How To Do Chin Tucks When Pregnant Video

Chin tucks are a great exercise for pregnant women to stay fit during their pregnancy. Learn how to do chin tucks with expert pregnancy fitness tips in this video.

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Walk down exercise ball
Keep hands on bent knees
Lean head back & inhale
Lean head forward & exhale

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Known as the trainers' trainer, Carol Ann has 19 years of professional fitness training experience, a Master's degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion, and CEC provider status with AFAA and ACE. She holds current fitness certifications including Group X Instructor, Personal Trainer, Pilates, Yoga, Aqua Fitness, Kickboxing, and Lifestyle Fitness Coaching. Carol Ann has traveled nationally and internationally training fitness professionals, presenting certifications and workshops, and sharing her knowledge for specific training techniques and application. Along with various fitness training DVD's, she is the creator and star of the fitness DVD series called The Steel Physique System. She also is a freelance fitness expert writer for several publications. In 2008 she is launching Studio Group X, a premier state-of-the-art group exercise studio in North Tampa, FL. The focus is to engage her clients into leading healthy lifestyles for a lifetime through an educational and fun process.

CAROLANN, CERT. FITNESS INSTRUCTOR: This is how to do chin tucks while pregnant. Now we're getting ready for that special day, especially that delivery day. And we need to prepare our muscles and our breathing especially if you're going to be delivering naturally. So, what we're going to do are chin tucks to do this. So, we use an exercise ball and that helps to support the back. So you want to walk down to where your lower back comes to the ball and then you're going to have your knees bent and just place your hands right on those knees. Now, we utilize this movement to really bare down on the abdominals but also to lift the chin and lift the head so that we're practicing for that delivery. So, when you bring your head back inhale, just lift your head back, and then exhale bring your chin forward, and contract your abdominal muscles. Inhale as you come back and then exhale as you bring your chin towards the chest. And this is going to be a great activity to perform or an exercise to get you ready for that natural delivery. Because when you're delivering that baby, you're going to be using all of your muscles to be pushing. So we want to make sure that you neck is conditioned for this movement. So this is a great exercise to perform getting ready for that moment. Now, you can do about 15 reps. When you're finished, engaged your abdominal muscles and gently walk your feet in and then come up to a nice seated position and then relax. So, couple of things to remember; pull your navel in towards your spine, inhale to prepare, exhale as you lower your chin towards your chest. And that is how you do chin tucks while pregnant.

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