4 Best Pregnancy Exercises

Push-ups

Just as you want to keep your back strong to help counter your growing front, you also want to keep the muscles strong surrounding your growing front. Push-ups not only strengthen the pectorals, but they will also help strengthen the shoulders, which you need to keep strong in preparation for picking up your growing baby that will soon be by your side. If you can push up your own body weight, no doubt you will have no problem with your own child.

Tricep Dips

Did you know that as women we carry a good amount of estrogen in our triceps? Research shows that too much estrogen or an imbalance in estrogen can cause excess fat storage. Guess what hormone you have more of during pregnancy? Yes, estrogen. This means that more than likely, no matter what you do during pregnancy, your triceps will carry more fat. Therefore, the only thing we can do to make this situation a little bit better is to tone and strengthen them during pregnancy. Plus, have you ever seen a pregnant woman struggle to push herself up out of chair? You don’t want to be her, so start strengthening those triceps with dips that will help in elevating you up and onwards!

No doubt there are many exercises that will help keep you strong during pregnancy, but I think these are the essential ones. Please make sure you check out my core exercises, as well as Kegel training for a well-rounded routine.

Thanks to Sara for sharing! I always loved the squat to keep my legs strong. It makes a difference when you’re carrying more weight! —Erin