How To Pick

Abdominal

Exercises

During

Pregnancy

Dr. James Clapp, Director of Research for the Department of Obstetrics

and Gynecology at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio,

has compiled extensive research that indicates Women who continue

regular exercise throughout pregnancy tend to have easier, shorter, and

less complicated labors.

His knowledge on the subject indicates that starting or continuing

regular exercise during pregnancy decreases physical discomforts and

hastens recovery.

For the developing life within, there are several long and short-term

benefits of exercising during pregnancy. These include more of an

ability to tolerate the stresses of late pregnancy, labor, and delivery.

That said, doing abdominal exercises during pregnancy could be a safe

choice, when practiced correctly and there are quite a few types of

exercises one could practice in this stage of their lives although the key

thing will be to avoid whatever puts excessive strain on the back.

Moreover, repetitions should be reduced and the executions of

abdominal exercises in pregnancy have to be modified. This brings to

mind such low-impact yet effective exercises such as Yoga, the use of

props, modified poses and breathing exercises come into play here.

When a lady is expecting a child, she needn't give up her yoga practice

as some poses can still be executed and actually will come in handy for

the stages of delivery.

In no particular order, here are some recommended pregnancy yoga

poses.

-Mountain Pose (Tadasana)

-Triangle Pose (Trikonasana)

-Warrior Pose

-Standing Side Stretch Pose

-Tree Yoga Pose

-Corpse Pose

These poses are of course recommended as they have little or no

pressure on the abdomen.

Some serve to strengthen the pelvic muscles and build the small of the

back, both being major body parts that need to be strengthened for

childbirth.

In order to stay fit, what I'd recommend at this time would be other light

exercises such as brisk walks, light jogging, dancing, gardening and

cycling.

I will not suggest you do any inverted poses during pregnancy or

anything that contracts (forward bends) or expands the abdomen too

much as they might adversely affect the position of the child.

For pregnancy yoga exercises, you can also look into mild, yet deep

square breathing (which will be best executed with the Corpse and Hero

Poses Described Above) as this also helps strengthen the lungs in

preparation for the heavy breathing involved with childbirth.

Moreover, on the subject of Yoga as a superior choice of exercise (either

exclusively or combined with other Calisthenics), one is not truly

practicing Yoga (or any proper physical culture of exercise at that)

without observing some basic dietetic guidelines, such as abstaining

from all junk, processed, packaged, refined, mucus-forming foods.

So research properly what works best for you and your pregnancy as far

as exercise is concerned.

Nonetheless, here's to health and a healthy baby.

In Friendship,

Foras

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