Lose Your Mummy Tummy $12.24

Product Description
Pregnancy naturally separates a mother’s outermost abdominal muscles to make room for her growing uterus. Called a diastasis, this separation doesn’t fully close up in 98 percent of new moms. The larger the diastasis, the weaker the muscles and the greater chance for mom to develop back problems down the road. Of perhaps greater concern for moms, new and veteran alike, the larger the diastasis, the bigger the belly that just won’t seem to go away after baby’s delivery!Lose Your Mummy Tummy introduces the Tupler Technique, a set of deceptively simple abdominal and breathing exercises that decrease the diastasis and result in a firmer, flatter, and stronger belly. Like Kegels-those all-important and privately-practiced pregnancy exercises-the Tupler Technique can be practiced almost anywhere and at anytime. Including illustrations for a 15 or a 30-minute at-home exercise routine, Lose Your Mummy Tummy ensures: A tighter, flatter stomach A smaller waistline A reduction or elimination of back pain The ability to safely lift your baby and heavy objects More energy Better posture The perfect preparation for your next pregnancy.

Editorial Reviews   

From Publishers Weekly
A mummy tummy is the “unsightly bulge,” also known as diastasis, caused by the separation of the outermost abdominal muscles during pregnancy. But it isn’t permanent, says R.N., personal trainer, fitness instructor and childbirth educator Tupler. By following her technique, she says, the post-childbirth mom can eliminate her mummy tummy and have a tighter, flatter stomach; a smaller waistline; a reduction or elimination of back pain; the ability to safely lift her baby and heavy objects; more energy and better posture. Tupler backs up her advice with anatomical explanations and then details her technique. Throughout, she debunks myths about pregnant women and physical activity, and retains a cheery attitude. The exercises are accompanied by helpful drawings and photos (and if that isn’t enough, readers can spring for Tupler’s companion video and DVD). This helpful, realistic book would be the perfect gift for any fitness-conscious new mom. 
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New York Magazine
“[Tupler is] one of the city’s top exercise gurus.” 

Bookviews.com
“Plenty of photos and an easy to follow text.” 

Babyzone.com
“These exercises offer a gentle beginning to your road back to your pre-pregnancy figure.” 

Curled Up With a Good Book 1/26/05
“A great resource for any woman seeking to flatten her stomach after childbirth.” 

ePregnancy July/August 2005
“Tupler has helped thousands of moms…[Her] exercise program…works if you’ve just given birth or had your baby decades ago.” 

About the Author
Julie Tupler, R.N., is a certified personal trainer, fitness instructor, and childbirth educator. As President and founder of Maternal Fitness, a prenatal/postpartum exercise program, Julie has trained thousands of new moms, fitness professionals, and childbirth experts at her Manhattan studio and at seminars around the country. She is on the advisory boards of Fit Pregnancy magazine, iParenting.com, and The Woman’s Sports Foundation.