Benching out?

Question

My husband and I are trying to be healthier and have started weight lifting at home. He is more experienced than me in weight lifting and likes to finish our work out with "benching out" which is just bench pressing the bar until you can't anymore. Is this okay? Am I going to hurt myself? Is it a healthy way to exercise?

Answer

It is totally ok! My only concern with doing it at home is a spotter. If you're doing it until you can't no more, and there's no one around, and you drop the weights on your chest, and you're weak from the workout, you could severely injure yourself. I'm a worry-wart and I don't want to cause any unnecessary concerns, but I would be too paranoid to do that at home alone. At least in a gym someone can run to my weak aide 😂😂

Answer

I would just say since you're not as experienced as he is, listen to your body ☺️ I was an avid lifter pre-pregnancy and am still lifting pretty heavy and am just listening to my body on what weight feels right. 
The only suggestion I would have for benching is try and do an incline bench once you get further along. Laying down on your back (which is a no no later on in pregnancy anyway), plus exerting yourself by essentially maxing out on weight and reps can cause you to have issues.

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