What are recommended exercises during pregnancy?
During pregnancy, I don't recommend that you change much. You want to keep your heart rate down, below about 15 beats per minute, and you can do so by getting one of those heart rate monitors. Sometimes a safe way to know that you're exercising too much is if it's hard for you to converse while you're exercising. If you're on the treadmill and you're huffing and puffing, and someone asks you what time it is and you can't spit that out, you're probably pushing it a little too much. I usually say walking, hiking, jogging, using a treadmill or StairMaster, doing pilates or yoga, spinning, swimming; they're all fine. You can do most anything when you're pregnant; even run a marathon. Trying to keep your heart rate down is probably the most important thing. Now, that goes for a normal pregnancy. If you have complications at all, such as bleeding or threatening a miscarriage, if you're later in the pregnancy and your cervix is shortened, or your doctor's recommended bed rest, then there are going to be other recommendations. Obviously, you'll cross those bridges when you get there.
