I was about 3-4 weeks into a tough workout series when I found out I was pregnant so I scaled it WAY down. Then I had morning sickness all day, every day, for 16 weeks and needless to say I didn't really do much.
I have two prenatal workout DVD's, one is a yoga but I have NO desire to do them. Is anyone working out, stretching, walking, yoga, something?
I need help. My arms feel freakin flabby as *** and my thighs are pissing me off. Anyone want to help me plan a reasonable workout that will help me with this? I'm one of those people that needs a scheduled plan otherwise I won't stick to it. And normally I just google a new workout plan but starting later in pregnancy is hard to google lol. I also need to stretch more.
Anyone want to share their regimen? Or help me make my own? Friday's are my "Monday" and it's my longest day of the week.
Thanks
Re: are you exercizing?
I walk for about 45 minutes 5 or 6 times a week and I do light weights a couple times a week, just to keep a little tone. I used to be pretty hard core and I did a lot of running or P90x before I got pregnant, but first Tri kicked my butt. I was lucky to walk the dog for 20 minutes a couple times a week at that point.
How about walking or swimming? Both are pretty low impact and relaxing, at least for me.
Sundays- Jog/walk/bike 20 minutes plus squats/lunges/calf raises.
Mondays-40 minutes of yoga
Tuesdays- off
Wednesdays- 30 minutes yoga
Thursdays- jog/walk/bike 20 minutes plus various arm routines(we have access to a weight machine)
Fridays- off
Saturdays- Hour of yoga.
Some weeks I don't do so well, but overall I feel like I do okay. Especially considering how exhausted I am at the end of a lot of days. I also bounce of one of those giant exercise balls while I'm watching tv at night, which feels great on the lower back.
That said, I have been walking a lot, chasing a gaggle of children around, and swimming. So I've been getting some exercise.
4 days until I start up my old routine again!
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Sunday: elliptical 45 minutes (interval program), stretch and arms 15 mins
Monday: elliptical 45 minutes (interval program), stretch and legs 15 mins
Tuesday: I coach cheerleading and I aim for 60 push ups, 1 mile jog and lunges/squats/wall-sits
Wednesday: see Sunday
Thursday: spinning class 60 minutes, stretch afterwards
Friday: game day, take a rest day
Saturday: see Monday
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I've been just awful with this. I was on a very strict diet before I got pregnant and very active. I dropped the diet when I found out we were expecting and then dropped the excercise at week 6 because I was too sick to function.
By the time I came out of the worst of the sickness several weeks later (around week 17) I was already pretty slow moving with the twins feeling like weights. Still, we did as much walking as we could, usually at night because it's been such a hot flipping summer. Just this week though I hit a wall with the night walks - by the time I get home from work I'm pretty beat. We tried walking in the morning before work today though and it went MUCH better. We'll stick with that I think until I get too huge to trudge up and down the hill we live on.
Good luck with your workout plans! I hope they go better than mine!
This helps a lot. I think I'll take a little of all the schedules posted and make one that matches my days off. It helps me to have something set.
I'm also happy sorry to see I'm not the only one struggling with motivation. You'd think creating another life would be motivation enough but so far it's been more motivation for me to nap and eat sugar lol
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DD#2 New Year's Baby '15
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