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KimmyFitness supports #ACTIV8afriend - a gentle 'nudge' every month to help get more women, more ACTIVE

Welcome to Kimmyfitness. My world of my work combined with my life= mummy fitness. You will find lots of workout videos that you can safely do through out your pregnancy and post pregnancy too. There are step by step workout videos and short clips of workouts you can do. Please feel free to comment, share and subscribe!

Here are 4 Post pregnancy core exercises with options.
You can do these exercises before your 6 weeks post birth check to help start strengthening and rebuilding your core. After birth our core is very weak and requires specific training to help rebuild and repair in the correct way. These are 4 exercises that can help, however you need to be cautious and concentrate whilst doing them. Think about your breathe and engaging in your abdominals(which feels very different at this stage however you will feel and notice the change) PLEASE DO NOT ignore any abnormal pain! And do let your midwife know you have started core repair work!

Do be careful training #postpregnancy because our body still continues to have the relaxin hormone in, which makes our bodies very flexible and our joints quite loose. This is why I would advise no heavy lifting within the first few months especially if you are new to exercise! You know your body so please go with the options that are given if you need to! Remember we have all started from the beginning

In the last two exercises feel free to place your foot down if you need too - then aim to keep your foot off the ground through the exercise. Balance work is so amazing for your tummy! 

If you are ready to start my MummyFitness postpregnancy 6 month exercise program please get in touch; 
my mummyfitness@gmail.com All mummies are welcome.

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Caitlin is an ethnographer and former professional futebol player. Caitlin moved to Brazil ten years ago to play professional futebol for Santos F.C.– better known as ‘Pele’s club’. Seeds for the Guerreiras Project started there through she and her teammates sharing stories and experiences as female players confronting prejudice within women’s game in Brazil. Caitlin continued her professional futebol career in Sweden and the U.S., while carrying out anthropological research on gender and futebol for FIFA. In 2007, she moved to New York and joined the Nike Foundation team that launched the Girl Effect. When the  the Women’s Professional Soccer  (WPS) league relaunched in the US in 2009, she laced her cleats back up and played briefly with the Chicago Red Stars before pursuing a MSc degree from the London School of Economics (LSE) in Gender, Development & Globalization. She then headed back down to Brazil to reconnect with her Santos teammates and develop the Guerreiras Project. She carried out ethnographic research focused on gender, the body, and economic development with support of a Brazil Fulbright Fellowship and now resides in São Paulo where co-leads the the Guerreiras Project and works as the Brazil Country Representative for WomenChangeMakers. She recently delivered this TED talk on the subject in São Paulo. Caitlin received her BA with Honors in Biological Anthropology from Harvard University in 2004 and captained the Harvard Women’s Soccer team.Caitlin Davis Fisher is a professional football player in Brazil. She cofounded the Guerreiras Project, which focuses on gender, body and football, and is furthering this research as a Fulbright scholar.

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The Australian Diamonds and Samsung support #ACTIV8afriend - a gentle 'nudge' every month to help get more women more ACTIVE!

As proud partners of netball, Samsung are challenging Australians to rethink who we hold up as inspirational role models by shining a light on our Diamonds. 



Across the board, girls & women have very few positive role models to aspire to, and yet there are so many inspiring examples amongst us. The Australian Diamonds, our World Champion national netball team, are testament to this. They embody qualities worth celebrating: talent, determination, resilience, loyalty, humility, and passion.



Samsung want to challenge Australians to stop and think about how important positive role models are in shaping society for the better. And to help us elevate role models who represent brighter possibilities for tomorrow.



Netball World Cup footage used with permission of the International Netball Federation.
More info: http://netball.com.au/australiandiamonds

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Most women only need a 'nudge' to get more active - so WSNet runs a monthly #ACTIV8afriend programme on social media.  Why don’t you join us on the 'eighth' of each month and invite a friend, rellie or neighbour to join you at your class . . . or for a run.  If you run a #FemaleFriendly class/club - offer a discount, voucher, BOGOF . . .or just a FREE session if people bring a friend.  You get more folk joining your sessions - we get more women more ACTIVE - and have a fun time on social media tweeting about #ThisGirlCan - and it's FREE - we will RT many the best tweets/pix to our 45k community.

So why not join us? Keep the spirit of @WomenSportsWeek & #ThisGIRLCan alive - #ACTIV8afriend once a month on the 8th! More info HERE - and don't forget our FREE #FemaleFriendly activity-finder - ACTIVEMapX - HERE - 32,000 people are now listed - are you?

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The Female Athlete Triad is a syndrome of three interrelated conditions that female athletes & players often expereince.

They exist on a continuum of severity, including: Energy Deficiency with or without Disordered Eating, Menstrual Disturbances/Amenorrhea, Bone Loss/Osteoporosis.

Read more about Female Athlete Triad - extract from MoJoManuals - helping teen girls enjoy competitive sport by overcoming some of the many issues they face!

The advice we offer in the Feeling Good zone – bone health, healthy food, rehydration, the menstrual cycle and smart training – is there to  help you train well and support you being a young woman as well as an athlete. We want you to be on top form and avoid habits which can lead to lack of energy, tiredness, disrupted periods - and even fragile bones. Any combination of disordered eating, menstrual
problems and bone health in female athletes (plus any associated energy deficit/lowered performance) is often described as the ‘Female Athlete Triad’.

Food and water to fuel your exercise - Eating the right foods at the right times will help avoid ‘Female Athlete Triad’ – other signs to look out  for are: feeling overly tired from excessive training, over exercising or decreasing the amount of food you eat. Abnormal eating habits restricting foods, skipping meals, eating disorders) can also result F.A.T. symptoms – causing low energy levels. These can disrupt your period and increase risk of injury. So, eat and drink smart to train smart! 

Keep track of your menstrual cycle - By using a period tracker app (or tracking the start and end dates of you period in a diary or calendar) you will be able to work out your menstrual pattern. Irregular or multiple missed periods can impact bone health by disrupting oestrogen levels. If you have missed periods or your periods haven’t started by the time you are 15 OR if you began breast development more than three years ago and haven’t started your periods, it’s worth arranging a check-up just to make sure everything is OK.

Bone growth – your bones are growing fast in the early teens so, again a healthy diet that includes calcium (see page 32), sensible training and period tracking are all essential to keep them strong.

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"HerMoJo - Empowerment, Inner strength & outer confidence, combined with the resilience to overcome fear of judgement in sport . . . and the ability to grow that confidence into everyday life to become a stronger more empowered women." Find out more . . . HERE!

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The captain of the first women's Afghan national soccer team and recipient of the 2006 Arthur Ashe Courage Award talks about growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan and the challenges facing women and girls in that environment. Kohestani discusses how playing soccer gave her confidence and courage to fight against oppression of women worldwide.



In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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