Increase fitness, strength and tone, reduce body fat, develop core and pelvic floor strength, improve balance, stability and flexibility and learn how to make healthy lifestyle choices for your whole family.

Total Body Conditioning for Mums is an exercise program for mums and babies aged one to twelve months. The program is designed to help mums return to and improve upon their pre-pregnancy body shape. It is a safe and effective way to tone and improve fitness levels and allows you to interact with other mums. The program combines interval training with functional strength, core stability, balance, flexibility and relaxation exercises and nutritional and lifestyle advice to offer you a truly holistic and effective postnatal exercise program.

Interval style training makes the program suitable for all fitness levels, from beginners to advanced.

Group sessions are run on Wednesday mornings in Centennial Park (10.30am - 11.45am).

Total Body Conditioning for Mums Program ($160):

• A comprehensive lifestyle questionnaire to help you identify your appropriate exercise level and lifestyle factors to change to achieve optimum health.
• An 8-week balanced postnatal training program.
• An one on one consultation on nutrition and lifestyle.
• Session 1 - Initial fitness assessment and flexibility session
• Session 2 - Interval training session with functional leg strength exercises
• Session 3 - Interval training session with functional upper body strength exercises
• Session 4 - Interval training session with functional core strength exercises
• Session 5 - Interval training session with functional leg strength exercises
• Session 6 - Interval training session with functional upper body strength exercises
• Session 7 - Interval training session with functional core strength exercises
• Session 8 - Final fitness reassessment and relaxation exercises

Total Body Conditioning for Mums Plus Package ($310) includes the Total Body Conditioning for Mums Program above together with:

• A Kathmandu heart rate monitor to help you effectively and safely increase your fitness level.
• A pedometer to track your daily movement and to encourage you to increase your incidental fitness levels.
• A copy of How to eat, move and be healthy by Paul Chek - a complete guide to achieving optimum health.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Total Body Conditioning for Mums?
Total Body Conditioning for Mums is a holistic postnatal group exercise program that focuses on improving all aspects of your health and fitness. It is designed specifically for mums and aims to increase aerobic fitness, strength and tone, develop core and pelvic floor strength, reduce body fat, improve balance, stability and flexibility and to teach you how to make healthy lifestyle choices. Total Body Conditioning for Mums combines interval training with functional strength, core stability, balance, flexibility and relaxation exercises and nutritional and lifestyle advice to offer you a truly holistic and effective exercise program. You are either pushing your pram as part of the session or exercising right alongside it. The strengthening exercises are based on movement patterns that mums use every day to help you lunge, squat, lift and twist more effectively whilst carrying your baby. The interval style training makes the program suitable for all fitness levels, from beginners to advanced. The program consists of 8 x 1hr 15m sessions run outside in Centennial Park over an 8 week period together with nutrition and lifestyle advice to help you get real results.

Do I need to be fit to join Total Body Conditioning for Mums?
No - that's why you are coming to us! You will receive a comprehensive lifestyle questionnaire to help identify your appropriate exercise level. Given that you have just given birth, it is a requirement however that you obtain a medical clearance from your medical practioner before you join the program. With the Total Body Conditioning for Mums Plus Package you will also receive a heart rate monitor and pedometer to make sure that you exercise at your own level. On day one of the course you will also take part in an initial fitness assessment so that we can adjust our program to suit all participants. In group sessions participants will train using interval style principles so that participants can train at their individual optimal levels.

What sort of results will I get?
Total Body Conditioning for Mums is a holistic exercise program that is designed specifically for mums to improve all aspects of your health. The physical benefits include increased fitness (cardio) levels, reduced body fat, improved balance, stability and flexibility and increased muscle strength and tone. The comprehensive questionnaire and nutrition consultation will help you make long term healthy lifestyle choices.

When does the next course run?
Total Body Conditioning for Mums starts approximately every 3 months. The next course commences on 4th June 2008.

Where do we meet?

We meet in Centennial Park by the woods at Lachlan Reserve. To get there, drive down Dickens Drive through the centre of Centennial Park, cross over the intersection with Parkes Drive and continue along Dickens Drive. Park about 100 metres after the intersection near the toilet block - the meeting spot is by the woods on the right hand side of Dickens Drive.

How is Total Body Conditioning for Mums different to other fitness programs?

• Total Body Conditioning for Mums is designed specifically for mums and focuses on improving all aspects of your health and fitness and on helping you return to and improve upon your pre-pregnancy body.
• Total Body Conditioning for Mums is designed to help you achieve long term health improvements rather than promising unrealistic “quick fixes”.
• Although Total Body Conditioning for Mums is a group program, the training and advice is individualised so that you have a safe and effective program to help you prepare for your individual goal.
• Your instructor is qualifed in Postnatal Stroller Fitness, Pilates and Corrective Exercise and will challenge and motivate you physically, mentally and emotionally.
• Total Body Conditioning for Mum is strictly limited to a maximum of 8 people.