Exercise!

dani4est · May 2017

Hi Ladies!

I hope you all are having a great weekend so far! In an effort to get more active, since let's be real, the couch cushions are now formed to my butt, I took a water aerobics class this morning. It was an absolute blast. It was fun, refreshing, and I totally plan on going back again. What are you guys doing to try to stay active?

gilsam1 · May 2017

I have a recumbent bike that I use 3 times a week, and then I go hiking in the hills around where I live 3 times a week. Keep in mind, this is my ideal schedule and lately its been harder to do between the fatigue, head cold, and nausea. I need to get going again!

MTgirlCOworld · May 2017

I got laid off before I got my BFP so I have been taking the dog for walks and out to the park ALOT. Also I try to keep up with light CrossFit workouts a couple times a week and I am debating looking for a yoga series on youtube.

remindmeofthebabe · May 2017

My RE and my acupuncturist both told me to avoid anything strenuous given my loss history, so I've just been taking our dogs for a lot of long walks.

zamoraspin · May 2017

I have a spin bike that I can stream classes to so I've been keeping up with that but at a reduced intensity level and just 3-4 times a week for 20-30 minutes. I do some yoga and am going to try to do it more regularly as I've heard prenatal yoga has great pregnancy benefits.

EmilyLove25 · May 2017

I like this post! So important during the first trimester to stay motivated when you are not always feeling up to it. I'm a runner! My last marathon was in November. I was blessed in my last pregnancy and ran 7+ miles a day 5-6 days a week the entire time! I ran 7 miles the day I went in to deliver (although Miss Emily did not make her arrival until the next day lol). In fact, while I was running, I felt a weird fluid, which had happened the day before... it was a leak in my amniotic fluid! I decided to annoy my doctor and went back AGAIN to have it checked and sure enough it was fluid! My doctor gave me the go ahead to keep running so I've been doing that! Like others, I also try to take DD and the dog for a long walk when I get home from work. DH likes doing it too if the weather cooperates... and on the weekend it's easy... of course until it gets super hot

Happy exercise!

Edited to add: I hope this does not sound brag-y but sadly, running the day I went in to deliver my daughter is one of my proudest accomplishments. Sort of a pathetic life lol!

hwoodmama · May 2017

I take the kids for a walk every day. Its at least 1.5 miles, sometimes more. We all also do yoga together a few times a week. I also have some resistance bands I use for legs and arms when I remember.

tdevlindrye · May 2017

I want to exercise more!! I've really just been taking long walks around. Are there any resources that give good exercise routines for pregnant women? I really want to keep my body in shape and ready to carry that extra weight, but don't really know what to do...

@EmilyLove25 It didn't come off as brag-y at all, but it totally could have and would be ok! It's something worth bragging about, girl!

zamoraspin · May 2017

@EmilyLove25 That is amazing! Not brag-y even though it is something to brag about!

mommaa1615 · May 2017

I've been walking 3-4 miles a day and try to lift/squats 4 days a week. Hoping to keep my lifting up this time around. I bought pregnancy workout dvds for my first pregnancy but barely used them, need to dust those off!

@EmilyLove25 that's amazing!

Baby_is_coming · May 2017

Exercise has been a struggle in recent months but in no way is that related to baby. I'm really trying to get back into the swing of things though and I even just bought a bikini for the ocean to get my motivation up. So far I lift weights and do squats when I think about them which is usually in the morning before work and before bed. We have a 75lb mastiff puppy which I exercise in our backyard and that consists of pushing him around and letting him chase me.

I plan on doing some serious walking but I find that I get bored easy. I do better with quick spurts of exercise like sprints or 15min hiit sessions. I guess it will all depend on how I am feeling!

myorke24 · May 2017

Mother Runner here!

Really thankful to be running consistently this pregnancy because we now live in the Pacific Northwest. With DS, we were living in Alaska and I found out I was pregnant in January so temperatures and conditions were intense for most of the pregnancy. I did CrossFit indoors instead and was able to continue until 33 weeks before switching to hiking and long walks. I felt like all the squats and mobility work truly helped have a smooth (and quick delivery!)

EmilyLove25 · May 2017

@Baby_is_coming a 75 pound PUPPY!!!! Wow!

sjb2215 · May 2017

I mentioned this on another thread, but I really enjoy fitnessblender.com. They have over 500 different workouts where you can search for what kind of workout you want to do that day- strength, cardio, HIIT, pilates, yoga, etc. What's nice is the website rate how intense the workout and also has a big variety of intensities. I try to use the website 4x/week. I have also run some in the past (1-2 times every couple weeks), but since I wasn't running a ton when I got my BFP I don't think I should start now.

ryannenikole · May 2017

MTgirlCOworld said:

I got laid off before I got my BFP so I have been taking the dog for walks and out to the park ALOT. Also I try to keep up with light CrossFit workouts a couple times a week and I am debating looking for a yoga series on youtube.

