Training and Pregnancy

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Mark Rippetoe

Health, Fitness & Nutrition, Fitness, Barbell, Training, Strength

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🗓️ 23 May 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	Training and pregnancy.
0:02.0	If you operate a gym, or if you are a uterus-bearing individual who trains and plans on having kids,
0:12.0	this topic will be of interest.
0:15.0	Pregnancy and training are discussed in the Q&A at almost every starting strength seminar, and the questions that
0:22.4	are asked are very important, both from the standpoint of the mother and the gym owner.
0:30.7	All the health organizations with an interest in pregnancy recommend exercise during the term. There are no studies which indicate a risk of preterm delivery associated
0:43.3	with exercise in a normal healthy mother.
0:47.3	Everybody seems very positive about the benefits of exercise for the expectant mother, from the moderation of leg cramps
0:57.0	and hemorrhoids, as well as gestational diabetes, to the psychological benefits of maintaining
1:04.0	a healthier body composition. My own experience with pregnant trainees has been that their
1:10.0	labor times are drastically reduced.
1:13.6	It's hard to find a no for women who exercise during pregnancy.
1:19.6	That being said, the advice regarding exercise during pregnancy can be very primitive.
1:35.8	The website Pregnancy Statistics.org has some really strange stuff right out of the 1950s. For example, quote, if you are weight training as part of your pregnancy exercise program, make sure that you avoid bodybuilding.
1:48.0	Instead, concentrate on tone. Do not lift weights over your head.
1:56.0	Or do things that strain the lower back.
2:00.0	I swear to God, it said that. or do things that strain the lower back.
2:03.1	That's word. God, it said that.
2:08.0	This is even better. During trimesters two and three,
2:12.7	avoid exercises that require you to lie flat.
2:18.8	This can deprive your baby of your nutrient-rich blood flow.
2:24.4	That makes you kind of wonder how they want a gal to go to sleep at night.
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