Things To Remember For Exercise During Pregnancy – The Don’ts!

Here are some of the things you need to keep in mind and totally avoid when you are planning to exercise during pregnancy. We have compiled a list of don’ts during pregnancy here:

– Do not perform any activity or exercise above pre-pregnancy levels
– Do not focus on great achievements and exercise in moderation
– Avoid competitive sports
– Do not take up a new, strenuous sport or try to increase your level of aerobic endurance
– Never exercise to the point of exhaustion or breathlessness because this is a sign that your body and your baby cannot get the oxygen supply they need

– Avoid an anaerobic or breathless pace during exercise
– Immediately stop when you feel exhausted or you have difficulty in conversing during your session
– Do not exceed your temperature above 100.4F while exercising
– Do not exercise at all during an illness with fever
– Stretches should not be taken to the maximum resistance because the joints are already loosened by the action of a pregnancy hormone called relaxin
– Too much stressing can be actually harmful
– Choose exercises that do not require great balance because coordination and center of gravity are changed
– Avoid exercises that require jumping, jarring motions or rapid changes
– Avoid exercises with risk of even mild abdominal trauma and all contact sports
– Do not try to lose weight during pregnancy
– Avoid prolonged valsalva maneouvres which is forced exhalation in simpler words against closed mouth and nostrils while holding your breath and this normally happens during lifting heavy weights
– Avoid lifting heavy weights because as mentioned above it can lead to increase in blood pressure and can interfere with the blood flow to the heart

– Avoid prolonged periods of motionless standing because this position has not only been associated with decreased cardiac output , it is held by some authorities to be directly responsible for pregnancy piles and varicose veins
– Avoid deep flexion and extension of joints to avoid injury
– Never hold your breath while lifting weights or grunt to help you lift more. Just increase the repetitions instead of increasing weights
That’s all!

By : Natural Health News