PRENATAL GYM PROGRAM

PRENATAL GYM PROGRAM

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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 PROGRAM
  • BARBELL 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 ...

  • SQUAT PRESS (4x10)

    Episode 2

    Find a weight that challenges you, but allows you to keep proper form. Engage your core, slowly drop into a squat, keeping your core engaged & push through your heels. Make sure not to fully lock out your legs.

    Beginner: Dumbbell squats or bodyweight-10lbs plates on the machine
    
Intermediate: 25...

  • HAMSTRING CURL (4x12)

    Episode 3

    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...

  • LEG EXTENSION (4x12)

    Episode 4

    Sit with a flat back, engaged core & knees bent, place the padding in front of your ankles/shins. Push the lever up until your legs are almost straight in front of you, then slowy lower to starting position.

    Weight Reccomendations:

    Beginner: 30-40lbs
    Intermediate: 45-70lbs
    Advanced: 75-90+lbs

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  • HIP THRUST (4x12)

    Episode 5

    Use a dumbbell. 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: 5-10lb
    
Intermediate: 15-30lb
    
Advanced: 35-45lb

    *Modification: do glute bridges on the floor w...

  • CABLE GLUTE KICKBACK (3x12) PER SIDE

    Episode 6

    Lean your chest forward, engage your core, and kick your leg backwards with the resistance of the cable. Make sure you are not arching your back, move slow & controlled & drive the weight through your glute on the kick and the return motion

    Weight Recommendations:

    Beginner: 10-20lbs
    
Intermedia...

  • RAINBOW EXTENSION KICK (3x10)

    Episode 7

    Starting on all fours, kick one leg back and draw a large semi-circle arch in the air with your foot, tapping the floor on both the far left and far right.

    Zero equipment