PRENATAL GYM PROGRAM
249 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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00:46Episode 1SQUAT PRESS (4x12)
Episode 1
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... -
00:25Episode 2B STANCE SQUAT PRESS (4x10)
Episode 2
Stand with one foot slightly behind you like a kickstand; perform a squat with most weight on the front leg, then press dumbbells overhead as you stand.
Beginner: Dumbbell squats or bodyweight-10lbs plates on the machine
Intermediate: 25-55lb plates on each side
Advanced: 60-100+ lb plates on ... -
00:33Episode 3SEATED ROW (4x12)
Episode 3
Sit up tall with a flat back / engaged core & and pull your elbows back toward your hipbones pinching your shoulder blades together & squeezing your back muscles the whole time. Slowly return to starting position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 10-15lbs plates on each side
Intermediate: 20-... -
00:39Episode 4CABLE STRAIGHT ARM PULL DOWN (3x12)
Episode 4
Stand facing the cable machine and, keeping your arms locked straight, pull the bar from shoulder height down to your thighs using your back muscles.
Beginner: 3-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-35lbs
Advanced: 40-65+ lbs*Modification: Upright row with dumbbells
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00:29Episode 5THRUSTERS (4x12)
Episode 5
Start standing with a fixed bar or dumbbells in hands by your shoulders. Sit into a squat, as you stand up, push the weight above your head & as you return back to a squat lower the weight back to your shoulders.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-30lbs
Advanced: 35-65+... -
00:38Episode 6REVERSE LUNGE CURLS (3x10) PER SIDE
Episode 6
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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LEG EXTENSIONS TO MODIFIED PUSHUP (3x8) PER SIDE
Episode 7
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