In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita talk all about cardiovascular training in pregnancy. Is it safe for pregnant women to do cardiovascular exercise or interval training in pregnancy? We will break it down in an evidence-based fashion - what CAN you do? What’s safe? What does the evidence say? Tune in to today’s episode to find out!

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Show Notes 

0:55 - Join Jessie’s Build Beta Test!

2:28 - Jessie and Anita introduce today’s episode

3:19 - What we know for sure…

5:15 - The benefits of cardiovascular exercise in pregnancy

8:04 - What kind of exercise “counts” as cardio?

10:49 - Let’s talk about heart rate!

15:21 - If you are coming back to cardiovascular activity in pregnancy after a break, or starting from scratch…

18:25 - Key safety points when talking about cardiovascular and interval training work in pregnancy

22:22 - Episode wrap up