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    Building Muscle for a Boy Ideas

    Hi gals! I found this nice video on an arm/shoulder/chest workout you can do at home with dumbbells and I thought I would share - looks like it can be fit into a busy mama's day!

    I'm only 2 weeks away from my OK from my midwife to start an exercise routine again so I've been looking for some weight training I can do from home. I seriously want some sexy arms so I'm hoping that a little weight work will give me that and sway me some blue

    Anyways! The video!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R92SU7uMV4I

    Share what you're using and doing too, please ladies!
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    Here's another resource I'm going to use - this is all a bodyweight routine (there is one part with pullups, but nothing else needs equipment) - so it can all be done at home

    You have to sign up to get the ebook & videos for the routine, though you can unsubscribe from the email newsletter after if you don't find it helpful! I like it though

    http://www.marksdailyapple.com/prima...print-fitness/

    I think I'm going to do this routine and add in the arm workout I posted above so I can have some lovely arms
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    Thank you GD!!

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    Thanks for posting these Skrimpy! They look great!! I love having something I can do at home and didn't think of looking at youtube for videos. YAY for getting close to being able to work out again!

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    Ok ladies, I've officially started my weekly routine and it's exciting I've detailed out my current weekly schedule here:

    http://blog.getting-pregnant.com/my-...kout-schedule/

    This is all stuff that can be done at home. We do have a pull-up bar and I have a set of hand weights at 6, 8, and 10lbs. I am doing the Tupler exercises to close my diastasis (the gap that develops between the "six pack" muscles during pregnancy) and do those 3x a day, but everything else I fit into about 30-45min during the afternoon a few afternoons a week. So I think it can be worked into anyone's schedule.

    I am hoping this will take the rest of my baby weight from sweetie DD off and then just build up some muscle/tone so I can give her a little brother down the line!
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    Thank you GD!!

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    nice!! very helpful. im doing most of the same stuff. ive stopped doing lunges bc of my knees. squats are still ok. planks im getting used to too fast so i might try the tupler thing...1st time hearing about it. ive swicthed from tricep dips to bent over flies/rows. i think varying helps bc after about a month it got easy and boring and i dont have many weights to work with (just 5lbs and 20pounds) thanks!!!

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    Skrimpy, thankyou so much for all this info! I just had a look at your weekly schedule and it is fantastic. I always knew about diastasis but didn't really worry about it too much (until now!). I will definitely be modifying my weight/exercise schedule. I have probably been making my diastasis worse. No wonder I have an outie belly button, I always just blamed it on the pregnancies. Getting off the topic now... Anyway thanks again, very useful info
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    Gizmo & Bec you can read more about the Tuplers here: http://blog.naturalbirthandbabycare....osing-the-gap/ They're like kegels - you do tons of them and can do them pretty much anytime. I do them even while I'm driving to help those tummy muscles! The "outie" belly button is a big sign of diastasis!

    I am looking forward to this routine getting boring, I feel like a wimp right now. But so happy to be back into a routine and feeling like I'm actually going to be toning and looking nice again. I agree it's good to keep some variety in there. I like the idea of switching to the flies/rows for the triceps. I'm going to keep varying to tone b/c I would really like my arms to look less flabby.

    I got my weights from Walmart, they had a really good price and shipped to the local store free, so if you want to add some more dumbbell weight range in there check it out
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    Thank you GD!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by skrimpy View Post
    Ok ladies, I've officially started my weekly routine and it's exciting I've detailed out my current weekly schedule here:

    http://blog.getting-pregnant.com/my-...kout-schedule/

    This is all stuff that can be done at home. We do have a pull-up bar and I have a set of hand weights at 6, 8, and 10lbs. I am doing the Tupler exercises to close my diastasis (the gap that develops between the "six pack" muscles during pregnancy) and do those 3x a day, but everything else I fit into about 30-45min during the afternoon a few afternoons a week. So I think it can be worked into anyone's schedule.

    I am hoping this will take the rest of my baby weight from sweetie DD off and then just build up some muscle/tone so I can give her a little brother down the line!
    That is SO fab Skrimpy! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by skrimpy View Post
    Gizmo & Bec you can read more about the Tuplers here: http://blog.naturalbirthandbabycare....osing-the-gap/ They're like kegels - you do tons of them and can do them pretty much anytime. I do them even while I'm driving to help those tummy muscles! The "outie" belly button is a big sign of diastasis!

    I am looking forward to this routine getting boring, I feel like a wimp right now. But so happy to be back into a routine and feeling like I'm actually going to be toning and looking nice again. I agree it's good to keep some variety in there. I like the idea of switching to the flies/rows for the triceps. I'm going to keep varying to tone b/c I would really like my arms to look less flabby.

    I got my weights from Walmart, they had a really good price and shipped to the local store free, so if you want to add some more dumbbell weight range in there check it out
    After doing some more reading about it I don't think I have diastasis, just a messed up belly button! Anyway, the gap between the abs is only 1.5 fingers so I don't think that is classed as diastasis. I am going to do the tupplers anyway, they can't hurt. I love, love your weekly schedule. I am going to use it as a guide
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