Hun keep doing Combat just modify...seriously you are fit enough. I was doing Combat up untill 36 weeks and Pump till 38 the key word is MODIFY!!
Combat - No jump kicks lol, no jump knees, level one, if you need to walk don't shuffle. Umm...thinking...in the new one don't do the switch shuffle (step, kick, foot down turn and walk back...it'll make sense when you do it), march don't skip or cross jack, in the Muay Thai (current release) take out the bounce in the step over cross...and do NOT do the conditioning track on your toes, infact i'd say stay away from the hovers all together and just go to the loo lol.
Why don't you do Pump?
I would say that Les Mills classes are waaaay safer for pregnant women than classes like circuit. The freestyle classes are put together by the instructor (who may well be great) but LM classes go through a LOT of different levels of safety via Drs and other professionals. The instructors are trained in what to look for in a pregnant participant. I can let you know the options for Pump too if ya like xx
Unlitmately it's your decision but speaking from my own experience, my body bouced back so much quicker after DD2 and thats because of my fitness.
Also be careful when stretching as you're probably hyper flexible too x
swimming was great when I stopped jogging. Also deep water walking/jogging was great, espec as it took the pressure of my joints. Make sure you listen to your bod hun, I didnt when I was pg with my DS and I am forever questioning if that played a part in his prem birth. I had even just got back from a jog when my waters broke, super fit or not, listen to your body, if you get those pains stop. just spend the rest of your pg maintaining your fitness level not improving it.
CQ I attended a combined launch today for Pump, Step, Combat & Balance and to be honest, I think I could keep doing all of them. I managed to modify everything and work hard at the low options. Was a taste of everything and I found them all really good & doable.
Just one question, for Pump - what can I do for the chest tracks when we lie down on the steps? I did it today but my lower back is paying for it now, right on the coccyx. I didn't think at the time that I shouldn't have been flat on my back either.
Am yet to do any swimming - working up to it, I promise!
Sorry I should have said! Incline the bench so you have...(depends on your height and comfort) but maybe one riser under one side and two or three under the other...same for Triceps. Clean and press might be tricky with a belly in the way so I just used to row...hard in this one with the Power Press and you might get bored of rowing lol so you could use the back track to skip out and go to the loo
Umm what else...in the conditioning track do not do the hovers and the taps on your toes! Knees or nothing missy!
Thanks CQ! That totally makes sense, the inclined bench. Will definitely do that. We did the Power Presses today and I found them good, could still do them easily. Belly feels enormous, but it's only going to get bigger! Can still get the bar over the belly so far! Thanks for your tips, I'm going to make sure I do a class next week. And the instructors were really great too & I could feel their eyes on me quite often, and the step instructor made sure that I knew that she would modify the abs etc for step if I wanted to come along. I felt quite welcome!!!
Did Pump today CQ and loved it! Thanks for the tilted step suggestion worked a treat! And for the abs / obliques track at the end, I did more lunges. Followed the same rhythm as the instructor, down for 3, up quick, 2 & 2 and singles then did bottom half lunges for the pulses. Legs were well and truly worked out at the end, but I felt great. The biceps was a killer! I put too much weight on and had to take some off - ouch!
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