Are you thinking of returning to running this spring? Perhaps you’ve been on hiatus from impact exercise since giving birth or experiencing an injury.
If running is on your list of spring plans, you’ll definitely want to include at least a few weeks of core and lower body stability and strength work before you head out on the roads and trails.
Our hips are the base of our core. Many of the muscles that support our torso originate in our hip girdle, so it’s paramount to have a strong, supportive base of control in our hips. My favourite tool for healthy hips are what I call ‘smarter strength’ exercises. These are moves to engage varying muscles of the hips in a functional way.
After the birth of my daughter in 2016, it took me many, many months before I felt any type of connection with my core. Whether I was naive about the depth and length of the postpartum recovery period, or it was a reflection of just how much I needed to learn about proper core engagement, it took me a while to find the exercises that truly helped me to find my core connection again.
I love simple, effective workouts. Perhaps it’s the fact that I want my workouts to be an opportunity to rest my mind and get more in tune with my body. The less equipment, the better. Easier set up? I’m in! A super effective, challenging total body workout with a single dumbbell? Yessss, please.
To the woman who is (way) too overwhelmed to workout June 28, 2022 
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