Exercise limitations first trimester?

Question

Hi all, I’m hearing mixed reviews on core/ab exercises during pregnancy, specifically the first trimester. Obviously don’t want to do anything to increase the risk of DR, but has anyone still done planks, crunches, reformer Pilates during their first trimester without issue? Thanks!

Answer

How many weeks are you? I was told no crunches, but there are other core exercises you can do and make sure your heart rate doesn't go over 140BPM (although a lot of sites will say thats a myth if you exercised regularly before).

I was told keeping a strong deep core is really important and can improve the whole birthing process.

Answer

Planks are great!  Crunches should be avoided.  You don’t want to do things that put too much pressure on the abdominal wall. I’ve switched my usual routine of crunches to planks and I do some prenatal yoga (there are good videos on Amazon Prime if you have it)

Answer

I continued on with what I was doing before I was pregnant. I just changed the ab stuff I was doing. And I had no energy for weeks so I lowered the weights I was using and just listened to my body. Now my energy is back for the most part so I’ve resumed what I was doing before for the most part.

Exercise limitations first trimester?

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