Lifting Weights and Strength Training During Pregnancy
Pregnancy Podcast
Vanessa Merten
4.5 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Strength training offers significant benefits for physical and mental health, but many expecting parents wonder whether lifting weights is safe during pregnancy. While there is extensive research on exercise during pregnancy, specific studies on strength training are limited. This episode examines what the evidence tells us about resistance training during pregnancy. You will learn how pregnancy-related changes can affect your strength training workouts, what precautions to take, and how to modify exercises safely. Whether you are an experienced lifter or new to resistance training, this episode will help you approach strength training during pregnancy with confidence.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton. |
| 0:10.6 | Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. |
| 0:15.4 | In today's episode, we're talking about lifting weights and strength training during your pregnancy. |
| 0:22.2 | Strength training offers significant benefits for both your physical and your mental health. |
| 0:28.6 | But a lot of expecting moms wonder whether lifting weights is safe during pregnancy. |
| 0:34.5 | While we have extensive research on exercise when you're pregnant, specific studies on |
| 0:40.2 | strength training are more limited. In today's episode, we will examine what the evidence tells us |
| 0:46.8 | about strength and resistance training during pregnancy. You will learn how pregnancy-related changes |
| 0:53.3 | can affect your strength training or lifting workouts, |
| 0:57.2 | what precautions to take, and how to modify exercises safely. Whether you are an experienced lifter, |
| 1:05.3 | or you're new to resistance training, this episode will help you approach strength training |
| 1:10.8 | during pregnancy with confidence. |
| 1:13.2 | You can find the full article and all of the resources for this episode at |
| 1:19.3 | Pregnancy Podcast.com slash strength. |
| 1:25.2 | You are on the public feed of the podcast, which means you get ad-supported content from the |
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| 1:40.1 | hundreds of episodes that cover every topic you could possibly imagine for pregnancy and |
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| 1:53.3 | reconcile conflicting advice. For whatever topic you're looking for more information on, |
| 1:59.1 | there's an episode of the pregnancy podcast with |
| 2:02.1 | all of the information you need. Check out pregnancy podcast premium at pregnancy |
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