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Pregnancy Exercise
It is important for women to maintain an actively lifestyle when they are expecting with pregnancy exercises. This is vital to the health of the mother and the unborn baby. Pregnancy exercises with help you feel better, help with ease of delivery and make losing post partum weight a bit easier.
Pregnancy exercise is different depending on which trimester you are in. In your first trimester, you may be experiencing morning sickness, making it difficult to work out.
If you are feeling good, you can continue with you regular exercise program. If you are sedentary, some pregnancy exercise to consider are walking, swimming or fitness classes geared toward expectant mothers.
In your second trimester, you may to modify your workout intensity. You can still workout 2-3 times a week but you do mot want your heart rate to exceed 140 beats per minute. Continue to strength train as a part of your program but you may want to lift lighter weights so you don't put stain on your joints. In your last trimester it may be a good idea to switch to machines to reduce your risk of injury. Yoga is also a wonderful workout for expectant mothers. It is gentle to the body yet keeps the joints moving.
The most important thing is to listen to your body. If something feels wrong or painful - just stop. You also want to keep up a stretching program to keep you flexible and make for a faster recovery after birth. Even if you are new to exercise, you will greatly benefit from staying active while you are expecting.
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