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Nov 2020Modifying Workouts When Pregnant
Modifying Workouts While Pregnant
By: Rachel Burns
Description: When you are pregnant, you know that if you want to ensure your baby’s health, you have to do everything in your power to keep yourself healthy and in good shape! But as the pregnancy progresses, you might find it harder to do standard workouts. It shouldn’t worry you, though, because there are ways to change exercises a bit so you can do pregnant workout versions!
Are you someone who wants to stay active during pregnancy? Here you will discover ways to adjust exercises to do them without any risk to your or baby’s health!
You know, same as many other things in life, the ideas women have about exercising while being pregnant changed significantly over the past decade or so. In the past, many older women will tell you that the most important thing is that you avoid any physical effort and rest as much as possible because your condition has changed. Besides that, they were told that pregnant women can eat however much they want and whatever they want since they are eating for two.
Nowadays, thank to the progress of medicine and also raising awareness when it comes to women’s health, we know that you have to be pretty attentive to what you eat and drink and that working out won’t cause a miscarriage if you do it properly. We know that only balanced and well-planned meals can contribute to the maintenance of a healthy pregnancy. We also know that it is probably even more necessary to exercise when you are pregnant. However, before starting a workout routine while pregnant, you need to talk with your OB/GYN to make sure that you are staying safe.
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