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September 2016 Moms
KarenBeth714
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Fitness Fun Survey & Motivational Gif party :)
KarenBeth714
member
Good morning Bumpies!
I don't wanna jinx it - but this morning and most of yesterday I've felt pretty good. Just a couple months before the bfp I was pretty active and attending gym classes/ running/ yoga - but it's been a few months now and I'm hesitant to go back. Yesterday I went to prenantal yoga and it felt so good, today I was thinking of going to the track for a brisk walk. I noticed that my arms and back have gained a lot of weight and so I want to start light lifting, but don't know where to start. I think someone previously started a fitness check in - maybe we can bring it back as many of us start to get out of the first tri crummies?? Bringing it back here! I need some motivation!
Here are some Fitness Survey/ Check in Questions for this week:
What areas of fitness would you like to work in during pregnancy?
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified?
Any goals for this week?
Any specific routines you would like to share?
Motivational Gif (you go, girl!)
I don't wanna jinx it - but this morning and most of yesterday I've felt pretty good. Just a couple months before the bfp I was pretty active and attending gym classes/ running/ yoga - but it's been a few months now and I'm hesitant to go back. Yesterday I went to prenantal yoga and it felt so good, today I was thinking of going to the track for a brisk walk. I noticed that my arms and back have gained a lot of weight and so I want to start light lifting, but don't know where to start. I think someone previously started a fitness check in - maybe we can bring it back as many of us start to get out of the first tri crummies?? Bringing it back here! I need some motivation!
Here are some Fitness Survey/ Check in Questions for this week:
What areas of fitness would you like to work in during pregnancy?
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified?
Any goals for this week?
Any specific routines you would like to share?
Motivational Gif (you go, girl!)
Me:35, DH 37 ~ Married July 2014
ttc July 2015 ~ bfp Nov 2015 (cp)
bfp Dec 2015 ~ (tfmr 17wk, March 2016, genetic disease)
ttcal May 2016
ttc July 2015 ~ bfp Nov 2015 (cp)
bfp Dec 2015 ~ (tfmr 17wk, March 2016, genetic disease)
ttcal May 2016
Re: Fitness Fun Survey & Motivational Gif party :)
Cardio, toning arms and thighs and butt!
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified?
Just prenatal yoga and walking. Got kind of dizzy during yoga and I heard that can happy during weeks 12-14
Any goals for this week?
Brisk walk on track, start lifting light weights to tone arms
Any specific routines you would like to share?
looking for ideas...
Motivational Gif (you go, girl!)
ttc July 2015 ~ bfp Nov 2015 (cp)
bfp Dec 2015 ~ (tfmr 17wk, March 2016, genetic disease)
ttcal May 2016
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified? I've still been lifting, spinning and running regularly, I just modify based on how I feel. Not attempting any max lifts, just keeping all of my weights to "maintain" rather than build right now. Also, as for running, I just take a couple more breaks if I'm not feeling great. For instance, I just got back from a 4 miler and took a couple walk breaks around miles 2.5 and 3 since I was starting to feel kind of crappy -- I definitely would have just pushed through before but trying to listen to my body better!
Any goals for this week? Just to keep up with the norm. 2-3 lifting days, 1-2 spinning days, 1 run day.
Any specific routines you would like to share? I do a lot of interval work and love "pyramid" sets for a quick workout. For example, choose 2-3 exercises, lets say squats, lunges and push ups for now. Start with 15 squats, 15 lunges, and 3-5 pushups. Next do 14 squats, 14 lunges, 3-5 pushups... Continue this all the way to 1 each. Try to do it with as little rest as possible, it'll probably take about 15-20 min, a great way to get a workout in when you're short on time!
Motivational Gif (you go, girl!) well... this isn't exactly motivational but it makes me laugh!
**Question below!!!***
What areas of fitness would you like to work in during pregnancy? Maintain my cardio/endurance, stave off excess weight gain
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified? I haven't really been doing much of anything. I've tried to do 21 Day Fix and T25 videos, but I have such low energy that it's hard to start. I've been following the modifiers in both videos whenever I felt I need to do so. And it's been a very cold winter so walks have been out.
Any goals for this week? This week I'm going to try to do three home workout videos - not sure which one yet.
Any specific routines you would like to share? Not really! If anyone has any youtube videos or anything they recommend let me know!
QUESTION: I want to avoid disasitis recti (i'm seriously terrified of it!) And I've heard that once your belly gets larger you shouldn't do any ab work and also avoid planking positions (so no push ups, etc). I don't have a belly as of now so I don't have to worry about it quite yet, but I'm curious about what other exercises I can do when my workout videos are saying to do moves that aren't recommended in pregnancy?
Motivational Gif (you go, girl!) You and Lisa Turtle GOT THIS!
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified? I do a 4 day split (legs/gluts, biceps/triceps, back, and shoulders) and I've been walking a lot instead of spinning. I love spinning but I easily get carried away and rarely am I able to keep my HR below 140
Any goals for this week? Find some prenatal yoga videos and introduce them into my routine for 20 min./day.
