Exercise question and Pure Barre

perfectlove09 · August 2014

So remind me...is it ok to start working out in the middle of pregnancy? Is it mostly the heart rate you have to watch?? I've done ZERO exercise since being pregnant. And who knows when the last time I worked out was pre-pregnancy. I'm too busy. I work full time and chase a toddler day and night.

But I need to work out.

So I saw people talk about Pure Barre here a couple months ago. I did the free class on Thursday. HOLY HELL!!! I'm freaking sore guys!!! And I was shaking and good lord. Has anyone done this class that can tell me if it's smart to start during pregnancy? My heart rate was fine but my muscles are killing me. They have me a sheet of modifications but I haven't looked at them yet. The only thing I couldn't do was some stomach work so I just sat there lol.

Anyone else getting a late start to working out? I know it'll make labor easier and it's best for me and baby. It just sucks

perfectlove09 · August 2014

Oh and is it ok to to do sit-ups? Some girl was talking to me after the class and she said "what are you doing in place of sit-ups.." I did the sit-ups.

love2travel2014 · August 2014

I was told I could continue doing anything I was doing prior to getting pregnant. I wanted to start a barre class right at the beginning 2nd tri and I asked my dr and she told me no because it uses so much core and since my body wasn't used to it she said to wait until after baby

As far as the sit-ups, she told me I could continue doing those until my stomach muscle start to separate.

perfectlove09 · August 2014

Thanks ladies. I should have asked on Thursday at my A/S. I didn't even think about it.

I'm not worried about my heart rate at all. I can control that pretty well, I used to run a lot and am good at regulating my breathing and watching heart rate. My biggest concern, which I didn't even think about until I was in the class, was the abdominal work. Is it that it's going to hurt the baby or the placenta or what? I understand the separating muscles thing later on...kinda.

@ashtonkitty1‌ when you say "core didn't make me feel good" do you mean mentally you were freaked out by it or it actually hurt you? I'm pretty sore in my ribs and lower abdomen but I guess I expected that. It just creeps me out bc I don't know lol.

Edit to add:
@KimberlyC1984‌ did she tell you why you couldn't do core?

@Ainslie325‌ are inversions like doing downward dog in yoga?

weezy29 · August 2014

Working your abs during pregnancy can cause more harm than good. It's fine to use core core as stabilization but you really shouldn't do sit-ups, crunches or even prolonged planks.

I've always been told that if you didn't exercise prior to pregnancy, you should still to walking just to be safe. Honestly, that can give you a great workout, especially on an incline.

katnine · August 2014

I do the pure barre prenatal workouts I'm not wild about them but it's a DVD. I did pure barre before but little nervous of taking classes now.

love2travel2014 · August 2014

perfectlove09 said:

: @KimberlyC1984‌ did she tell you why you couldn't do core?

I could continue any core work I was doing prior to getting pregnant. But I ended up not being able to continue my "hardcore" classes because I couldn't keep up in the 1st tri. So, when I asked about the barre classes I hadn't been doing any core workouts only spinning, walking & lifting lighter weights. So, she just said she wouldn't advise me going since my body wasn't use to a lot of core work anymore

megbmeg · August 2014

I agree that it's a good thing to check in with your dr about. I think it'd be fine to call the office and say, there's something I forgot to ask about at my last appt, and they can take a message for you and get you a call back.

Also, I think it's awesome that you want to be more active! What I've been told is similar to PP:

1. Generally do activities you did before pregnancy since your body is already conditioned for them. If starting something new check with your dr and take it slowly.

2. Listen to your body. Really. You will likely only want to do about 70% of what you *could* do.

3. Avoid direct ab work (no crunches, plank, etc.), but indirect core strengthening of obliques etc is ok (leg lifts, etc). As far as I know, and I'm no expert, this is because you can risk tearing the connective tissue between your abs (a condition called diastasis recti), and you also don't want to squish baby up too much.

I wasn't terribly active before pregnancy, so I'm sticking with walking, hiking, and prenatal classes/DVDs (I really like the 10 minute solution prenatal Pilates if you're looking for recs). I'm also a loss mom so I'm pretty cautious.

Good luck! Let us know what you ind out from your doc.

hellopartyof5 · August 2014

I was doing pure barre before, but I think I'm moving more towards walking/prenatal yoga. I didn't go for a month and now I think it's too late to really get into it again. It took me a week and a half to get in shape there when I was 16 weeks and I was hardly showing.

marriedinaugust · August 2014

I haven't read all the responses but I started taking classes in my first tri. The teacher just gave me modifications to do.

perfectlove09 · August 2014

Thank you for all the responses. I will call the dr office on Monday to check in.
Thank you too for the suggestions on other work outs. @megbmeg thank you also for the ab workout answer. I'm ok with modifying my workouts or changing it altogether but I'm one of hose people that always has to know "why" lol. I don't do well with "the dr said it's not good" I always want the details, what are the risks, is it outdated, what are the odds, etc. I'm like that with everything though. I can follow someone's instructions to the letter if I know "why" I'm doing it (let me tell you how much that drove my mother crazy

)

@Ainslie325‌ i totally agree with you on the heart rate thing. I guess I meant to day I do a pretty good job of judging my energy output, not just my heart rate. When I do run and when I train for 10k's I run alone so once in a while I'll start singing or talking to myself to see if I am still doing ok. Since I don't have someone else to talk to to test it.
And I also agree with not everyone fitting in the same box. For some reason I have a slightly higher LDL than is considered "normal". I used to work at a hospital and they'd do the lipid and glucose panel for us and the first like 3 times the dr kept telling me "you must lower your cholesterol intake". I had the hardest time convincing him that I didn't consume a lot anyway. Finally after more test and trial "diets" he realized I just don't fit in their little 4 dots. I'm perfectly healthy and my HDL is high so that's good. Anyway. Lol

I might do some research into the ab thing. I'm ok with going to the class and just doing the best I can. If I can't keep up or I skip the direct ab stuff I don't mind. I'm partly so curious about it bc I LOVED the class, it's so my style ... And I paid $35 for 2 weeks unlimited classes lol

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