Busting the Myth: The Truth About Planks After Pregnancy

03 Aug 2025 • 28 min • EN
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Send us a text From the vault; This week I talk about the importance of doing plank exercises if you"re working on your postpartum recovery Too often do I hear "Planks are dangerous to do post-partum" or "avoid doing planks or you"ll make your diastasis worse". This is complete nonsense. Planks are your friend post-partum but you kind of have to know what you"re doing and why you"re doing certain exercises at a certain time. So I discuss things like reverse planks, side planks and front loaded planks and how to do them safely and effectively. I also explain why you will NEVER recover post-partum if you don"t do plank exercises, it just won"t happen! And I talk about the difference between static and dynamic planks and why movement during a plank makes the plank significantly more effective. Reminder; HPNB still only has 5 billing cycles. So this means that you not only get 3 months FREE access, no obligation! BUT, if you decide you want to do the rest of the program, after only 5 months of paying $10/£8 a month you now get FREE LIFE TIME ACCESS! That"s $50 max spend, in case you were wondering. Though I"m not terribly active on  Instagram and Facebook you can follow us there. I am however active on Threads so find me there! And, of course, you can always find us on our YouTube channel if you like your podcast in video form :) Visit healthypostnatalbody.com and get 3 months completely FREE access. No sales, no commitment, no BS. Email peter@healthypostnatalbody.com if you have any questions, comments or want to suggest a guest.    If you could rate the podcast on your favourite platform that would be a big help.  Playing us out this week;  "No Quitter" by Grace McCoy 

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