Any specific routines you would like to share? I 2nd @SLou24 on the interval and pyramid workouts! I also like to do Tabata workouts if I'm getting bored with my lifting routine. They can be done almost anywhere and require little to no equipment. If you've never heard of Tabata before and want to try it, just type in Tabata Workouts for beginners on Pinterest. They give you a bunch of different circuits to try out! I would suggest, though, that you wear a Heart Rate Monitor when doing Tabatas or HIIT workouts. Your heart rate will increase very quickly and decrease very quickly. Right now, our heart rates reeeeally shouldn't be going above 140.
BFP: 12/29/15 EDD: 9/15/16!! Please be our miracle baby!
From the Mayo Clinic:"If you exercised regularly before pregnancy, there's no need to focus on your heart rate for exercise during pregnancy.
Years ago, some experts recommended a heart rate of no more than 140 beats a minute for exercise during pregnancy. Today, however, heart rate limits aren't typically imposed during pregnancy. For healthy women, the Department of Health and Human Services recommends at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity — preferably spread throughout the week — without any specific heart rate limits."
Just wanted to post so that some ladies don't get scared if their HR goes higher!
My OB gave the suggestion of the conversation test for me last time, and I'm a moderately active non-pregnant and pregnant person (as in.. I can jog a 5k, 10k would probably require some walking if that puts it in context). She said I can keep working out as long as I'm not so out of breath that I could no longer hold a conversation. That was a pretty easy test for me.. although my husband was probably freaked out about me talking to myself every few minutes from the elliptical.
What areas of fitness would you like to work in during pregnancy? Keeping my overall strength about where I am now. I know I will eventually have to back down on weight, but I don't plan on doing that until my body tells me I need to. I also want to focus a lot on core strength. I think it will help a lot postpartum.
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified? Crossfit mostly. I haven't had to modify anything yet. Although last night, I was wondering how long I would be able to do exercises that require me to be inverted. HAHA I started cracking up while doing wall climbs for some reason. I got pregnant right when I was getting better at hand stand push ups and it's really ticking me off! LOL
Any goals for this week? I need to try to get my mileage back up. I'm supposed to run a race in late April and I need to get to training for it! ooops!
Any specific routines you would like to share?
Motivational Gif (you go, girl!)
What areas of fitness would you like to work in during pregnancy? Cardio and strength. I've always tried to maintain these areas to some degree, but I'm hoping to combine them a little bit better and integrate some swimming into my workouts. Swimming has pretty much been for leisure in the past so I need to find some resources on some "real" swimming routines for exercise.
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified? Cardio 3x per week and (for now) strength 2x per week. I kicked my own butt and induced DOMs on my first strength day back in the gym so I'm trying to be really cautious.
Any goals for this week? Not giving myself horrible DOMs after my next strength workout. I'm cool with some discomfort but no thanks to not being able to move my arms above my head.
Any specific routines you would like to share? None right now, I'm still figuring out how to best modify my old routine for pregnancy. I continued my normal exercise routine for the beginning of the first trimester (through 6 weeks) but then put a stop on everything other than walking.
Motivational Gif (you go, girl!) I'm not the most graceful creature and this GIF is a nice reminder that even the pros have their off days.
Awkward Family Fun
ttc July 2015 ~ bfp Nov 2015 (cp)
bfp Dec 2015 ~ (tfmr 17wk, March 2016, genetic disease)
ttcal May 2016
Just keeping up with everything. Weight lifting, cardio, whatever I can manage.
What exercise are you doing and how have you modified?
I do crossfit. I've been doing it for 6 or 8 months now. My first pregnancy I got nervous and pretty much quit working out at the beginning. This time I just kept going, and I'm so glad I did. Crossfit incorporates weight lifting into HIIT. I haven't had to modify anything other than going a bit slower when needed. I also try to follow the rule of being able to say sentences while working out. No heart rate limits. If you were doing it before, you can continue.
Maldonado, I've been trying to incorporate more core, because my ob said that was the best thing to do, which is backwards of what I thought. Anybody have good pregnancy core exceeded?
Any goals for this week?
Nope, just keep doing what I'm doing.
Any specific routines you would like to share?
TABATA. It is such and easy workout concept and anybody can do it. You choose a few exercises and each one takes 4 minutes. You go as hard as you can for 20 seconds, then off for 10, for 8 rounds. If you do this even 3 times you will feel it and it only takes 15 minutes (with 1 minute rest in between each). Some good exercises are push-ups, lunges, squats, jump squats, jumping jacks, and the list goes on.
Another great thing for people short on time/equipment/space is jump rope. It is also a great workout. Depending on your skill level, create a pyramid for yourself. Like you have to do 10-20-30-40-50-40-30-20-10. So get 10 in a row, then 20 in a row, etc.