One of the most rewarding things about closing the diastasis recti and doing seated tuplers is WAIST SIZE REDUCTION!!
One of my clients nearly closed her diastasis in a 8 week class session with me. She was
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4 fingerwidth gap 3 inches above the belly button
5 fingerwidths gap right AT the belly button
5 fingerwidths gap 3 inches below the belly button
Her waist size was 35 7/8
What was interesting that after splinting and being fairly consistent with doing 5 sets + of 100 Seated Tuplers per day, she CLOSED her diastasis in the 8 weeks.
At the end of the class session she was down 1 inch – so at 34 7/8.
She then took the next session with me which was 5 weeks from start to finish.
She wanted to continue toning and whittling away the waistline for the next session, since her diastasis was closed. She went from just shy of 35 inch waist to a 30 in waist in that 5 weeks!!
And I will also add that was during the holidays – between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
So a couple of things can be deduced from this –
1) DONT STOP DOING THE EXERCISES ONCE THE DIASTASIS CLOSES!!! THERE ARE CONTINUED BENEFITS!!!!!!!!!!
2) The waistline can follow 2 different courses – I have seen it again and again. It can either
- Become tinier AS YOU CLOSE the diastasis
- It becomes tinier FOLLOWING THE CLOSING AND WITH CONTINUED SEATED TUPLER EXERCISES.
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In my own experience, after I have my babies and start out with a 32 inch waist, I do the between 7 and 10 sets of 100 Seated Tuplers PER DAY UNTIL I AM THE WAIST SIZE I WANT! A funny thing I have observed that follows Client S. above…It takes me 11 weeks to get to a 27 inch waist following the baby’s births, and then another 5 months to get back down those LAST TWO DARN INCHES to a 25 inch waist.
This can be observed in other clients I have as well – its the PROLONGED EFFECT OF DOING THE SEATED TUPLER EXERCISES that is the most beneficial. NOT just doing them for a couple of months for the diastasis to close – but CONTINUED AND CONSISTENT seated tuplers to completely restore the prepregancy midsection.
CONGRATS TO CLIENT S.!!!
Bonnie–your blog is still so inspiring to me! I’ve had several friends mention your blog to me in the last few weeks, wishing you lived here so you could train all of us in the tupler technique! I’m motivated to start doing them again! Amazing!
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http://beautifulafterthebelly.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-dont-i-just-get-tummy-tuck.html
People can blow right THROUGH the stitches unless they learn what moves to avoid, especially ab exercises, and they must strengthen the transverse to avoid blowing through the stitches. It is advised to wait 9 to 12 months after doing the Tupler Technique exercises to discern if they still need one.
POST OP: Those who have had a tummy tuck will still definitely want to strengthen and start the exercises within 1 week to promote blood flow to the area to promote healing. They will also want to learn what movement they can and can’t do and to get the transverse working.
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Once you close or nearly close your diastasis, how much should you continue wearing the splint? It seems like if I back off too much (but still doing the seated tuplers), my waist starts expanding again.
Buzymom – you might need to do more sets of seated tuplers to tone your transverse. Your transverse should be at the 5th floor also when you lift your kids, lift boxes, toys, lift weight – in other words, the WORK of ALL things. The consistency of the seated tuplers will be key for you in whittling down the waist. Your comment also tells me you probably still have a diastasis to some degree – or you are doing movement while not wearing the splint to cause the diastasis to resplit – like jacknifing in and out of bed, coughing without bringing in the transverse, or some incorrect abs, like crunches, planks you are not strong enough for yet, pilates moves that cause your shoulders to come off the ground. The majority of the time, jacknifing in and out of bed is the culprit.