Hot Mamas Challenge

So it is wednesday and the challenge will be over next monday!  The homework will be emailed in a few minutes but I just read another email that made me think about all of the Hot Mamas that come to StrollerFit...  For those that were at Mommymusclesculpt today with Stan, you will understand since I am others almost p'd in there pants.

Did you know.....

Many women experience bladder control issues during and post pregnancy.  MaryBeth Knight from StrollerFit writes that our babies are cute, but do we have to suffer?  NO!

The pelvic floor, or a weak pelvic floor is the reason for this problem.  If the pelvic floor loses strength then the bladder loses control!

Did you know there are 2 types of muscles in your pelvic floor?  One is the slow twitch whose job is to support the pelvis for long periods of time, just like your claf muscle that allows you to stand for a long period of time. 

The fast twitch fibers found in the pelvic floor, and these fibers act as an "extra closing force"  to prevent leakage from the bladde4r when you sneeze, laugh, cry, lift heavy objects or have to "hold it" until you find a bathroom nearby.  It is these muscles that can be damaged and forced to become inactive during and after childbirth.

The fast twitch fibers of the pelvic floor fire as a reflex.  Meaning, you don't think about contracting them, you just do it.  Before childbirth, if you had to sneeze, these fibers contracted before you sneezed to prevent leakage.  However childbirth and something called "reflex inhibition" can render these muscle useless after childbirth.

Reflex inihibition is a protective reaction the body has towards injury. Your pelvic floor muscles were injured during delivery, if allowed tobe called into action before they healed from the birth, further damage to them could have taken place. Therefore, to allow them to heal, the body shut them down... but what happens to a muscle when it isn't used for a long period of time? We lose it!

This is exactly why we HAVE to retrain the pelvic floor, and every other muscle that was mistreated, underused or overused during pregnancy!

Not only does pregnancy and childbirth weaken the pelvic floor, but so does being overweight! Every extra pound that a woman carries is felt by her pelvic floor. Extra weight causes the pelvic floor muscles to fatigue and increase the risk of incontinence.

When Marybeth created Restore the Core ALL of this information was taken into consideration. It is why we place a the mommymuscle fit 'n fun balls between our knees and squeeze them!

Women all over the country are able to run, jump, sneeze and hold it! If you or someone you know has these issues, RTC can solve them! (but only as long as they CONTINUE to perform the exercises) the issues will return after a few months on not exercising the muscles!

If you want to increase your ability to regain the fast twitch reflex, add 10 quick squeezes of the ball into one of your tabletop moves! THis quick pulsing on the ball will awaken the fast twitch fibers!

Hope that gives you some insight into why RTC really helps with bladder control and stress incontinence! And another reason you shoudl hget up on saturday at 8 AM and join us for Restore the Core!

I hope this gives you something to think about. 

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