Little was known until today about what pregnant women could do during the 9 months of gestation. They are not months in which you have to eat for two, nor do you have to consider pregnancy as a disease. Lack of knowledge suggests that any movement can affect the fetus, but it is the opposite, leading a sedentary life will give you many more problems than you think.
Today I tell you some of the most common mistakes among pregnant women and physical exercise.
Do not move until the final stretch
Your doctor will advise you on whether there is any risk in the pregnancy, but the most common thing is that everything goes perfectly. You do not have to stop your training until the day you give birth, but you will have to modify the intensity and the activities to be carried out. Keeping exercise will help you arrive in better physical condition at delivery and have greater control over your body. Visualize childbirth as a competition, if you arrive in poor shape it will be counterproductive for you and your baby.
To do crunches
On other occasions we have talked about how inadvisable crunches are in training, so imagine how it affects a pregnant woman. The risk of suffering abdominal diastasis, which is the division of the muscles of the rectus abdominis, is significantly increased. The connective tissue is damaged and you will create a rather painful injury.
Remember that you can train your abs by doing other exercises like planks, deadlifts, squats, or lunges.
Do not strength train
Normally it is expensive to make a woman perform strength training, since false myths create ideals that have nothing to do with reality. Obviously, you have to be careful with the weights you use while pregnant, even though you have been strength training for a long time.
Even so, strength exercises can be performed until the day of delivery to improve body posture.
wear tight clothing
It is important that you do not squeeze the abdomen area with the clothes you wear to do your workouts. Be consistent and don't force yourself into sizes you were before you were pregnant. Try to wear loose clothing so as not to increase fluid retention and don't forget to get some shoes that absorb impacts to a greater extent.
You have to train the pelvic floor, too
Many are encouraged to introduce pelvic and pelvic floor exercises in the final stretch of pregnancy, but this is important at any stage of it, even without being pregnant.
Keeping the pelvis active will help you relax the sciatic nerve, helping your baby to prepare perfectly for childbirth.