Fitness routine

AMJ6511 · November 2012

What is your current fitness routine? Have you had to change it much since you have gotten pregnant?

jglenn4 · November 2012

I do HIIT Training (a program called 30/60/90 which is like Insanity with weights) 3X a week & bootcamp 2X a week (with an additional 30 mins of pure cardio). Also one day a week I do pure cardio (e.g. spinning or something else for an hour or so). It's the exact same as before I became pregnant. No modifications yet, but pushups, burpees, etc. become harder each week. I'll probably have to modify by my third tri.

creativeaim · November 2012

Currently, I run 5 to 6 days a week and lift light weights 2 days a week.

The biggest change in my exercise routine has been flexibility of schedule. I've quit logging my mileage and pace per week so I can just enjoy the running now I was training for a trail marathon in early September when my DH and I found out we were expecting, so I dropped out of that. I would have only been 10 weeks pregnant, but Dr. said no and, wow, morning sickness was no fun for running!

Now I'm feeling great! Just getting bigger and having bladder issues on and off I listen to my body and if I'm absolutely shot that day, I just take it off. Otherwise, I try to run 6 days a week still, alternating distances each day with a "long" run on Saturday (only about 6-7 miles now).

I'm doing my best to enjoy pregnancy and not get freaked out by the weight gain and slowed running hehe... it's a bit tricky, but SO worth it!

cheesecakerunner · November 2012

Before: Body Pump twice each week, three short runs for speed (3-4 miles), one long run (10-12 miles), usually one long bike ride (40-50 miles)

Now: Expecting More DVD series twice a week, short run twice a week (3-4 miles), two days of weights

I'm not sure if it was exhaustion which led me to drop my 5:30am Body Pump routine or hormones which made me really cranky. Overall, I just don't get the same rush as I did from my pre-pregnancy workouts. I'm doing my best to maintain my fitness, but it's just not happening.

tasiaceleste · November 2012

I'm 38 weeks pregnant. I'm running 5 miles a day, every day. I lift heavy weights for 45 minutes-1 hour 3x/week. Sometimes I go to boxing conditioning class on Saturday mornings. During the first trimester, I scaled back a little due to exhaustion... which I ramped back up in the second tri. During the second tri, I had some bladder discomfort and switched to treadmill running so I could have easy access to the bathroom... but that didn't last, either. The only big change I've stuck with was eliminating my 10 mile runs-- I used to do 3 a week-- but I just haven't been interested in running that far (it's a big loop around the city) or that long. I'm sure I'll pick it right back up when LO is born.

MamatoA2010 · November 2012

Hi ladies! I'm not currently KU but I have a 2 1/2 year old DD and I am in the gym 3-5x a week walking uphill for an hour. I'm also doing Weight Watchers and am down almost 30 lbs!

Amores0121 · November 2012

Wow! You ladies are making me feel like a bump on a log! Before my BFP I would excercise 4-5x a week, either HIIT, or circuit training like Jillian Michaels. I gained some weight on my honeymoon ( in Sept) so I was ready to ramp it up and try to lose it when I got my BFP. Since then I have only done one "regular" workout. By the last 10 minutes of the workout I was very dizzy. Other than that I have done prenatal yoga, a pregnancy wo on youtube and yesterday I discovered educatedpregnancy.com so I did 3 of those videos. I barely broke a sweat but still managed to be dizzy and have trouble with my balance, which is why I'm not pushing myself to go back to my "normal" workouts. Maybe when I hit 2nd tri the dizziness will subside? I gained 56 lbs with my DD, but didn't workout. I am hoping to keep it to 40 lbs this time and workout the whole time, even if it is minimum.

happylady5 · November 2012

Pre-Pregnancy I was working out 3-4 (usually 4) days a week. It ranged from a weekly bootcamp class, weekly Body Pump class, running, swimming laps, yoga, and numerous Jillian Michaels DVDs.

Now, during my pregnancy, it's changed up quite a bit. I'm still getting in 3 days a week, which I'm really proud of. (I did take time off for several weeks in 1st tri when I felt so yucky) My bootcamp class was too high intensity and I quit around week 9. I switched running to jogging but completely went to walking about week 13. I've still done some lap swimming and plan to bring that back in more since my back is hurting now. I did Jillian DVDs until about week 16ish, but quit because it was too much matt work. I'm still doing yoga and my weekly Body Pump class. (doing less weight and not doing the tricep and chest workouts on the bench...doing them standing after week 20). I'm also walking 30-45 minutes at least once a week.

It's been hard for me to "back track" in my fitness routine, but I'm willing to do what I have to, to keep me and baby Landon safe. Plus, I know I'll eventually be back at it pushing myself as hard as I was pre-pregnancy.

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