[reliott]

Pregnancy/postpartum program?

Hi everyone!
First of all, thank you darebee team for the amazing job you're doing, I really appreciate it!
I have started doing Neilarey challenges in my teenage years and used your workouts during all stages of my life. Until.. I became pregnant. I stayed quite active the whole pregnancy, but I couldn't find any program or even a workout I could complete without any modification.
So I've got this idea about pregnancy-specific program. I know it's more challenging to find people to test the program, but maybe there are more pregnant bees or mums, that could help, me included

I'm 8 week postpartum now and really happy I can do most of the exercises again, but I still remember what was doable or difficult.

It would be an honor for me to contribute on this amazing project called Darebee, at least a little bit

 

[neilarey]

@reliott hi!

First of all, thank you so much for your kind words, and congratulations on your little one!

We actually already have three Prenatal Training Plans, one for each trimester, which you can find here: https://darebee.com/plan.html#q=prenatal.

As it happens, we're literally working on a postpartum training plan right now!

A full pregnancy-specific program is a bit more complicated to create because it requires extensive testing and careful consideration for each stage of pregnancy, but it's definitely something we'll keep in mind for the future.

And thank you for offering to help test and provide feedback. We really appreciate it, and it's wonderful to hear from members of the community who want to contribute to making DAREBEE even better

 

[reliott]

@reliott hi!

First of all, thank you so much for your kind words, and congratulations on your little one!

We actually already have three Prenatal Training Plans, one for each trimester, which you can find here: https://darebee.com/plan.html#q=prenatal.

As it happens, we're literally working on a postpartum training plan right now!

A full pregnancy-specific program is a bit more complicated to create because it requires extensive testing and careful consideration for each stage of pregnancy, but it's definitely something we'll keep in mind for the future.

And thank you for offering to help test and provide feedback. We really appreciate it, and it's wonderful to hear from members of the community who want to contribute to making DAREBEE even better

Thank you @neilarey !

I understand that every pregnancy is different and it makes design of the program complicated. But from my experience, everyday stretching and even strength training (squats!) really helps to handle the extra weight, birth, and eases postpartum recovery. But it's so easy to get off the track when you work out only few days a week. And then it's hard to believe that your body still has the strength to do it.
So I think it would be great if there's a program that would encourage to keep moving every day, maybe with some lighter options for when you're not feeling well, and more challenging options for when you want to push yourself a bit. And you could repeat the program in hard-normal-light mode as the pregnancy is progressing.

I'm looking forward to postpartum training plan, I'll definitely give it a try!