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Couch to Fitness launches workouts for pre and postnatal women
from Workout March 2023
by Script Media
FREE online fitness platform Couch to Fitness is aiming to break down barriers and make movement more accessible to all with a series of new pre and postnatal exercise programmes targeted at helping pregnant women and new mums to maintain active lives.
Developed by Our Parks with the help of National Lottery funding, the programmes are the first of their kind and have been designed by qualified pre and postnatal expert instructors specifically for new and expectant mothers.
Our Parks founder Born Barikor said: “After months of research and development working in partnership with leading organisations to innovate, we’re excited to launch our pre and postnatal workout programmes on the Couch To Fitness platform.
“A tremendous amount of work has gone into making them appropriate, accessible and inspiring to give women the confidence to be active during and after pregnancy.”
Led by the latest insights from the This Girl Can campaign, the six-week online programmes enable women to safely move at their own pace, from the comfort of their homes, regardless of where they live or their income.
“This Girl Can is thrilled to have supported Couch to Fitness to create a resource to support women during these major life stages as part of our mission to empower women to be active in a way that works for them,” added Claire Edwards, head of campaign activation at This Girl Can.
The workouts have also been endorsed by the Active Pregnancy Foundation, the leading national charity for supporting women to stay active throughout pregnancy and beyond.
The free high-quality on-demand programmes include yoga, Pilates and low-intensity workouts suitable for all abilities and aimed at improving mobility and increasing movement, with a preexercise screening process to ensure the programmes are suitable for the intended audiences.
These programmes are the latest addition to the widely successful Couch to Fitness platform which was launched by Our Parks in 2020 and now has more than 150,000 users.
