Exercises to avoid?

Question

Hey! So I just found I’m 5w pregnant with my first child the other day. I currently have a personal trainer & his program is HIIT and strength training. I was doing ab exercises yesterday and I felt weird... not physically but just knowing the fact my little chocolate chip is in there. I want to stay as physically active as possible while pregnant as long as I can. I won’t see my doctor til the end of the month to ask. Are there certain exercises I need to avoid & at what point?

Answer

Doing HIIT too, told to avoid crunches and situps from second trimester to avoid ab separation later one. Rest you just need to pace yourself and make sure you are comfortable

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Well it’s best to avoid to much ab exercises until you see your dr. Did you tell your trainer you just found out you were pregnant? Because maybe they have tips as well. Until you see your dr I’d just do some light work outs until they give you the go ahead. I was very active before my pregnancy & when i found out I saw my dr & after a few appts it was recommended all I do is walking.

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There’s really no restrictions at all til you get to 20 weeks. You can keep doing whatever you were doing pre pregnancy. After 20 weeks it’s not recommended to so anything where you’re flat on your back, so use an inclined bench when needed, use a bosu ball or something similar for abs. When you get a little farther along any ab workout becomes impossible so just skip those

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Your personal trainer should’ve been trained how to alter exercise routines for pregnant women. You need to communicate with them - have a meeting and discuss your concerns and how you’re feeling and he/she will conduct an assessment, send it off to your doctor that you can then see and receive clearance for those exercises.
If not... find a new trainer.

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