Workouts To Avoid When Pregnant

Pregnancy may not be the best time to get your scuba diving license. These workouts are too much for your pregnant body.

During pregnancy doctors recommend light exercise. Doctors claim exercise can help the comfort of the mother and the well-being of the unborn child.

Some benefits include, but are not limited to: reduced back pain, less likely to feel constipation, less likely to gain excess weight, decreased chance of gestational diabetes, easier labor, quicker recovery, and the baby will be in better physical and emotional health

If negative signs and symptoms occur after exercising, pregnant females should stop immediately. Some signs are: dizziness, faintness, headaches, shortness of breath, uterine contractions, vaginal bleeding or fluid leaking, or heart palpitations.

The following are good exercises for pregnent women:

1. Any sitting exercise machine. Such as; lat pulldown (back), cable curls (biceps), lateral raise (shoulders), triceps extensions, leg extensions (quadriceps), seated leg curl (hamstrings), seated calf raise, cable crossovers (chest)

2. Use low weight with high reps. Try to perform between 12-15 repetitions in 2-3 sets each. If the last few reps are difficult, you will need to lower the weight.

3. It is not a good idea to do abdominal work after the first trimester. Especially on your back.