Phase 1
4 Seasons
Phase One is your home base : developed to heal + strength train you from the inside-out.
Rachel uses breath-based core activation to rebalance intra-abdominal pressure, strengthen your pelvic floor, abs, back and rib cage and a soft foam roller to release tension and sooth your nervous system. Learn how to isolate and tone your abdominal muscles, glutes, and thighs while releasing chronic back, neck, shoulder and hip pain. This phase addresses all common post natal injuries : diastasis recti, prolapse, incontinence and scar tissue adhesions while training you safely and effectively to recover and re-integrate your core into your daily, functional life.
Repeat this phase as frequently as needed. If you take a break in exercise, dip back into this 28-day series to kickstart your routine and return here regularly to infuse these foundational concepts into your athletic lifestyle.
PROPS: Soft Foam Roller, Small Foot Ball + Resistance Band, *optional* : soft pilates ball + light hand weights
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00:10Episode 1
RM Week 3 Recommended Schedule
Episode 1
Your Phase 1, Week 3 Recommended Schedule
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Upper Body + Rib Stabilization : 24 min.
Episode 2
Crucial to posture and being able to hold weight in your arms (aka your baby) without collapsing, this video begins to rebuild your entire upper abdominal strength, backs of your arms, lats and back waist.
Props: Soft foam roller + Pilates ball -
18:08Episode 3
Beginning Yoga Flow : 18 Min.
Episode 3
Perfect for newly post partum mamas, this gentle yoga flow leaves you feeling open + balanced while beginning to re-educate your movements through your center belly. Weaving together gentle sun salutes, shoulder opening, back rotations, standing poses + hip release, you'll feel open, relaxed + ...
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17:47Episode 4
Transverus Ab. + Rib Strength : 17 Min.
Episode 4
The next step in your TVA strength is this waist toning sequence. Through breath based guided moves, we begin to integrate resistance with the band to engage your under-arm line, triceps, ribs and core. This workout also trains your intra-abdominal pressure to withstand gentle downward force a...
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29:46Episode 5
Tone + Release : 29 min.
Episode 5
Continue to integrate the principals of Connect + Repattern while learning to care for your wrists, relax your shoulders and neck, + awaken your upper back + rib cage strength.
Props: Soft foam roller, resistance band + small ball -
10:46Episode 6
Strength Builder Abs : 10 min.
Episode 6
Learn how to engage your entire abdominal wall and perform a sit-up that is effective, yield the toning results you want and is highly effective for strengthening diastasis recti. This series builds essential strength that transitions your workouts from rehabilitative exercise into the more acti...
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ALL PHASE, Full Spectrum Core Strength w/ The Ball : 22 Min.
Episode 7
This workout will instantly become part of your weekly core wok. Rachel expertly guides you into increasingly challenging, 3-dimesnional core sculpting with the soft pilates ball. A floor based core education that will completely elevate and transform how you approach your ab work and yield re...