Hello everyone,
I'm new here although not a new Cathe fan. I just learned that I'm pregnant (maybe only 2-3 weeks along), SAHM of 2 boys (one is 16, the other 4), am completely surprised, thrilled and anxious all at the same time. Since I've been active (doing at least 2-3 Cathe (mainly cardiokicks and CTXpress Kickbox) and 2-3 Firm/Fitprimes and walking/pilates and yoga, I'm hoping that this will be my best pregnancy/birth experience ever (and will probably be the last as I will be 40 this year). I don't plan on changing my workout routines much until the 2nd tri-mester as long as I continue to feel great (but I have stopped interval training, I.E. Firm Volume III) but am curious about how much to do. I walked alot with both pregnancies but did little weight training or flexibility training so while I was in decent shape, I was not as fit as I am now. Presently I work out 5-6 x a week and rotate cardio/yoga days with firm tapes or Cathe's strength tapes. Since my back and ab areas tend to be very weak, I was thinking about starting workouts with the stability ball (Zone has a stability ball dvd with separate aerobics/abs/upper/lower strengthing workouts and rotating that in with the other disciplines. I also plan on doing Crunches pre-natal yoga dvd as soon as the belly begins to take over (I currently use Power Yoga from Living Arts and Yoga for Dummies/Pilates for Dummies). For strength training, I plan to keep on using the CTX weight training workouts and doing Firm Basics and possibly Tough Tape using modifications. Have any of you tried either of the balance ball workouts or the crunch tape or can you offer me any suggestions? I don't want to buy too many new workouts for the pregnancy but would like to get at least a couple so that I can do something. (For post pregnancy, I have my eye on a Bob stroller or the new Graco jogging/car seat/stroller combo).Thank you.
I'm new here although not a new Cathe fan. I just learned that I'm pregnant (maybe only 2-3 weeks along), SAHM of 2 boys (one is 16, the other 4), am completely surprised, thrilled and anxious all at the same time. Since I've been active (doing at least 2-3 Cathe (mainly cardiokicks and CTXpress Kickbox) and 2-3 Firm/Fitprimes and walking/pilates and yoga, I'm hoping that this will be my best pregnancy/birth experience ever (and will probably be the last as I will be 40 this year). I don't plan on changing my workout routines much until the 2nd tri-mester as long as I continue to feel great (but I have stopped interval training, I.E. Firm Volume III) but am curious about how much to do. I walked alot with both pregnancies but did little weight training or flexibility training so while I was in decent shape, I was not as fit as I am now. Presently I work out 5-6 x a week and rotate cardio/yoga days with firm tapes or Cathe's strength tapes. Since my back and ab areas tend to be very weak, I was thinking about starting workouts with the stability ball (Zone has a stability ball dvd with separate aerobics/abs/upper/lower strengthing workouts and rotating that in with the other disciplines. I also plan on doing Crunches pre-natal yoga dvd as soon as the belly begins to take over (I currently use Power Yoga from Living Arts and Yoga for Dummies/Pilates for Dummies). For strength training, I plan to keep on using the CTX weight training workouts and doing Firm Basics and possibly Tough Tape using modifications. Have any of you tried either of the balance ball workouts or the crunch tape or can you offer me any suggestions? I don't want to buy too many new workouts for the pregnancy but would like to get at least a couple so that I can do something. (For post pregnancy, I have my eye on a Bob stroller or the new Graco jogging/car seat/stroller combo).Thank you.