AS a new mum, wrapped up in caring for a newborn, exercise if often the last thing on your mind, never mind weight loss.
So when researchers said this week that ‘new mums should do two hours of vigorous exercise per week’, it was a little jarring.
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But there’s more to it than losing ‘baby weight’, said the new guidance from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, written in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Getting back to exercise in the first 12 weeks after birth can help boost both physical and mental health, improve sleep, strengthen pelvic floor muscles, improve lower back or pelvic pain, reduce fatigue and…