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Add a little sparkle

Online membership

At Sparkle Fitness NZ, we specialize in MumSafe training, postpartum running programmes, female-specific training, running an

Add a little Sparkle to your day

Don't want to get up early to exercise? Want to exercise in the comfort of your own living room or yard? Exercise on your own terms and when it fits in with you with my base membership.

You'll get unlimited access to my workout videos that will make you stronger and get you sparkling. There is no equipment needed and all you'll need is 20mins at the most. The exercises can also be modified so whether you are a beginner, coming back from injury or post natal, there will be something for you.

You'll also get access to my menus and recipes. That way when you have finished your workout, you'll have plenty of healthy and family friendly meal ideas on hand. Easy, simple ingredients, no fads and no special ingredients!

All for less than $10 per week!

WHY SPARKLE FITNESS

Suitable for Beginners

Personal

Guidance

Home based workouts

Flexible

Schedule

Professional Trainer

Easy recipes

High Intensity (HIIT)

For busy mums, a series of fun 20 minute (ish) cardio based online home workouts. These are high intensity and high impact so as to get your heart rate up and maximise your workout time. While ladies don't sweat, you'll definitely shine!

Try a free 4 minute taster workout below.

Sparkle Stronger (Strength)

The aim is to still keep these online workouts under 30mins. However, they are slower paced to focus on building functional, child carrying strength! You'll only need equipment that can be found around the house, nothing special.

Postpartum

These are lower impact and intensity online workouts. Perfect for rebuilding strength and fitness after birth. Also perfect for those who have knee issues or cannot yet do the HIIT workouts. Please do consult your medical professional before engaging in an exercise regime if you are postpartum or have injuries.

Online workouts

8. How to check for diastasis recti (DRAM)

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8. How to check for diastasis recti (DRAM)

Have you checked or had your core checked for abdominal separation? It is rare that this is done at the 6 week check or at all by GPs (its not their fault, they have enough to do!). But did you know that 100% of pregnant women will have some degree of separation by the time they give birth. Some will heal and close without any intervention, some will need a little more help and some may not close at all. So even if your babies are now adults, that does not necessarily mean that your gap has closed. Follow this video to check and re-check every month or so to ensure that the exercises you are doing are helping your gap to close and are not making it worse. If you do have a gap of larger than 2 fingers or are concerned about your gap then please seek medical advice.

6. Pelvic Floor Exercises and Guidance Video

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6. Pelvic Floor Exercises and Guidance Video

A more in depth explanation of the pelvic floor, deeper core muscles and how to do pelvic floor exercises correctly.

Stretches and warm up exercises for running/cycling

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Stretches and warm up exercises for running/cycling

Strength & Injury Prevention: Here is a video which shows some of the moves that we have been doing in my strength classes. These stretches will help you to release and relax the muscles that get tight through running, triathlon and just general sitting down at a desk all day. Remember to do both sides and hold each stretch for at least 30sec (unless you are doing the dynamic versions as a running warm up). Also remember that it is common for one side to be different to the other and so the tighter side may require a bit more stretching attention!

4 minute HIIT the kitchen workout

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4 minute HIIT the kitchen workout

Time is precious and it can be so hard to find time to exercise. Don't worry about how long you "should" exercise for, anything is better than nothing! Start with one round of the exercises and if your kids leave you alone go another round! Better yet, get them to do it with you. You can also just do one set of exercises while doing something else in the kitchen, like making the kids lunches e.g. make a sandwich, do 10 pushups, make a sandwich, do some mountain climbers. You can also do it while cooking dinner or doing the dishes. Add a little Sparkle to your day!

4 minute home HIIT workout

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4 minute home HIIT workout

Time is not an excuse for this workout. It will be the best 4 mins of your day! This 4 (ish) minutes HIIT workout requires no equipment and can be done while the kids are watching TV.

Beach Workout - legs

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Beach Workout - legs

Out for a walk on the beach with the kids? Take 4 mins and try some of these exercises while watching them play. You can modify the exercises and use what you have around you. Better yet, challenge your kids to see how many of each they can do! The HIIT style is perfect when you are short on time. Work hard for 30 sec then take a short rest before starting the next exercise. These exercises can also be done at home, anywhere really! So take 4 minutes and add a little sparkle to your day.

4 min HIIT the lounge workout

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4 min HIIT the lounge workout

OK, its that time of day again - 4 minute workout time! Are the kids busy playing or watching TV, perhaps they want to join in? Or do you just need some "me" time? Get your energy levels back up and get the blood and oxygen pumping around your body again in only 4 minutes with this HIIT style home workout. All you'll need is a chair for the tricep dips. Have fun with this one and act like no one is watching! Add a little sparkle to your day.

Running warm up exercises and stretches

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Running warm up exercises and stretches

This is an video I did for a friend to visually show her the warm up stretches to do before a run. The benefit of doing these active and short hold stretches is that they mobilize your joints and help to loosen up any stiffness before you start running. It also gives you some cues as to where you might have tightness or niggles that you should be cautious of. This helps to reduce your risk of injury. All up these stretches should take about 5-10mins once you get the hang of them.

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