You've taken the plunge and have decided to starting hitting the gym....awesome! But, you may be thinking, "Now what?"
While we don't consider pregnant and postpartum women to be a "special population" (over half of the population is female and around 80% of those women will become pregnant at some point in their lives, so....) pregnant and postpartum women do have unique needs that should be addressed before creating a training program. This is one of the reasons that wether someone is seeking out group training or individual sessions we ask that all new clients do at least one 60 minute 1-on-1 consultation with us before moving on to the next steps.
Here is what you can expect when you schedule a training consultation with us:
A caring, fun and open environment. One of our company's core values is to provide a welcoming, judgement-free and fun environment with excellent customer service. We do this by seeking ways to bring fun through humor, building community and making everyone who walks through our doors feel like they belong. So, yes, there will probably be lots of laughter!
Preliminary questions. When you contact us we will send you a "Getting started" email that will include some more information about what we do and what we offer, but we will also ask for more information about you! In this questionnaire you'll find what we would consider to be typical questions about your health history including injuries, surgeries, preexisting medical conditions, etc. but we also include questions about other women's health considerations such as questions about incontinence, constipation, diastasis recti and pelvic floor health. These types of questions can be embarrassing or difficult to talk about in person with someone that you're just meeting for the first time so we like to give people the opportunity to tell us about it in writing first.
A review of your training intake questionnaire. When you come in for your consultation we'll review what you've shared with us on your questionnaire and may ask for more clarification on certain things. We'll also review what you've shared about your goals for training in terms of how you want to look, feel and what you'd like to be able to do.
A movement screen. After we've talked and gotten to know each other better we'll have you perform something called a Functional Movement Screen. A functional movement screen is a series of 7 basic movement patterns (like shoulder mobility, core stability, squatting, lunging, etc.) where we look for ways that you move really well and ways that maybe you aren't moving so well right now. And don't worry, if you can't perform certain things, shouldn't be performing certain things or if there is pain during certain exercises we will not make you do it! Along with your movement screen we'll take a look at your breathing patterns, posture and other ways that you move in everyday life. Because you'll be doing some movement during your consultation it's a good idea to wear clothes that you are comfortable moving around in. You are also free to bring a water bottle if you'd like.
A review of your movement screen. After your movement screen we'll go over what we saw. We'll tell you if we saw anything that we might need to address specifically with different breathing and movement strategies and will give you an overview on how we'd address that in future training sessions.
Make a plan! Toward the end of your one hour consultation we'll discuss how you'd like to move forward based on what we've discovered during your consultation and set a plan in motion!
We know that new experiences can be a little intimidating if you don't know what to expect. We hope that this answers some of the questions you may have had about what happens when you come in for a consultation with us! If you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask. To set up a training consultation please email us at info@thepushfitness.com to get started!
Jill
www.thepushfitness.com
