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Kelly Mcbride: Hi! Welcome to Baby Belly Fitness. My name is Kelly McBride with Babyssentials.com. You might be asking yourself, “Now that I’m pregnant, how do I need to adjust my workout?”
Well today, we’re going to be talking about dos and don’ts to prenatal exercise and how to adjust it. So keep in mind, now that you’re pregnant, you should think about seeking out a prenatal instruction or even instructor for a prenatal class that has specific training for working with prenatal women. They would be able to tell you how to modify your existing routine, what exercises should be safe for you, what exercises should be eliminated and they could even look out for any signs that you might be overdoing it.
Some activities or sports or exercises that you’ve done might need to be either modified or eliminated for your routine altogether especially in particular exercises or sports or even activities that might put you and your baby at danger, at risk for falling or even trauma to your abdomen.
Also, be sure to include a warm up period and a cool down period. The warm up period will help gently elevate your heart rate and the cool down period will help bring your heart rate down to its normal level and also, the gentle stretching you can do can also help alleviate or even avoid some of the soreness that you might experience post workout.
Be sure to exclude all flexion of the torso starting from the second trimester and these exercises are traditional abdominal exercises such as your sit-ups and your crunches. Be sure to take them out of any routine you have like I said starting from the second trimester forward. Be sure that you include the pregnancy conditioning exercises, exercises such as your Kegel. That’s right mommies. There is Kegel that your doctor has been telling you about since the beginning of your pregnancy.
These exercises really help work the muscles most affected by pregnancy and lastly, be sure to listen to your body mommy. It’s really important that you pay attention to any clues that your body is giving you, that you might be overdoing it and if need be, reduce your workout. No one tells you had to work for a full hour.
So, I hope some of these tips could help. This is Kelly McBride with Babyssentials.com.
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