Stroller Strides:
30-Minute Total Body Workout page 2
by Lisa Druxman, M.A., founder of Stroller Strides
POWER-WALK (3 MINUTES)
Resume your walk using full, powerful strides. Keep your feet and knees facing forward and your body standing tall.
STROLLER ROW (2 MINUTES)
Walk back to your driveway or another small hill. This time, face the stroller downhill. Your feet should be set about as wide as your hips, hands about shoulder width apart on the stroller. Let the stroller roll forward so your arms are extended, then use your upper back muscles to pull the stroller back in to you. Focus on a strong back to pull the stroller in towards your body.
POWER-WALK (3 MINUTES)
By now you should really be working. Keep your intensity up enough so that you are a little out of breath, but not so much that you can’t sing to your baby.
STROLLER SIDE PULL (2 MINUTES)
Have your right side facing the stroller. Standing still, use the right hand to push the stroller away, while reaching overhead with the left arm. Use your abs on the left side to pull the stroller back. Focus on pulling the ribs to hips. After about 1 minute, do the other side.
STROLLER REVERSE CURL (2 MINUTES)
Put your brake on and lay a blanket in front of your stroller. Lay down directly in front of your stroller with your head at the butt of the front wheel (or wheels). Hold on to the wheel behind you. Pick your legs up at a right angle with feet off the ground. Engage abs and draw belly button in to your spine. Contract abs to slightly tilt pelvis in a reverse curl.
STRETCH (5 MINUTES)
Take time to stretch all the body parts we worked today. This is a great time to pull your baby out of the stroller and stretch next to her! You’ve now finished a workout comprised of strength, cardiovascular, and flexibility exercises, and you’ve gotten to do it while spending quality time with your baby.
Note: Always make sure stroller is stable. Do not ever hang on stroller.
About The AuthorLisa Druxman, M.A., is the founder of Stroller Strides, the largest fitness program for new moms in the United States. She created the weight management program, L.E.A.N. Mommy (Learn Eating Awareness and Nutrition), which was released as a book by Hachette Publishing in 2007.*
A noted authority on prenatal and postnatal fitness, Lisa is certified as an instructor, personal trainer, and provider of Continuing Education through the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Druxman sits on the board of the Postpartum Health Alliance and was the recipient of the 2007 Program Director of the Year award. She has received business awards from organizations such as the National Association of Women Business Owners for her unique and successful business.
Druxman relishes the Stroller Strides mission statement, "Helping moms make strides in fitness, motherhood, and life." She lives in San Diego with her husband, young son, and newborn daughter.
