Posture Focus: Picking up your kids
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐. ๐ฑ Thatโs how many times we guess youโre probably picking up a kid (or two..or kid + something else heavy!) โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Keep your back in check with these modifications! (Not to mention, this really helps you get the disappearing mom butt back!) โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Here are some things to look out for:

โ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ + ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ + ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ- this creates the rounded back curve you see in this pic โ and guess where the pressure of that cute kid goes in this scenario? Yep, you guessed it, right into your lower back. OUCH!! โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ- this is a pretty common pattern for mamas. Our pelvic floor and core get weak so we end up clenching our glutes to find support. This position just reinforces the glutes taking over for the muscles that should be working. โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ And some tweaks!:

โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ โ this helps you engage your core better! โ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ so you can use your glutes WITH your pelvic floor. Inhale as you bend down, ๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ + ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ as you pick them up. โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ The best way to know youโre doing it right? Have someone take a video of you picking up your kids and watch it in slow motion. Take screenshots, post in your stories and then tag us in them. ๐
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