My curiosity/inexpert advice around prenatal exercise would be consider gaining strength, especially in lower body earlier in pregnancy if possible so that the period where you can’t exercise as much feels easier and more supportive.
Re: postpartum exercise, I’m 3 years post now, but I was never able to find what I was looking for in one place when I was ready to increase my movement (I was on bed rest for a portion of the pregnancy so lost a lot of capacity despite being pretty active prior.) What I wanted was what exercises to do to start rebuilding, how to know when it was safe to start and progress, what to look out for in terms of pelvic floor/back/DR/etc. I couldn’t get clear guidance even from my providers about when it was safe to start running again. TBH I’m *still* wondering if I did the right things in terms of rehab or if I’ve neglected something that’s going to come back to bite me later!
I have bad plantar fasciitis right now and my pt recommended foot doming. It doesn’t hurt…but everyone seems to experience pf differently so obviously don’t do it if it hurts.
Are you still planning to write about prenatal workouts? I’m definitely interested! I’d love to know what’s safe *and* beneficial for each trimester as well as postpartum.
You can do it seated too! It’ll be a little easier to coordinate and practice the movement. Kind of a nice entry point for working your way up to standing and combining with other exercises!
This is great. I did it this week (seated) in mini breaks while I finalized the text for my master's thesis. ☺️ Also doing 5 or so before squatting or deadlifting at my gym, just to remind my body how my feet can support the movement.
My curiosity/inexpert advice around prenatal exercise would be consider gaining strength, especially in lower body earlier in pregnancy if possible so that the period where you can’t exercise as much feels easier and more supportive.
Re: postpartum exercise, I’m 3 years post now, but I was never able to find what I was looking for in one place when I was ready to increase my movement (I was on bed rest for a portion of the pregnancy so lost a lot of capacity despite being pretty active prior.) What I wanted was what exercises to do to start rebuilding, how to know when it was safe to start and progress, what to look out for in terms of pelvic floor/back/DR/etc. I couldn’t get clear guidance even from my providers about when it was safe to start running again. TBH I’m *still* wondering if I did the right things in terms of rehab or if I’ve neglected something that’s going to come back to bite me later!
I have bad plantar fasciitis right now and my pt recommended foot doming. It doesn’t hurt…but everyone seems to experience pf differently so obviously don’t do it if it hurts.
That’s great to know! Thank you 🙏
(PS I hope the PF feels better soon)
This is so helpful! I have super tight hip flexors and limited ankle mobility. As you have probably guessed, my squats suck.
SOLIDARITY, my friend!
Are you still planning to write about prenatal workouts? I’m definitely interested! I’d love to know what’s safe *and* beneficial for each trimester as well as postpartum.
Wait, actually coming next week! A week from today. It doesn't have trimester-specific guidance but we can def get into that in the future.
It’s coming in two weeks!
This is so helpful for me! Is the doming exercise useful to do seated, or only standing?
You can do it seated too! It’ll be a little easier to coordinate and practice the movement. Kind of a nice entry point for working your way up to standing and combining with other exercises!
This is great. I did it this week (seated) in mini breaks while I finalized the text for my master's thesis. ☺️ Also doing 5 or so before squatting or deadlifting at my gym, just to remind my body how my feet can support the movement.