PRENATAL GYM 2ND TRIMESTER

PRENATAL GYM 2ND TRIMESTER

100 Seasons

Hi mama!!! so excited to get started with you on this trimester! Quick reminder & disclaimer before starting these to be cleared by your doctor or medical team, always listen to your body in terms of weight amount & we recommend prior experience of weight training in the gym to continue these type of exercises in pregnancy! Let’s get into it and work on that strength for you and baby together!!

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PRENATAL GYM 2ND TRIMESTER
  • ARNOLD PRESS (4x12)

    Episode 1

    Sit on the bench or chair, start with your dumbbells in hands, bent elbows, palms facing your face, as you push up into a shoulder press, rotate your wrists so that your palms are facing forward at the top of the motion. Slowly return to starting position.

    Weight Recommendations:
    Beginner: 3-7lb...

  • CROSS BODY BICEP CURL (4x10)

    Episode 2

    Start with a single arm curl across your body to the opposite shoulder, then on the opposite side.

    Weight Recommendation:
    Beginner: 3-7lbs
    
Intermediate: 10-15lbs
    Advanced: 20-50+lbs

  • REVERSE LUNGE CURLS (4x10)

    Episode 3

    Start standing with weights in hand, step back into a reverse lunge & as you do, curl the dumbbells, as you step back up, return the dumbbells. Do alternating legs!

    Weight Recommendations:

    Beginner: Bodyweight-7lbs
    Intermediate: 10-25lbs
    Advanced: 30-65+ lbs

    *Modification: split this exercise ...

  • BARBELL SUMO SQUAT (4x12)

    Episode 4

    Stance should be slightly wider than shoulder width, toes pointed diagonally out. Engage your core as you sit back into a chair, drive the weight through your heels in the floor as you come back up to standing position.

    Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
    
Intermediate: 10-35lb plates...

  • LEG EXTENSIONS TO MODIFIED PUSHUP (3x6) PER SIDE

    Episode 5

    From a kneeling pushup position, extend one leg back as you lower your chest to the floor, then bring the knee back in as you push up.

    Zero equipment

  • SINGLE ARM MODIFIED SNATCH (4x12)

    Episode 6

    Hold a dumbbell in one hand, squat slightly, then explosively drive upward to bring the weight from your hip to straight overhead in one fluid motion. Repeat on the other arm.

    Weight Recommendations:

    Beginner: 5-10lbs
    Intermediate: 12-20lbs
    Advanced: 25-40+lbs