Cardio Exercise During Pregnancy (Running, Walking, Swimming, and more)

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Vanessa Merten

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🗓️ 18 February 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Cardio is any workout in which you elevate your heart rate. Many exercises fall under the umbrella of cardio. This includes walking, hiking, running, biking, rowing or elliptical machines, dancing, playing sports, or HIIT (high-intensity interval training). Activities like jumping jacks, burpees, and jumping rope are also cardio workouts. A large body of evidence supports cardiovascular exercise for nearly all aspects of your health. Cardio allows you to improve the health of your cardiovascular and respiratory systems while building muscle and burning calories. As with any exercise during pregnancy, physical changes can require you to modify your cardio to ensure your workouts are safe for you and your baby.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In the episode today
0:16.0	we're going to be talking about cardio exercise during your pregnancy. So this
0:20.7	is going to be an overview of cardio and then we're also going to look at some specific cardio exercises like walking, running, swimming, and cycling.
0:30.0	You can find the complete article and all of the resources that accompany this episode at
0:36.0	pregnancy podcast.com.
0:39.8	Right now you can try pregnancy podcast premium for free for seven days.
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1:05.2	With access to the entire Bat catalog you can binge on the topics that are
1:10.3	specific to your pregnancy and get answers to all of your pregnancy, birth, and parenting questions.
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1:23.2	com slash trial.
1:26.3	There is a separate episode with an overview of exercise
1:30.1	during pregnancy.
1:31.3	That includes general recommendations and safety tips to keep your
1:35.2	workouts healthy for both you and your baby, plus a breakdown of all of the physical changes and
1:40.8	some common pregnancy symptoms that can affect your workouts.
1:44.0	I highly recommend that you listen to that episode prior to diving into this episode on cardio.
1:51.0	Cardio is short for cardiovascular training. Your cardiovascular
1:56.2	system includes your heart and your blood vessels. So in terms of exercise, cardio
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