Working Out While Pregnant
Can I workout when I am pregnant? Should I limit my exercise? Do I need to keep my heart rate under a certain number? Will it hurt the baby if I run or lift weights? Is walking my only option for cardio? If I do a group fitness class, do I need to stay with the low options all the time?
As a trainer and group fitness professional, I get these questions asked of me more often than I can count. So I am here to help answer some of the questions expecting mothers (and fathers that are concerned) may have about fitness and being pregnant. Recently, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, or ACOG (www.acog.org) dispelled many of the myths of pregnancy and working out. Until recently, many mothers have been told by their physicians that there are certain guidelines when working out. Such as: keeping heart rate under 140, no running, no lifting weights, especially overhead, no cardio fitness classes such as step aerobics. Now, as we have learned, these guidelines have changed drastically, and for those that work out pre-pregnancy, that is a very good thing!
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Added on 03/11/2010
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