Welcome to active pregnancy with amber harrison pt
Hi there,
Welcome to Active pregnancy where i give you advice on how to keep your pregnant body moving.
Always follow the advice from your LMC, specialist or doctor.
HOW IT WORKS…..
It’s simple… all the best exercises that you will be doing with your personal trainer or with your online trainer or in your own home workout, I have taken those exercises and explained to you what is safe, what is pelvic floor safe and what i would recommend you to do to get the best out of your pregnant body.
It’s all explained below in each of these videos. It doesn’t matter who you train with or where you train this will give you more confidence to adapt to your pregnant body.
Adjusting your exercise thru your pregnancy
Your pelvic floor and core… All about it and tips on how to work it.
Basic Pelvic floor session.
This is a great session to work your pelvic floor during pregnancy or anytime. You can do it laying down or sitting in the car etc
Lying flat on your back while exercising
It’s simple to adjust this as laying flat on your back can compress the vena cava which is a main vein. Put yourself on an incline to be on the safe side. This is a great link re sleeping on your back in the last stages of your pregnancy this is very much the reason we recommend to make these changes with your exercising after 16 weeks.
Plank variations
Squat variations for your pregnant body
Burpee variations for your pregnant body
Lunge variations for your pregnant body
Mountain climber variations for your pregnant body
Press up variations
Running and Jumping!!!!
It’s also important to take into account that it’s not only the pressure that this puts on your pelvic floor but also that your ligaments etc are loosening/relaxing even early stages of pregnancy so you need to be careful about all areas of your body to keep good form and in control of whatever movements you are doing. :)
Strength training during pregnancy
Keep good even blood flow while exercising
A couple of very important tips here. Isometric exercises can cause an increase in blood pressure and increased resistance of the arteries during exercise.
Pelvic Girdle pain during pregnancy… What changes to make to help you keep an active pregnancy!
Exercises i don’t recommend… sit ups.
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