Is Bodypump ok during pregnancy (if you're unfit)

[fazzamum]

I am about 4 weeks pregnant and about four weeks ago I joined the gym and have been doing bodypump and some treadmill and are going to bodybalance tomorrow. I know excercise is good if you have always done it but what if you are pretty unfit? I teally don't want to get too unfit or big this time (my last who is 5yrs now was 11 pounds) and I am older too (33)...
I would love some advice...

[C~Q]

Body Pump should be fine. Make sure you go to your Dr and get the ok from him and tell your instructor as well. There will be adjustments you need to make but not till your pregnancy progresses. As long as you start out sensibly with low weights and do the lower options you'll be fine

Good for you for wanting to be fit during your pregnancy! Pump is great, I did it till I was 38 weeks and I recovered far faster with my last pregnancy than the previous ones.

Good luck hth!

[AliBaby]

Just make sure you dont over do it with the amount of weight that you lift and be sure to inform the instructors at the gym. They are often trained to modif some exercises for pregnant women. Also dont go running on the treadmill if you couldnt before you were pregnant. Just stick to some walking.

They may be able to make up a training program for you so ask at the front counter.

Body balance will be great for you during pregnancy as well. Just again inform them that you are pregnant as some poses you will not be able to do, but they should modify them for you.

The most important thing to remember is to not overheat when exercising. You should make sure you are well hydrated and if you are walking make sure you can maintain a conversation with someone. If you cant then you are pushing yourself too hard.

Good for you for wanting to keep fit and healthy.

[Nai]

You won't be able to do some of the exercises such as shoulders as they can cause a change in Blood Pressure which can make you faint. You just need to let the instructor know that you are pregnant and they should modify the exercises for you.

[C~Q]

You won't be able to do some of the exercises such as shoulders as they can cause a change in Blood Pressure which can make you faint.

Really? Can I ask why you think that? I did and have seen many pregnant women doing the shoulder track or is it just certain moves like the over head raises your talking about?

Some modifications are inclining the bench for Chest and Tri's and skipping or doing different exercises during the conditioning track. Also I had real difficulty with the C & P when I was big, my belly kept getting in the way lol!

Like I said as long as your not using huge weight and doing dynamic lunges backwards of the bench you should be fine But DO see your Dr first and DO tell your instructor. It is early days so if you don't want everyone to know just have a quiet word first.

If you google contrindications to exercise in pregnancy you should come up with a lot of info. You can also join and post a question on the Les Mills website forum, they're a really friendly lot over there

[Nai]

I think doing any overhead press moves is the issue - at least that's what I was told.