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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00:28Episode 1ARNOLD 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... -
00:28Episode 2CROSS 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 -
00:38Episode 3REVERSE 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 ...
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00:39Episode 4BARBELL 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
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00:27Episode 6SINGLE 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