Tag Archives: jen dugard

Your new-mum client walks into the gym. You congratulate her on her recent arrival, move through her pre-exercise questionnaire and then it’s time for goal setting! Goal setting with a new mum is easy, right!? ...

It’s been over a decade now since I first decided to turn my fitness business into one that specialised in working with mums. Ten years ago there were very few pre and postnatal courses, and ...

As Fitness Professionals, even if we are not properly trained in working with pregnant or postnatal clients, we have usually picked up some form of recommended information along the way. One of these being ‘don’t ...

Resident fitness specialist and author Jen Dugard runs us through how to change the conversation when goal setting for new mums. We all know its helpful to set goals with our clients, but when working ...

Having worked with mums both pre and post natal for almost a decade, I have discovered that there are many myths around appropriate ways to exercise during pregnancy and recover postnatally. In this article I ...

As with all clients, it’s important to complete a pre-exercise questionnaire. When working with pregnant, postnatal and ‘mum’ clients in general, I believe it is even more important to do so. From experience, many pre-exercise ...

When working with post-natal clients and creating their exercise program, it is important to consider their new role as a mum. Some women – especially if they haven’t exercised much or primarily worked in an ...

Designed to be THE fundamental learning for every Personal Trainer and Fitness Professional who wants to continue to train, keep safe and rebuild their female clients as they become mothers, Safe Return to Exercise is ...

A number of years ago the fitness industry became obsessed with training the ‘core’ and has always been obsessed with making the abs BURN! A traditional PT session wasn’t over unless you had given your ...

New mums and pregnant women are a growing demographic that many fitness professionals are eager to work with. If you’re one of those fitpros, then check out this suite of programs and services that can ...