About a week ago, we had the chance to attend Mumpreneurs conference by Expand Business Development. An interesting part of the conference was the tips and tricks the mums got to hear from a health coach, a fitness coach, a relationship coach and many more. But for now, let’s talk about the fitness tips we got to hear from the fitness coach Sara Taha, founder of ‘My Fitness Egypt.’
Sara Taha, a fitness coach and founder of ‘My Fitness Egypt’ gave important tips and tricks to help busy mums find the time to work out, and explained what kind of exercises they can easily do at home. So, here are the three workouts busy mums can easily do at home or during work breaks by Sara Taha:
1. First workout option for busy mums by Sara Taha:
This workout is for beginner's level, for the mums who haven’t worked out for a while, so they’ll find it easy to do.
- 15-20 reps of cat-cow exercise
- 15-20 reps of quadruped arm-leg reach exercise
- 15-20 reps superwoman exercise
- 20 bridges exercise
- 20 heel drops exercise
- 15 push-ups exercise
- 20 squats exercise
- 45 seconds of jumping jacks
- 45 seconds of high knees
2. Second workout option for busy mums by Sara Taha:
This workout is for intermediate level, for mums who have been working out for a while now, and their bodies are ready to elevate the intensity of the workout. The whole routine would take 17 minutes.
- 2 minutes jumping rope exercise
- 30 seconds plank exercise
- 2 minutes jumping rope exercise
- 30 seconds plank exercise
- 2 minutes jumping rope exercise
- 30 seconds plank exercise
- 1 minute jump squat exercise
- 30 second hollow rock hold exercise
- 1 minute jump squat exercise
- 30 second hollow rock hold exercise
- 1 minute jump squat exercise
- 30 second hollow rock hold exercise
- 30 seconds burpee exercise
- 1 minute roll-ups exercise
- 30 seconds burpee exercise
- 1 minute roll-ups exercise
- 30 seconds burpee exercise
- 1 minute roll-ups exercise
3. Third workout option for busy mums by Sara Taha
This workout is for the advanced level, mums who are now able to work out for longer time with harder exercises. The routine should take about 25 minutes
- 1 minute burpee exercise
- 2 minute jumping rope exercise
- 30 second plank exercise
- 15 pushups exercise
- 15 side obliques exercise
- 15 jumping squats exercise
- 15 sit-ups exercise
- 10 leg raises exercise
- 10 lunges exercise
Sara Taha also recommends that you start slowly, and increase your workout gradually but steadily. She discourages weight loss as the sole reason to exercise! Losing weight successfully is all about moderation and balance.