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
  • BARBELL BACK SQUAT (4x12)

    Episode 1

    Engage your core, sit back into a chair, push through your heels to stand back up!

    Weight Recommendations:
    Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
    
Intermediate: 15-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
    
Advanced: 45-60+lb plates on each side of the barbell

    *Modification: use dumbbells...

  • SUMO SQUAT PULSES (3x12)

    Episode 2

    Stand with feet wide and toes turned out, then lower into a sumo squat. Stay low and pulse up and down a few inches, keeping your chest lifted and knees tracking over toes.

    Weight Recommendations:

    Beginner: 5-10lbs
    Intermediate: 12-30lbs
    Advanced: 35-65+ lbs

    *Modification: do these without wei...

  • SINGLE LEG BENCH STEP UPS (4x10) PER SIDE

    Episode 3

    Hold dumbbells in your hands, step one foot on the box or bench and press through your heel to step up, slowly step back down and repeat - you can do all on one side or switch back and forth between legs.

    Weight Recommendations:

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

  • WEIGHTED FIRE HYDRANT (4x12)

    Episode 4

    Start on all fours with a dumbbell placed behind your knee. Keep your hips squared to the floor as you lift the weight up & to the side. Do all on one side, then switch.

    Weight Recommendations:

    Beginner: Do these bodyweight or with a band
    Intermediate: 8-12lbs
    Advanced: 20-35+ lbs

    *Modificatio...

  • BANDED GLUTE BRIDGE ABDUCTION (4x12)

    Episode 5

    Lie on your back with a band around your thighs and knees bent. Lift into a glute bridge, then press your knees out against the band and bring them back in while keeping hips lifted.

    Equipment: Resistance band

  • BANDED SINGLE LEG STEPS (4x10) PER SIDE

    Episode 6

    With a resistance band around your ankles or knees, stay in a slight squat and step one foot out to the side and back in to fire up your outer glutes.

    Equipment: Resistance band