Fitness Tips During Pregnancy
By: Allison K. Jones
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Stay safe, avoid activities where you could fall, as it is easy to do as your joints loosen and your center of gravity changes. This means no skiing, bike riding (unless stationary) or even step aerobics. Ensure that you are not overexerting yourself, you should be able to carry on a normal conversation, if not you are working yourself too hard.
Hit the pool - one of the best pregnancy fitness exercises is to get wet with an aqua-aerobic program or just swimming some laps. While you may not like picturing yourself with a huge belly in a bathing suit, if you want to stay fit you may just have to grin and bear it. Swimming is easy on the pregnant body as you are more weightless in the water. Not only is it a great cardio workout but swimming also targets all the major muscle groups so you get an all over workout.
Before you delve into any new fitness plan you should talk to your obstetrician or family doctor first. Those with high blood pressure, gestational diabetes or any other pregnancy issues need to be especially careful so they don't overtax their bodies. With these few pregnancy fitness tips you will find yourself more relaxed with more energy and you will have a much easier time taking off the pregnancy weight gain and getting back to your pre-pregnancy shape. |