{"id":21092,"date":"2017-10-17T14:27:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T21:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalfitnessnetwork.org\/public\/?p=21092"},"modified":"2021-07-01T16:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T23:29:35","slug":"prenatal-exercise-program-design-exercise-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/prenatal-exercise-program-design-exercise-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Prenatal Exercise Program Design: Exercise Type"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing the type of exercise that is best tolerated during pregnancy depends on the following considerations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which activities the client enjoys or is skilled at performing<\/li>\n<li>Whether the activity poses any risk to the mother or fetus<\/li>\n<li>Is she is able to do the activity without being compromised by balance and center of gravity changes<\/li>\n<li>Can the activity be easily modified as pregnancy progresses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20806\" src=\"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/prenatal-fitness-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/prenatal-fitness-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/prenatal-fitness-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/prenatal-fitness-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/prenatal-fitness-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/prenatal-fitness-285x190.jpg 285w, https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/prenatal-fitness.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Weight-bearing exercise such as walking, dancing, and running help maintain bone mass and some studies suggest they are more effective for keeping pregnancy weight gain within normal limits. As pregnancy progresses some women may not be able to continue weight-bearing exercise because of back or round ligament pain. If modifications such as wearing a belly support don\u2019t relieve discomfort, switching to non-weight-bearing activities such as swimming, stationary biking, or other types of stationary exercise equipment is recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Absolute and relative contraindicated activities for pregnant women are listed below. Pregnant women should always consult with their healthcare provider before taking part in any exercise program and assess the risk\/benefit ratio whenever there is a question about the safety of any activity during pregnancy. Keep in mind that activities such as downhill skiing must be assessed for risks that are not controllable, such as the effect of high altitude on oxygen delivery to the fetus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contraindicated Activities for Pregnant Women<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High-altitude sports<\/li>\n<li>Water-skiing<\/li>\n<li>Hockey<\/li>\n<li>Gymnastics<\/li>\n<li>Horseback riding<\/li>\n<li>Absolute<\/li>\n<li>Downhill skiing<\/li>\n<li>Scuba diving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also view Catherine&#8217;s previous articles on exercise\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/prenatal-exercise-program-design-exercise-intensity\/\">intensity<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/prenatal-exercise-program-design-exercise-duration\/\">duration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on prenatal and postpartum exercise and our CE correspondence course, \u201cPrenatal and Postpartum Exercise Design\u201d please visit,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppfconsulting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ppfconsulting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Article reprinted from Catherine\u2019s Maternal Fitness\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maternalfitness.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a>\u00a0with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Catherine Cram, MS, is the owner of\u00a0Comprehensive Fitness Consulting, a company that provides pre- and postnatal fitness certifications and information to hospitals, health &amp; wellness organizations and the military.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing the type of exercise that is best tolerated during pregnancy depends on the following considerations: Which activities the client enjoys or is skilled at performing Whether the activity poses any risk to the mother or fetus Is she is able to do the activity without being compromised by balance and center of gravity changes Can the activity be easily modified as pregnancy progresses Weight-bearing exercise such as walking, dancing, and running help maintain bone mass and some studies suggest they are more effective for keeping pregnancy weight gain within normal limits. As pregnancy progresses some women may not be able to continue weight-bearing exercise because of back or round ligament pain. If modifications such as wearing a belly support don\u2019t relieve discomfort, switching to non-weight-bearing activities such as swimming, stationary biking, or other types of stationary exercise equipment is recommended. Absolute and relative contraindicated activities for pregnant women are listed below. Pregnant women should always consult with their healthcare provider before taking part in any exercise program and assess the risk\/benefit ratio whenever there is a question about the safety of any activity during pregnancy. Keep in mind that activities such as downhill skiing must be assessed for risks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":20806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[134,198,90,257],"class_list":["post-21092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-professionals","tag-pre-postnatal","tag-womens-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30293,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21092\/revisions\/30293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}