Fit and healthy with baby: This is how you achieve your sporting goals
When your baby is born, your world is often upside down. And even with older children, everyday life is often busy, stressful and there is little time for sport. Nevertheless, there are possibilities that enable you to lead a healthy lifestyle even with little time and bring you closer to your goals in the long term.
Fit in everyday life with smart products
Do you have specific sporting goals and wish for a generally healthier lifestyle – is it just a problem with implementation? Children often leave little time or energy for sporting activities. But we have good news for you: With the right tips and products, you can integrate small habits into your everyday life that will bring you closer to your goals. In fact, the current trend products can be the key to your well-being and enable you to stay fit in everyday life in a smart way.
Meal prepping and workouts
Tip 1: Meal prep
Being well-prepared is the key to long-term success. Meal prepping saves a lot of time and money. Many dishes taste even better the next day.
If you have already prepared a healthy meal, a balanced diet is no longer difficult, even with little time. You can cook once and eat healthy three times. You are always well prepared when you are out and about at the playground, in the park or on excursions and do not have to resort to fries and the like. Brilliant!
All you really need is the right boxes – and you’re good to go. But beware: Not every box is actually suitable. They should be leakproof and fitted with dividers. So you are always well equipped on the go. The perfect material: glass.
The high-quality set of 3 FIT FOR FUN meal prep boxes meets all these criteria – and for only 35 euros. They are also suitable for both the oven and the freezer. This makes them an absolute must-have in the kitchen and on the go. Plus: A free recipe book with inspiration for healthy meal prepping is also included in the package.
Tip 2: Short workouts
Fitness Mat: You don’t have to train for hours to get results. Short, crisp workouts that you integrate into everyday life here and there are also effective. And you don’t even have to leave the house to do it. On the FIT FOR FUN fitness mat you can do everything from HIIT workouts to relaxing yoga. Rolled up, the mat is also the ideal companion for on the go.
Plankpad: A plankpad is a wobbly wooden board with a semicircular bottom that is placed on the ground. You either place yourself in a forearm or push-up position on the wobble board and then have to constantly balance the imbalance with your whole body. A very effective type of full body workout and by no means only intended for fitness junkies! Training with the plank pad is also ideal after pregnancy: the regression of the uterus and the strengthening of the stressed muscles of the abdominal wall and pelvic floor are achieved more quickly.
Fitness bands: Space-saving, but effective: There are many gadgets for home workouts – and some of the best include fitness bands. They are absolute all-rounder tools and can be used for training the lower body (buttocks, legs), as well as the middle (torso) and upper body (arms, back). They are also quickly stowed away. In this way you can train efficiently and easily in the future – where and how it suits you.
Tip 3: relaxation
Constant stress is not good for your health. That is why it is so important to incorporate moments of relaxation in addition to everyday life, family, work and sport. If the body constantly releases stress hormones, the training successes are a long time coming. So it’s better to slow down and find your inner balance on the meditation cushion. The pillow is sustainable and made from 100% cotton.
Relaxation tip for little time: It is often not so easy to find peace in the stressful everyday life because there is not enough time for an hour-long bath or an extensive yoga class. Great relaxation can also be achieved in just a few minutes. Lie down on your meditation cushion and breathe in and out deeply. If you feel tension in your body, put a hot water bottle on your stomach. The warmth radiates to the whole body and relieves tension.
For even deeper relaxation, try the 4-7-8 breathing technique : breathe in slowly through your nose for 4 seconds. Then you hold your breath for 7 seconds – stay relaxed. Now exhale forcefully and through your mouth for 8 seconds. Repeat this at least four times. This rhythmic breathing technique has a relaxing effect, makes you more relaxed, can lower high blood pressure and overall contributes to greater resistance to stress.