I just finished day 18 of FB Low Impact Round 3. Kelli kicked my butt with a smart upper body workout (most of which I did seated) it was SO GOOD. And the cherry on top, the extra workout was a chill out stretch!
So pregnancy mods. I make some up, which turn out a little too hilarious to be honest but I feel the respective muscles are getting some action and that's all that matters. I'll list some of the ones I do and others I still don't have alternatives for. Feel free to comment, add, suggest any mods.
*Back bows: oh how I miss them! Found an alternative on a pregnancy yoga website suggesting you do them sitting on your knees leaning backwards with hands on lower back/glutes for support. Seems to work for me, i sometimes do the same standing up though.
*Swimmers: this is where it gets a little silly looking, I do them standing up too! Just pushing opposite leg and arm behind me slowly. I'm not sure it's correct but a) it doesn't hurt. And b) it feels like the back is getting a slight action off of it. Ideas?
*Push ups: don't fight me but I did them until yesterday, on my 23rd week. Half push ups and was being careful! But today I switched to standing push-ups against a wall which work just as good if not a little better.
*Crunches: I know the jury is out on them but again I did them way past my 20th week but I've been working out for over 9 years, my body said it can handle them and I listened. However, just to be extra careful I now do standing crunches, which feel a little weird, and sometimes normal crunches but without lifting my head off the floor. Don't feel I'm doing them quite right either way. :(
*Deep glute stretch: this is where I need help. No idea how to get that sweet stretch when my bump eventually gets in the way of doing them. Standing glute stretch doesn't really do it for me. Any suggestions will be appreciated!
Those are the main exercises I wanted to discuss. Pretty sure I've forgotten something. Looking forward for your input!
Making Up Pregnancy Modifications
Hi everyone,
I just finished day 18 of FB Low Impact Round 3. Kelli kicked my butt with a smart upper body workout (most of which I did seated) it was SO GOOD. And the cherry on top, the extra workout was a chill out stretch!
So pregnancy mods. I make some up, which turn out a little too hilarious to be honest but I feel the respective muscles are getting some action and that's all that matters. I'll list some of the ones I do and others I still don't have alternatives for. Feel free to comment, add, suggest any mods.
*Back bows: oh how I miss them! Found an alternative on a pregnancy yoga website suggesting you do them sitting on your knees leaning backwards with hands on lower back/glutes for support. Seems to work for me, i sometimes do the same standing up though.
*Swimmers: this is where it gets a little silly looking, I do them standing up too! Just pushing opposite leg and arm behind me slowly. I'm not sure it's correct but a) it doesn't hurt. And b) it feels like the back is getting a slight action off of it. Ideas?
*Push ups: don't fight me but I did them until yesterday, on my 23rd week. Half push ups and was being careful! But today I switched to standing push-ups against a wall which work just as good if not a little better.
*Crunches: I know the jury is out on them but again I did them way past my 20th week but I've been working out for over 9 years, my body said it can handle them and I listened. However, just to be extra careful I now do standing crunches, which feel a little weird, and sometimes normal crunches but without lifting my head off the floor. Don't feel I'm doing them quite right either way. :(
*Deep glute stretch: this is where I need help. No idea how to get that sweet stretch when my bump eventually gets in the way of doing them. Standing glute stretch doesn't really do it for me. Any suggestions will be appreciated!
Those are the main exercises I wanted to discuss. Pretty sure I've forgotten something. Looking forward for your input!