Working out during pregnancy???!?

Question

I have a Q for you moms who are into fitness! I’ve been working out nearly every day for 11 months. I’m currently doing Beachbody workouts(21 day fix). Are they safe workouts for early pregnancy? I’ve been using lighter weight since i found out I’m expecting. (I’m 5 weeks) I’m planning on keeping up with workouts all through my pregnancy. 
Also, what are some pregnancy workout programs i could follow that are challenging but safe?

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21 day fix extreme was my first postpartum program I did after my last pregnancy and I plan on doing it again after this pregnancy. Until then I’m still doing Body Beast based workouts. Body Beast is my favorite beach body program!! I got such crazy good results with it! Like I said before, I did the 21 day fix extreme to start then switched to Body Beast and no joke, 5 month after I have birth I had the best six pack abs I’ve ever had! Also best definition in a lot of areas, but not every girl wants a lot of definition. Just keep doing what you can and listen to your body, make modifications when needed. You got it!

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totally! i use beachbody as well and was working out hardcore before I found out. Right at 6 weeks though the nausea hit full force and I haven't been able to do much the past month and a half. Once I start feeling better though, I plan on jumping back in! I didn't think the first trimester would be so hard lol

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Anything you were doing before you got pregnant, you are able to continue throughout pregnancy. Don’t decrease weight. At 5 wks your able to increase weight if you wanted too. At some point later in the pregnancy you’ll start to recognize when you need to decrease the weight or rep. Around the 2nd half of your 2nd trimester and for the rest of the pregnancy, you’ll need to Avoid twisting or any standard abdominal exercises. Women get diastasis recti (DR) in their pregnancy (normal) but certain ab exercises, like crunches, causes an abnormal amount of DR to occur. This is why many woman have the “mommy pouch” after birth. They start doing crunches Postpartum thinking it’ll help with their mommy pouch but all it’s doing is causing it to widen even more. I lifted and ran before i was pregnant and continued to do so during my pregnancy. I was still running a mile under 8 min at 8 months pregnant. You’ll know when to stop or slow it down. Yaya is a bodybuilder and trainer and she has just given birth. She mentioned in a post last wk that she’s coming out with a pregnancy workout program as well as a postpartum workout program. It should be out in January (I think) Look her up

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As long as you did it before it should be safe after. I just watch myself with anything I need to balance, no heavy weights and no long periods on my back.

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So my doctor told me that everything i did before was still safe cause my body was used to it, i just had to cut out any ab exercises that would make me twist my torso and any high impact exercises (jumping and such) 🙃

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If you did it before, you can continue doing it. You don’t even need to decrease weights yet. In fact, as long as you’re low risk, you don’t ever have to decrease weight until you feel the need to.

Working out during pregnancy???!?

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