Who is or did when pregnant go down in weights in your workouts?
- Thread starter JulieL
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FiddleFit
Cathlete
Hi Julie,
I'm answered "2nd trimester", but I guess I feel the need to qualify my answer. I maintained my weight load for the first 10 weeks of my pregnancy, which is when I developed the torn placenta and was put on bedrest. I remember at that time that I was on the point of considering that I needed to reduce my leg weight loads; I was getting very breathless.
Once my 9 weeks of bedrest were over, I was well into the 2nd trimester, and the extended period of inactivity obviously required that I start back with lighter weights than before. I'm now going one weight increment lighter on my upper body weights, but have cut my lower body weight loads in half.
Sandra
I'm answered "2nd trimester", but I guess I feel the need to qualify my answer. I maintained my weight load for the first 10 weeks of my pregnancy, which is when I developed the torn placenta and was put on bedrest. I remember at that time that I was on the point of considering that I needed to reduce my leg weight loads; I was getting very breathless.
Once my 9 weeks of bedrest were over, I was well into the 2nd trimester, and the extended period of inactivity obviously required that I start back with lighter weights than before. I'm now going one weight increment lighter on my upper body weights, but have cut my lower body weight loads in half.
Sandra
purple_magada
Cathlete
I'm still using the same weights and I'm almost 19 weeks along. Before I got pregnant I was using 50lbs for lower body and I lowered that to 40lbs right away. I'm sure that by the time I hit the 3rd trimester I'll be reducing them.