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- March 28, 2009
I am 5 months pregnant, is it ok to start excercising at the gym?
Kat_25 asked:
I was doing regular cardio and strength trainning prior to becoming pregnant, but was working 2 jobs so had to stop training as I had no time. I have cut down on my work and am only working evenings now, and have the time to start excercising again. I just joined up with a gym and have a session with a personal trainer to go through some safe excercises for pregnant women, but its not for 2 weeks and I am keen to start asap, any advice? I am 21 weeks pregnant. Also how long can you keep excercising up untill, full term?
Kansieo.com
I was doing regular cardio and strength trainning prior to becoming pregnant, but was working 2 jobs so had to stop training as I had no time. I have cut down on my work and am only working evenings now, and have the time to start excercising again. I just joined up with a gym and have a session with a personal trainer to go through some safe excercises for pregnant women, but its not for 2 weeks and I am keen to start asap, any advice? I am 21 weeks pregnant. Also how long can you keep excercising up untill, full term?
Kansieo.com
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6 Responses to “I am 5 months pregnant, is it ok to start excercising at the gym?”
you should only do slight excerise, don’t do weights and anything within your tummy muscles, cardio is ok
By Dreamer on Mar 29, 2009
Sure ..it’s fine to exersice..you just have to take it easy…relax..dont do anything really hard..and dont push ur self…if u dont wanna do it then quit shower and take a nap..!
By i love mikey on Mar 30, 2009
You should be OK, make sure you talk to your doctor about it first, before you start, and make sure you stick with the pregnancy safe exercises.
By blebert2002 on Mar 31, 2009
Before starting any exercise routine, check in with your doctor. Exercise is great but you need to see how much your doctor approves of.
Also, don’t do any ab. exercises (ex. crunches) as these are forbidden during pregnancy. You can get diastisis recti from doing this.
By booboo on Apr 4, 2009
You can work out but don’t hurt yourself walking is really good during pregnancy
By Adrianne R on Apr 5, 2009
If you’re healthy you should be fine. Just keep in mind, now is not the time to push your limit. Start off slow since it has been a while since you have done any major routine. You can’t pick up where you left off!! Until you can meet with a personal trainer, start of with slow walking and work up to a brisk walking. You don’t want your belly to bounce around too much. If this doesn’t bring you up to where you want to be . . . stationary bikes are also good. Keep in mind with cardio, you don’t want your heart rate to be higher than 150-160bpm!
You can lift weights, just don’t do strength training. You are better off doing more reps with less weights. Many are saying you can’t do ab exercises. They are wrong. In fact it is encouraged to help you keep your abs strong for labor and delivery. You just can’t do the traditional ab crunches on the floor or full sit ups.
For abs . . . sit up straight in a chair and pull your ab muscles tight (toward your spine) and hold for a count of ten. So 3-5 sets until you can work up more. Remember, take it easy and don’t over do it!!
By Sweet on Apr 6, 2009