I love Yoga with Adriene! My favorite yogi!

ryannenikole · May 2017

I've been trying to alternate between yoga, pilates and light weights 5 days a week in the morning and then take a long walk in the evening with DH and our Mini Aussie. Some days are a struggle for sure but I always feel good afterwards.

JuliaGoolia719 · May 2017

Up until this week the RE told me no strenuous exercise so it's just been walks. I'm planning to start working out w our trainer again now that I'm cleared for weights again. All the IF treatments this year have messed with my fitness level, so I'm hoping that I can regain some of that muscle tone.

[Deleted User] · May 2017

I just started doing some pregnancy aerobics last week and I LOVE it. Just some YouTube videos, but it's fast and easy. I'm looking to maybe add in some yoga as well, but never having done it, I'll have to start with beginner stuff.

FireLily0 · May 2017

I used to lift weights 4-5 times a week, but my doc nixed that idea as soon as I told him I was pregnant. I am doing cardio a few times a week. I was going to try Barre, but been tired/bloated/nauseous so have not done it.

Cat&S · May 2017

I go to yoga classes twice a week, and would like to get back to running on my elliptical twice a week (too much stuff going on the past couple of weeks). Anyone else notice yourself getting hotter/sweatier since pg? I start sweating within minutes of any exertion now.

KLake42 · May 2017

I was walking 2-5 miles a day before (sometimes longer on the weekends), plus weights and elliptical a couple times a week. But since getting pregnant, a 20 or 30 minute daily walk is about all I can do. Any more, and I start cramping.

I think that's because my uterus is just growing so fast (twins). The massive book I got about multiples pregnancies seems to think my walk is on track. Only, I know that bed rest is probably in the cards, so I'm trying to sort out a good stretching/strengthening routine now, to minimize muscle loss if I'm bed-bound later.

Tesskorb · May 2017

Love this thread and hope we can all help motivate each other!

I use Class Pass and it's amazing. I'd be happy to pass along a free trial to anyone who's interested! I love that I can choose so many different types of classes so I don't get bored, and they also just added a workout video streaming part so that I can workout through their app at home if I don't want to go to an actual class. Yoga is my main jam but I've heard barre is great for pregnancy too.

I live near the ocean and hope to swim on the weekends throughout the summer as well. Any other swimmers out there?

@EmilyLove25 you're amazing!!

tryingfor1st · May 2017

@EmilyLove25 - not brag-y at all, just amazing!
@Baby_is_coming - amazing! I have a 75lbs labnpuppy but that's as big as she'll grow. We started teaching her as a puppy to wait on the stairs otherwise she can rush past and knock you over which I don't want when I'm +5m pregnant or have a child learning the stairs. My other two pups are already well trained.

This is still a hot button topic in my house. Before my bfp, I would work out at a higher intensity on my stationary bike (regular bike hooked up to a piece to make it stationery) & my elliptical. I had to email my RE because DH didn't want me working out. RE said I can continue working out as long as I lower the intensity and can have a conversation while working out. So if DH isn't home, I talk to my puppy who follows me everywhere to make sure I'm following the rules. The exhaustion has made it difficult though.

mommaa1615 · May 2017

@FireLily0 I wonder why your doc said no weights? Thought we can do anything we were pre pregnancy

mslykas · May 2017

zamora_spin do you have a Peloton? Mine was delivered on Friday and I am obsessed. My butt still hurts from my first ride so I've been delaying my second. Will be doing that this afternoon

My username on there is All4Donuts.

zamoraspin · May 2017

@mslykas I'm so jealous! I don't have the Peloton but have a more basic spin bike and stream the App to my iPad. I've been doing that since early January and with that and tracking calories I lost about 16 pounds prior to getting my BFP! Your butt will get used to the seat in a few weeks but that initial pain does suck. My favorite instructors are Christine, Steven, Alex and Cody. I wear an HR monitor when I ride and since my BFP have been keeping my workouts more low-key but it is a great non-impact form of exercise and I think it will translate really well to pregnancy workouts. Have you done spin before? What class did you start with?

@KLake42 I use Amazon for everything and was browsing around for some prenatal yoga videos and came across something called "The Perfect Pregnancy Workout". There are several volumes and I picked Vol. 1, Sculpting. It is taught by a Cirque de Soleil performer who is 8 months preggo in the video and focuses on strengthening. I did most of the video this morning (then I had to get ready for work). She talks about general guidelines for exercise in the video and demonstrates the moves at different experience levels. She also has you do kegels, lol, which I have actually heard can really make a difference in your delivery experience. The thing I liked about it is that I felt like everything was "safe" for me to do and geared towards making the later stages of pregnancy and delivery easier. I am way ahead of myself on needing any of that but I like the idea of knowing safe exercises on the front end.

I am probably really airing on the side of caution with my workouts right now, it doesn't help that DH keeps asking me if it is safe for me to exercise, lol.

