Should You Be Using A Birth Ball?
Whether or not you should be using a birth ball in the delivery room while giving birth is a hard question to answer. Every women is...
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Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Jul 16, 2020
Piriformis Syndrome Exercises
Piriformis syndrome is a not so fun condition in which you Piriformis muscle, which is located in your butt, starts to spasms and cause...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Jul 16, 2020
Sciatica in pregnancy
Sciatica, or Sciatic Nerve Pain, is a very common - yet unpleasant - prenatal symptom that happens to lots of women (and I'm among them...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Dec 2, 2019
What types of cardio workouts can you do during pregnancy?
After we've covered the WHY you should do cardio workouts during pregnancy (if you missed it, feel free to check out this blog post),...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Sep 25, 2019
Cardio Workouts During Pregnancy
Are you sure you should be doing this? I don't think it's good for you. Oh you should just stick to light stretches, you know? These are...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Aug 13, 2019
Movement For Labor: On All Four
Movement and mobility during labor have lots of benefits are known to be the most effective methods for coping with contractions. Women...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Jun 30, 2019
Balance & Safety During Pregnancy
One of the elements I always combine in my prenatal classes is balance. As pregnancy progresses and tummy gets bigger, the center of...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Jun 27, 2019
First Trimester Fatigue
First Trimester? Feeling fatigue? Good news for you: You're normal! And you probably wonder what to do... I totally get it. One of the...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- May 7, 2019
The Miracle Of Life
Being a personal trainer who specialize prenatal and postpartum exercise gets me exposed to all kind of stories about the difficulties...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Feb 1, 2017
Wear your TvA tight!
The Transverse Abdominis (TvA) it a deep core muscle that wraps our body like a natural corset. Learning to engage this muscle will help...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- May 4, 2016
Inner & Outer Thigh Strength
During pregnancy, the ovary and the placenta produces a wonderful hormone called Relaxin. This hormone has an important role in...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Apr 15, 2016
OMG I'm Pregnant!
It wasn't a very long time ago that women were told that they should cut down on or even avoid exercise during pregnancy. But as time...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Mar 2, 2016
Pregnant? Embrace the All-Fours rocking pose
I love this position. I spent hours rocking myself on all fours, with and without my stability ball, while I was in labor with my first...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Feb 3, 2016
Diastasis Recti
Diastasis Recti is a common condition of pregnancy and postpartum in which the right and left halves of Rectus Abdominis muscle spread...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Feb 3, 2016
The Stability Ball As A Tool For Labor
So you got to the hospital, and the nurse asked if you would like to get a stability ball. Now what?? The stability ball (aka balance...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Jan 27, 2016
Do I really need to keep my heart rate under 140 BPM when I’m working out?
If you are pregnant, there’s a big chance someone warned you about not overexerting yourself. They are probably right, but is counting...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Jan 11, 2016
Kegels
Kegel exercises strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, which support the uterus, bladder, small intestine and rectum. You can do Kegel...
Tal Siperman-Cohen
- Jan 2, 2016
Fit & Pregnant - A Guide To Prenatal Exercise
As a personal trainer who specializes in pre & postnatal exercise who is also a mother to a baby +1 on the way, I decided to share my...
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