Fitness for Pregnancy and Beyond

03: Workouts during preconception


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Let's talk about all preconception and fitness! Whether you know you want a family sometime in the next couple years or if you're trying to get pregnant now, this episode will help you identify what goals are important for you and how to navigate what types of exercises/movement to do.

Topics addressed are:

- benefits of exercise in the preconception setting

- when to start

- what types of exercises to do

- "how much is too much"

- how much movement should you aim to do?

- best pre pregnancy workouts and tips


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0:00 - intro to preconcetion and fitness!

1:35 - benefits of exercising for preconception! Creating habits; why strengthing is important 

3:58 - touching on weight management during the preconception stage 

5:18 - when to start!? “things that are in motion, stay in motion!”

8:33 - what types of exercises to do, what would be beneficial?

9:25 - continue the style of exercises that you enjoy, notes on resistence training

10:33 - core strength and alignment prior to pregnancy, a couple exercises to start with

12:30 - watch out for coning and irregulated pressures when doing core work 

13:31 - how to look out for coning and quick notes on how to engage your core properly

14:34 - making sure you match your fitness efforts to proper nutrition habits (nutrient absorption, water, enough calories)

16:30 - your relationship with exercise and food is important, it’s not an exchange game ;)

18:29 - how much is too much with exercise?

20:13 - how much exercise to do weekly

21:38 - best prepregnancy workouts to do; we are training to be moms!



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Fitness for Pregnancy and BeyondBy Janelle Ahrens