BelhurstBride · May 2017

I'm a regular at my Y's spin classes, kettlebell and barre. I need to get more yoga into my life, but just never seem to find a class that fits into my schedule.

I gained shy of 10 pounds after the lose in January that I just can't seem to get rid of. I haven't wanted to count calories with TTC again. I usually drop a lot of weight during the 1st tri, so we'll see what happens this time around.

cyanope · May 2017

I second what, @ryannenikole said. I LOVE yoga with Adriene.
**TW** My first pregnancy ended in a MC, so I struggle with exercise during pregnancy. Even though I logically know that it's fine (and SO necessary), I'm kind of frozen with fear when it comes to my normal exercise routine. With my last pregnancy, I barely exercised, so I'm going to try to do better this time around. I will say that I am a pretty healthy eater, so that helped me not gain much weight during my last pregnancy (around 20 lbs), but I lost all of my muscle mass, and it took me a while to get that back.
I'm hoping we can have weekly exercise posts to help keep me accountable!
Oh, and, @EmilyLove25, I would be bragging a WHOLE lot more than your humble post if I had run 7 miles on the day of delivery. Shoot, I brag that I WORKED on the day I went into labor, so you brag away!

FireLily0 · May 2017

@amack22 I think he is worried that it took me a lot longer than expected to get BFP, so he is just being cautious with me. He knows that I lift pretty heavy and really push myself, so he just said just cardio until I am further along.

laurent90 · May 2017

For the last few years I have always gone to the gym before work at least 3 times a week. The last fortnight has been a massive struggle- I couldn't do it at all last week and when I tried again on Monday I was in massive struggle town... I think I'll need to fess up to my trainer next week

KatieEl · May 2017

I exercised 6 days a week through both off my last pregnancies plus walked at least 10K steps a day. This time I'm so nauseous I'm having a hard time even getting the walk in. I want to exercise in my heart, but I feel like my body is failing me and it's really frustrating.

EmilyLove25 · May 2017

@KatieEl I'm having a little bit of that too

I am trying to remind myself that some days are worse than others (there was nothing that could have made me workout yesterday) and just make sure I do what I can on the days that aren't so bad... Really if we can do enough to just not lose our endurance/strength for the first trimester, we should be just fine in the second/third! FX your nausea lightens up!

mslykas · May 2017

@zamora_spin I started with a 20 min beginner class taught by Robin. She killed me. I died. I am new to being pregnant and so I had to keep reminding myself to keep it low key. I'm in the pregnant peloton riders facebook group and a lot of people recommended some of the classes labeled "low impact" so maybe I'll try those soon--- however, those are all in the seat! AHH!

zamoraspin · May 2017

@mslykas Robin is also great, it is actually hard sometimes to choose because all the instructors are excellent. I think the only one I've never ridden with is Matt. You could try some padded bike shorts (I got some cheap ones on Amazon) or a cheap gel seat cover (same recommendation) but even those will not completely eliminate the soreness. If you need to you can always stand up and pedal slowly (make sure you have enough resistance though). I promise it does get better!

Baby_is_coming · May 2017

@tryingfor1st I totally know what you mean about being knocked over by the dog. Luckily he just got fixed so his aggression is going to go down some. We are teaching him how to be gentle and I stay away when he's being rowdy now that I'm prego.

@EmilyLove25 I can't remember if I said this already or not (prego brain) but you go girl. That's pretty legit and I would love to be up and running like that again. It's such an addiction!

burnsmommy27 · May 2017

@EmilyLove25 that is incredible. I was only able to run with DD until 24 weeks then was put on bedrest at 34 weeks. It's been 11 months since her and I still have not been able to get back to where I was running before. Hopefully you can do it again this time around.

I've been pretty lazy these last 2 months. I was doing Zumba 3 times a week and running once or twice. I think I've been to the gym 5 times total this last month. I've got to try to get some energy to go. At work (I work in a hospital) I try to take the stairs, I usually get about 20 flights in a work day

darkrose88 · May 2017

My usual gym routine involves going to the gym 4-6 days a week doing various aerobic classes (like zumba) and lifting. I've cut down a bit since the BFP mostly due to exhaustion. I generally work out at 5am, and with being exhausted all the time keep sleeping through alarms Lol! I hope once the second trimester hits I'll be back at the gym full force. Also, I'm planning on adding a prenatal yoga class into my routine one I've had my u/s and know baby is viable.

jesscmv · May 2017

I typically go to the gym 5-7 days a weeks. Honestly it's my stress relief and my me time away from the twins (they have a child watch). I typically do cardio and then lift weights during the weeks and then on the weekend DH and I do cross fit work outs together. My last pregnancy my docotor gave me the green light to continue my workouts as usual, thank goodness. Glad we have a thread to keep us motivated! I am also excited about the food prep thread! I am needing some new meal ideas.

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