GUIDELINES FOR LIFTING WHEN PREGNANT

If you'd prefer to listen to a video about this you can check out this video that I made on the same topic

One of my aims during this pregnancy will be to maintain as much strength as possible, safely. Which means I WILL be lifting weights, despite the literally THOUSANDS of comments I've received about "what are you going to do now, you can't lift weights any more". Of course I can, and I should. - My workouts will differ in magnitude, NOT in kind. That means that I'll still be prioritizing the same movement patterns (hip hinge, squat, lunge, pushes and pulls) BUT... With less weight.

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There may come a time when I'll need, or want to stop, later on in the pregnancy, but the beauty of strength training, that most people oversee is that you can ALWAYS modify the movement. - How much weight should I use? I get asked this almost daily. The answer is "it depends". I will be figuring that out workout to workout, and expecting a decline over the course of the pregnancy. - GUIDELINES FOR LIFTING WHEN PREGNANT:

💪 Whatever rep range you're using, make sure you can EXHALE throughout every rep #blowbeforeyougo (from