PRENATAL GYM 3RD TRIMESTER
92 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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00:34Episode 1BANDED SQUAT STEPS (3x10)
Episode 1
First, sit into a squat with a band right under your knees, perform your 10 steps per side.
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00:47Episode 2BARBELL BACK SQUAT (4x8)
Episode 2
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...
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00:38Episode 3DUMBBELL RDL (4x12)
Episode 3
Engage your core, hinge at the hips as you lower the dumbbells, keeping your spine neutral . then drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings to power back to standing position.
Weight Recommendations
Beginner: 5-10lb
Intermediate: 15-30lb
Advanced: 35-45lb -
00:47Episode 4HIP THRUST (4x12)
Episode 4
Use a barbell. Support upper back on a bench/ thrust machine, press through your heels to drive your glutes up to a tabletop position, then slowly return back down.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 15-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
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00:23Episode 5HAMSTRING CURL (4x10)
Episode 5
There are a few different machines in the gym for this- you can do them seated like me, or lying! If seated, place your ankles on top of the padded bar. Engage your core, and use your hamstrings to press down on the bar & think about curling it down underneath you. Use the resistance of the weigh...
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00:29Episode 6BANDED CLAMSHELLS (3x12)
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