5 Heart Healthy
Exercises You Can Do During Pregnancy
by: Tia Rodriguez
Pregnancy is a time of celebration, love, and
unwanted but necessary weight gain. However, being
pregnant doesn’t mean that your health and figure
has to suffer permanent damage. You can gain weight
in a healthy fashion while doing some very easy and
safe heart healthy pregnancy exercise routines.
One of the
simplest and most effective pregnancy
exercises you can do is walking. Not only is
walking one of the best cardiovascular
exercises, it is also one of the safest
pregnancy exercises you can engage in.
Walking is one of the few pregnancy
exercises that you can do for the complete
duration of your pregnancy.
Another
extremely beneficial heart healthy pregnancy
exercise is swimming. Countless doctors and
pregnant women have attested to the
wonderful benefits of swimming during
pregnancy. A weekly pregnancy exercise
routine of swimming gives both the arms and
legs a great workout while promoting
cardiovascular health. Because of the nature
of being subdued in water, swimming will
also remind expectant mothers what it felt
like before the pounds were added on. This
is definitely a welcome change every now and
then.
The third
pregnancy exercise routine you can start
doing to keep your body healthy is enrolling
in an aerobics class. Many fitness centers
and community centers offer low impact
aerobics classes for pregnant women. One of
the nicer benefits of this pregnancy
exercise is that it is done in the company
of other pregnant women under the watchful
eye of a professional aerobics instructor.
This means you are going to get a safe
workout catered to the special needs of
pregnancy.
Weight
training is also a very beneficial pregnancy
routine to keep your body healthy. Although
you must only use very light weights when
engaging in this pregnancy exercise, weight
training is an excellent way of toning your
body and increasing muscular strength.
The last heart
healthy pregnancy exercise you can do to
stay fit is Pilates/yoga. Both of these body
conditioning exercises promote stretching
and flexibility within the muscles. Yoga is
also a nice accompaniment to walking. By
doing a combination of these pregnancy
exercises, you can have a healthy balanced
cardiovascular routine.
Being pregnant
doesn’t mean that you have to sacrifice
exercise and health. By walking, swimming,
doing aerobics, weight training, and
engaging in a Pilates/yoga routine, you can
have a healthy and fit pregnancy.
