Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw are Launching a Pre and Postnatal Pilates Program!
Alongside expert physiotherapist, Ashleigh Mason, KIC Pilates instructors, Christina Traychevska and Mari Yammas, as well as Meditation Coach, Meg James, Steph Claire Smith is releasing a range of inspiring exercises, grounding meditations and educational videos to support women through their pregnancy and beyond.
“Throughout my pregnancy I’ve had so many beautiful mums-to-be reach out for advice on how to exercise safely. Keeping fit and healthy during pregnancy has such incredible benefits for you and your baby but understanding which exercises you can and can’t do can be really overwhelming. KICBUMP celebrates the amazing female body and the incredible things we CAN do. It’s allowed me to maintain my strength with peace of mind knowing that each exercise has a physio’s tick of approval. I’ve literally tried each and every movement and meditation and I’m so excited to share this with our KIC community,” says Steph Claire Smith.
The Prenetal part of the program will be guided by KIC’s very own Pilates instructor and mum-to-be, Christina Traychevska, focusing on building and maintaining strength throughout pregnancy, while the postnatal part will guide new mothers to return to exercise safely and minimise injuries with a 10-week step-by-step guide led by Mari Yammas,.
“Obviously we have an online health and wellness program so for me it just kind made sense. I saw so many articles online with different opinions, different programs and different things that were kind of being shouted at me through Google. I just felt a little overwhelmed by it, to be honest,” Steph told Women’s Health on how the program came about. “I think one thing I learnt about being pregnant and speaking to other pregnant women is that you don’t really want to be told what to do, or you don’t want to be told what you can’t do because that’s the messaging I saw online.”
“It was just all this stuff. You can’t do this, you can’t do this, once your pregnant, you can’t do this. It just felt so restrictive. When actually, it’s a beautiful moment in our life. It’s an incredible thing what our body is going through. There is still so much that you can do. It’s also so important to empower women to want to stay healthy, fit and strong during their pregnancy. Obviously, if they’re able to. That was kind of the whole idea behind Kick Bump.”
The KICBump team.
“We’ve got a bunch of educational videos as a part of the kick bump content that’s going in the app. Basically, to teach women those sorts of things and to really empower them. To make sure that they continue to want to move their body. It’s the same with postnatal – it isn’t just about a training program, it’s more about building up your pelvic floor and your strength and empowering you before you get back into exercise.”
“We just hope that women feel really special and empowered and just feel really good in their journey. No matter how it’s going for them. No matter how many they can get through. How many of the workouts they can get through on how many they can’t. There’s something there for them to feel really empowered. We just hope that that’s how they feel when they’re watching the content.”
KicBump is launching on Mother’s Day, Sunday, 9th of May 2021.
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