Personal Training and Fitness Classes

At the front of our space, our multipurpose room is equipped with various exercise equipment for your health and fitness needs!

Nest’s Certified Personal Trainer Ingrid specializes in prenatal and postnatal coaching via group classes, 1-on-1, and 1-on-2 personal training.

What is a personal trainer? A Personal Trainer helps individuals develop a healthier lifestyle by guiding them through physical activity. They are responsible for creating a safe and effective workout plan, teaching clients how to perform exercises safely, and educating clients on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle through nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes.

Pregnancy & Exercise

The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada encourage women to continuously exercise while pregnant, including in the third trimester. Being sedentary is considered to be much riskier to parent and baby than being active in a safe and moderate way.

During pregnancy, there are even more reasons to keep moving — or get moving, even if you haven’t had an exercise routine in the past. Your body is dramatically changing and staying physically active can significantly help reduce the impact that being pregnant has on your body (prolapses, hip and back pain, too much weight gain, and fatigue). Studies have shown that individuals who exercise during pregnancy have a much more enjoyable pregnancy.

Benefits of exercising while pregnant include:

Reduce risk of pregnancy complications
Improve stamina and heart health
Decrease back and hip pain
Lower blood pressure
Fight fatigue
Improve circulation
Relieve constipation
Improve sleep
Speed up postpartum recovery
Help lose pregnancy weight
Prepare body for physical demands of baby

Regardless of your fitness background or goals, you can work together with Ingrid to design a program specific to you to support your fitness and health goals, improve core and pelvic floor health, and strengthen you for the demands of parenthood.

Postpartum & Exercise

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and the Canadian Society for Exercise and Physiology recommend that postpartum individuals slowly return to physical activity after giving birth and work their way up to 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic physical activity per week.

At Nest, Ingrid welcomes you to bring baby with you to the postpartum fitness classes (you can babywear for extra bonding and fitness challenge!), or to come without baby for some time away from parenting.

Benefits of exercising after recovering from childbirth include:

Improving mood, mental health, confidence, and self-esteem
Gaining strength to keep up with infant and child care
Lower postpartum weight retention
Improving pelvic health
Creating social networks with others on similar journeys
Improving posture, mobility, flexibility, and stability
Fostering connections with baby and your surroundings
Improving energy levels

Our other services

Take a look at the other services offered at Nest Integrative Wellness!

Nest Integrative Wellness is a multidisciplinary health and wellness clinic that also operates as a social and physical hub for group gatherings and activities. Our space is accessible, inclusive, surrounded by an abundance of free parking, and is located at 10608 124 St in Edmonton.

We support all members of the general public, and every team member of Nest has specialized training and interest in supporting those in their perinatal journeys – including those who are trying to conceive, are pregnant, have recently given birth, or are seeking supports through loss. We welcome individuals and families from the greater Edmonton area, and offer telehealth for various disciplines.