Should You Avoid Lifting Weights While Pregnant?

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Should You Avoid Lifting Weights While Pregnant?

When Australian model Sophie Guidolin posted a photo of her lifting 66lbs (30k) while pregnant, the internet did NOT take this weight lightly- get it- she’s lifting “heavy” weights but the internet didn’t take it lightly…No? Okay, let’s just move on 🙂

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Prenatal Training: Tips for Exercising While Pregnant

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Prenatal Training NYC Personal Trainer

There are numerous benefits to exercising while pregnant such as limiting the length of hospitalization, incidence of cesarean section, and the Apgar scores (1). While every pregnancy is subjective, through our experience resistance training can help minimize prenatal complications, ease of labor, and faster postpartum recovery. Despite pop culture pushing yoga and running, there are other exercise options like resistance training, which has been proven very beneficial and not harmful for prenatal trainees. [Read more…]

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