Going on 35 weeks and all I do is walk.

I hit the gym 3-4x a week (or my home gym). I'll try to do at least 2x of weight lifting with 1x cardio. I really want to do 3x weight lifting with a 4th cardio workout but I'm still feeling tired once in a while and just don't feel like pushing myself too much.

I'm 20 weeks. I'm pretty much doing what I was doing before (elliptical, cardio, zumba, weight lifting) but I've lowered the weight on some lifts (squats and deadliest, mostly). I was also training 5-6x a week and now 4x is my max as I need more recovery time.

I'm 28 weeks and I do a prenatal barre pilates workout 2-3 times a week, bike on the stationary bike 3 times a week, and am now trying to walk on the treadmill over my lunch break for 20 minutes 2 times a week. The pilates has a cardio sculpt section, but more so it's amazing what the toning has done for me. I look better pregnant than non pregnant because of all the workouts! I love all I've been doing. I miss running though.

I am 14 weeks and I run 20-30 miles per week and take a BodyPump class twice per week. I am looking into swimming and yoga once the belly starts growing.

AlysonG2 wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies! Great to see so many still exercising regularly. Y'all are great motivation to keep moving and keep healthy . Do all of you feel as though the regular exercise is helping to keep your weight gain in a healthy range? I know the amount of gain depends more on diet, but I personally find that exercising helps me keep my diet on track.

Absolutely. And if nothing else, I think it helps with delivery and bouncing back postpartum too.

I'll be 31 weeks Wednesday, I try to lap swim 5 days a week (Usually 50 minutes a day). I missed last week because I got a fever after Thanksgiving but I went back this weekend. I had morning sickness 5-13 weeks so I was only walking then, but have swum most days since week 13.

I try to at least go for a walk (20-60 minutes) on days I don't swim, I was doing elliptical on days I could not use the pool at first but I stopped that a while back.

I was not comfortable enough with my strength training routine to continue it during pregnancy so I hope to get back to it once I've recovered.

(I'm still down 8 lbs from my-pre pregnancy weight, I haven't been able to gain any but I've tried to stop worrying about that since the baby's heart and measurements have been on track.)

I am probably going to be sticking with the elliptical and kickboxing videos from fitnessblender.com . I used to do hiit and I have been doing stronglifts on and off for the past year but haven't been diligent with it since starting ttc.

Ninkyou wrote: »

AlysonG2 wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies! Great to see so many still exercising regularly. Y'all are great motivation to keep moving and keep healthy . Do all of you feel as though the regular exercise is helping to keep your weight gain in a healthy range? I know the amount of gain depends more on diet, but I personally find that exercising helps me keep my diet on track.

Absolutely. And if nothing else, I think it helps with delivery and bouncing back postpartum too.

Exactly! I feel it helps keeping the weight gain on track. Also, if I'm not in the gym after work, I'm sitting at home and will most likely eat more because I can be bored

And I know exercising is good for me and my baby, so it's a great motivation to keep moving as much as I can. When I don't feel like it, I think of my baby. I recently saw a documentary about women who worked out throughout their pregnancy and the positive effects on their newborn baby.

Annnnd... I'm also hoping it's help with delivery and postpartum! It's making me a little more confident about delivery (I'm scared sh*tless). All great reasons to exercise

I am scared too! But I am more scared of what happens after he is born. Will I know what to do? Will I love him? Will he love me? Sigh. Exercise this pregnancy has been good, then bad, and now it is OK. We ballroom dance 1-2x a week for an hour each time, I try to walk, and I go see my horse (clean the barn, groom, work with them) on the weekends. I was going to a prenatal aquatic/swim class that I loved but then I got busy with other things on those nights and haven't been in over a month

I'm 36wks and all I do is walking and bouncing on my exercise ball lol. I was much more active in the beginning. I ran a 10k @6wks pregnant, did a 5k mud run @ 10wks pregnant and ran a 5k @ 17wks pregnant. I have so much pressure and backaches I can't do much more than walking in fears I will put myself in labor. Once I'm full term I want to go on the elliptical and do some dvds. I had a cervical check today and I was 2cm dilated and 80% effaced so I'm just sticking to the light stuff for another 2wks

15 weeks here. I haven't been so great with my exercise (but I never really am). I'm a nurse so 12 hour shifts keep me moderately active, but it's not always busy and I can't make it to the gym afterwards (on worknights it's pretty much eat-sleep-work repeat). When I'm off I try to swim or elliptical. On days we don't go to the park, I take our 7 month Golden Retriever on 40min power walks. I'm about to start doing some stretching and toning exercises I learned in my childbirth class which should help with delivery. I've considered a prenatal yoga video, but haven't decided. Any recommendations?

I'm 16 weeks pregnant and have gained 12 pounds already. I never got back on track after my first baby, so my goal is not to gain much more during this pregnancy since I'm still not back to my healthy pre-pregnancy weight. The doctor hasn't mentioned anything, but I'm well aware that I'm overweight right now.

During my first pregnancy I walked at least 5 times a day for a minimum of 40 minutes and I had no issues with delivery and I recovered super quick. However I never got back into my old walking routine after I delivered. I lost most of the weight, but had another 14 pounds to go.

Hoping I can get on track now, and hope and pray for another easy breezy pregnancy! Since its getting pretty cold outside, and I have a habit of not paying attention to icy sidewalks, I started using my office building for my cardio workouts. I go up 7 flights of stairs and down 27. For now I'm taking the elevator back to the 20th floor, but once I get my stamina back I'm hoping to go all the way back up!!

I'm 31 weeks along and I'm just focusing on pelvic exercises like kegels and squats at this point so I quit peeing myself and have an easier delivery. I have had too much pain throughout this pregnancy to be able to do too much exercise, but when I feel good I'll also do a lot of housework which gets my heart pumping! Lol.

I am 25 weeks tomorrow, and have been able to resume my normal workouts for the most part, but with less frequency throughout the week. I usually try to keep 4, but for the past few weeks I've been having some fatigue and have only gotten in 2-3. I hope to pick it back up though.

I still run some days at the gym. In fact just ran an hour on Monday. Some days I struggle for a simple workout, but when I feel good I take full advantage of the opportunity and running is still quite comfortable surprisingly. I also still lift normally, but stopped doing bench press (started alternatives for chest), and heavy weighted squats a while ago. I decreased the weight for squats at first, then eventually just went down to using my own bodyweight and more reps because of changes in my balance and not feeling steady/safe.

My favorite workout ever that I cannot give up is Les Mills BodyCombat class! I still go whenever I'm not working during the scheduled classes, and havent had to adapt any of the choreography yet! Im sure I will shortly though, and have to go at a lower intensity on jump kicks and stuff than I would have pre pregnancy. My doctor approves of all this since I was very used to it pre pregnancy, and so far it's helped me stay feeling good and continues to help me manage my stress and moods.

I hope to be able to workout until the end, even if it's more limited!

im only 7 weeks but exercise currently is walking and swimming as im having a lot of morning (yeah right) sickness and need to nap a few hours every afternoon

hoping to get back in the gym once the sickness slackens off but will take it easy as my daughter is an extreme ex preemie