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Sahrmann Exercises
Intorduction to the Sahrmann Exercises PDF E-mail
Image Traditional Abdominal exercises are way too strenuous on your tummy and back after having a baby.  To safely get you’re your pre pregnancy waistline back, start with these 5 exercises, developed by physical therapist, Shirley Sahrmann.  These exercises must be done progressively.  Do not move on to exercise #2 until you are able to properly perform exercise #1.  This means that you are able to hold the abdominal contraction with the basic breath, and repeat whichever particular leg action in question 20 times on each leg without arching or flattening your back.  Be patient!  It will take time to rehabilitate those abs, but within a few months your tummy will be flatter and firmer, and you’ll be back in that bikini before you know it!  Do whichever Sahrmann exercise you are currently at twice a day.
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Basic Breath PDF E-mail
Image Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor.  Take a deep breath, exhale and pull your belly button towards your spine, concentrating on those muscles below your belly button.  Contract those muscles without flattening your back.  Relax and inhale.  When you are able to contract those muscles without arching or flattening your back, you can move on to The Sahrmann Exercises.
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Sahrmann Exercise #1 PDF E-mail

Image  Lying on your back, with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor, perform the basic breath. Keep one knee bent, and slowly slide the other leg out until it is parallel with the floor.  Then slide the leg back into position. Alternate legs.

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Sahrmann Exercise #2 PDF E-mail
Image Set up the same as exercise #1.  Perform the basic breath. Raise one knee toward your chest, and slowly straighten it out so that it is parallel to, but not touching, the floor.  Return that leg to the starting position. Alternate legs.
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Sahrmann Exercises # 3 PDF E-mail
Image Lying on your back with knees bent and lifted up at a 90 degree angle.  Perform the basic breath.  Keep one leg up, while the other leg, remaining bent, drops to touch your foot to the floor, and then is raised back up.  Alternate legs.
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Sahrmann Exercises # 4 PDF E-mail
Image Set up the same as exercise #3.  Perform the basic breath, and slowly extend one leg out so that it is parallel to, but not touching the floor.  Bring the leg back to a 90 degree angle, and repeat on the other leg.
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Sahrmann Exercises # 5 PDF E-mail
Image Lying on your back with legs straight up towards the ceiling, perform the basic breath.  Slowly lower both legs together toward the floor.  Go only as far as you feel is comfortable, or to the point where the back strats to arch.  Return to the start and repeat.
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