Post-Partum Weight Loss: The Only 5 Exercise Tips You'll Ever Need

These are the only five exercise tips you'll ever need for post-partum weight loss and regaining your figure.

As a post-partum woman who has lost over 20 pounds, I know what works, and what didn't work. As a former membership advisor at a local gym, I also spent a lot of time talking to post-partum women and other moms trying to lose weight.

I have come up with five must-dos, based on my own expereince and the experiences and weight loss successes of other new moms.

Forget the fads, forget the latest as-seen-on-TV abdomen shrinker or diet pills.

Just follow these simple and inexpensive exercise tips and you too will soon say "good-bye" to your post-partum body and hello to the new, old you.

The Only 5 Exercise Tips You'll Ever Need for Post-Partum Weight Loss

1. Strength Train Post-Partum

Ladies, this one is for you. Guys don't really need a nudge in this area.

Here's why post-partum women can no longer ignore strength training and resistance training.

When I was a membership advisor at a local gym, my favorite part of the process was explaining to potential members who were also strength-training shy, was how trulybeneficial strength training and resistance training are.

Obviously, the strength training and resistance training are going to tone up your post-partum muscles, and make you look tighter and more lean and fit.

More muscle on your body means more fuel is burned.

The best part, and the part that would get sort of an unsure look when I shared this lifetime fitness gem is that when you add strength training and resistancetraining to your exercise routine, you will also burn more calories when your body is at rest. That's right. If you had strength trained recently, you'd be burning more calories sitting down and reading this than you would if you had not strength trained.

2. Engage in an Exercise You Love, or at Least Like as a New Mom

Okay, when you first start out you may not actually love to exercise. Eventually you will, when you experiences the endorphin rush of exercise. You may not love exercise, but at least find exercise you like.