now that that big hurdle has been crossed and I’m officially ‘in it’ now, I can maybe actually enjoy the rest of week 1 knowing that we’re up and running and it’s really happening!
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Ngl I was slightly nervous and wondered if I’d be a bit rusty or just feel a bit anxious leading the class AND having to think about all the behind the scenes things but actually I loved it!
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It was also my first time properly working away from the Small as he’s always come to class with me before 🫣 I was a bit emosh as I walked away but I’m glad I followed all the advice and just ripped the plaster off and didn’t linger - apparently he was absolutely fine and when I picked him up again only 2 hours later he was fast asleep 🤣 success!
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Fingers crossed today is as positive! Wish me luck! 🤞🙃💕
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%mumsinbath

📎DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT

It’s so easy to sabotage yourself before you’ve even tried.

‘I won’t get a full hour in’
‘I won’t try press ups because they’re hard and I can’t do them’
‘I can’t afford nice/new workout gear’
‘I’ll only get interrupted if I start’

But 10 minutes is better than nothing.
And one good solid attempt at a press up is the first stepping stone to smashing out 10 without even breaking a sweat.
And doing any movement in whatever clothes you have is better than waiting until you buy something new.

Chipping away at the seemingly huge, intimidating ones that are far off in the distance is the best way of achieving those massive goals that give you a huge sense of pride and achievement once you’ve FINALLY mastered a new skill, seen an improvement in your fitness and your confidence.

Don’t wait - todays a great new starting point. Just do what you can.