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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00:42Episode 1BARBELL RDL (4x10)
Episode 1
Engage your core, hinge at the hips as you lower the bar, keeping your spine neutral . then drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings to power back to standing position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 10-35lb plates on each side of the ... -
00:35Episode 2HANGING SUMO SQUAT (4x12)
Episode 2
Start with a heavy dumbbell or KB in hand, wide stance, and toes pointed slightly diagonal. Move through a squat as you lower the weight down to the floor, squeeze your glutes as you stand back up to starting position! Focus on engaging your core & keeping your face/chest up throughout the moveme...
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00:29Episode 3HAMMER CURL PRESS ( 4x10)
Episode 3
Stand with dumbbells in hands by your sides. Without rotating your wrists, curl the dumbbells up to your shoulders, palms stay facing in towards eachother, then press the dumbbells straight up and slowly return the motion to starting position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lbs
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00:37Episode 4L RAISE (4x10) PER SIDE
Episode 4
Start standing tall, cor engaged. Lift the dumbbells up into an ”L”shape: 1 arm in a front raise while the other arm goes into a lateral raise, then return to the starting position, and repeat on the opposite side- that is 1 rep. Make sure not to swing the weights, but actually lift!
Weight Reco...
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00:27Episode 5SINGLE ARM MODIFIED SNATCH (4x10)
Episode 5
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 -
00:29Episode 6BANDED CLAMSHELLS (4x12)
Episode 6
Lie on your side with knees bent and a resistance band around your thighs. Keeping feet together, open your top knee like a clam shell, then close.
Equipment: Resistance Band