Best prenatal fitness classes in Hong Kong
Exercising and stretching for twoWhen you’re expecting, it’s important to keep up a healthy lifestyle, both for you and your baby. Exercising regularly can also help your body to recover more easily postpartum. Below are some of the best prenatal and postnatal fitness classes in Hong Kong.
Barre 2 Barre Mama
Feel good and keep up with your pre-pregnancy routine with Barre 2 Barre’s private classes, using neutral spinal alignment, breath and classic BarreAmped exercises, or get your ‘expecting’ friends together for a private group session at their studio. For new mums, Barre 2 Barre’s postnatal classes focus on pelvic and spinal stability while strengthening your deep abdominals. Each class is capped at eight students.
4/F, Cheung Hing Commercial Building, 37 Cochrane Street, Central, 9688 3503
Yoga Room
Mums, breathe a sigh of relief. Yoga Room offers daily prenatal and postnatal yoga classes. Prenatal classes help expecting mums feel at peace with what’s to come and offer a safe place away from any anxiety concerning the birth process. Postnatal classes focus on rebuilding strength and stability in the abdomen, back and pelvic floor muscles. A bonus: new mums can also enjoy mother and baby classes which help strengthen and support postpartum bodies, while offering the opportunity to meet other new mums.
3/F, 4/F, 6/F & 16/F, Xiu Ping Commercial Building, 104 Jervois Street, Sheung Wan, 2544 8398
Pure Yoga
Pure Yoga offers prenatal classis for expecting mums. Connect with your baby and body through a range of yoga poses, specifically designed to engage the pelvic floor area and strengthen the core. The class offers a sense of community for mums to share the experience of pregnancy together.
3-19 Wing Fung Street. Starstreet Precinct, Wan Chai, 8200 8208
Flex Studio
Incorporating both mat work and Allegro exercises, Flex Studio’s prenatal pilates helps to prepare your body for birth by strengthening the lower abdominal region to support the growing baby and thereby alleviating lower back pain and toning pelvic floor muscles in preparation for delivery. Post-pregnancy class allow you to rediscover your body by strengthening the muscles of your lower abdominal region and pelvic floor whilst focusing on balance, posture and breath. This class is suitable for all postnatal stages, including those with older children who feel they haven’t fully recovered their pre-pregnancy body.
Shops 308-310, One Island South, 2 Heung Yip Road, Wong Chuk Hang, 2813 2212