Archive For The “Pregnancy and Exercise” Category
I can’t believe it’s time to sit down and write this post. I started thinking about this post three months ago, after completing my Trimester 1 “Report”. I knew there would be a follow up, but it seemed so far off – as have many things (everything?) with fertility and pregnancy has been for us. […]
Many of you have been asking what I’m doing for my prenatal workouts. Honestly, I’m doing pretty much the same thing I did before pregnancy. I did go through a phase in my first tri where I backed off on my jumping and high impact exercises. I didn’t want the baby to fall out. I […]
This morning I had the opportunity to be on The Mom Advocate Radio Show. Mom Advocate host, AnnMarie, and I got to chat about: *Tricks to losing weight without giving precious time *How long you need for an effective workout *The benefits of prenatal exercise *The most important tip to losing baby weight
You deserve to have the fittest pregnancy possible. Your baby deserves it too. I don’t mean go out and run a marathon at 8 months or anything crazy. I mean treat your body like the temple it is by taking amazing care of yourself. In past posts, I have spoken at length about the benefits […]
This is a really important topic for pregnant women. There is a lot of conflicting information out there about prenatal exercise. I find some of it maddening, really. If your pregnancy is low risk, you are not a delicate flower. I don’t mean that you should do anything crazy, but we know from a lot […]
There are many long standing myths out there regarding pregnancy and exercise. Sadly, many old school OBGYNs are not up to date on how moms-to-be can safely and effectively exercise. It is important that you know there is a ton of excellent recent research out there to support exercise during pregnancy – even if you […]