{"id":1623,"date":"2019-03-11T16:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenurturingrootsa-com.ibrave.host\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2019-03-11T16:18:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:18:46","slug":"myth-busters-prenatal-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/myth-busters-prenatal-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth Busters: Prenatal Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenurturingroot.com\/brewer-diet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eat healthy.<\/a> Satisfy your cravings. <a href=\"https:\/\/thenurturingroot.com\/yoga-poses-for-the-pregnant-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Work out.<\/a> Do not work out. Don\u2019t lift that.<br \/>\nAre you sure you can run? Do any of these opinions sound familiar? While pregnant,<br \/>\nthe conflicting advice runs rampant. So I am here today to bust three popular fitness<br \/>\nprenatal myths.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If you weren\u2019t working out before your pregnancy, stick to walking<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>only.<\/strong> Exercise is one of the best things you can give your baby and your body<br \/>\nduring pregnancy. Increased energy, quicker postpartum healing, and less<br \/>\nweight gain are all benefits. Public health guidelines recommend 150<br \/>\nminutes a week of moderate exercise that includes yoga, Pilates, brisk<br \/>\nwalking, and water aerobics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The only value of exercise is to shed those postpartum pounds more quickly.<\/strong> The benefits of exercise far exceed this<br \/>\none statement. While it is true that exercise will allow you to shed your<br \/>\npregnancy weight gain more easily, it also increases your metabolic function<br \/>\nand dramatically decreases your risk of heart disease. Even if you do not see<br \/>\nyour desired weight loss after pregnancy, you should still continue to<br \/>\nexercise because your body is benefiting internally.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You can\u2019t exercise your abs during pregnancy.<\/strong> Up to week 14 in<br \/>\npregnancy, you can do traditional abs exercises and it is actually<br \/>\nrecommended because a strong set of abs helps guard against back pain<br \/>\n(particularly common during the third trimester). After week 14, you want to<br \/>\nshy away from exercises like crunches that will separate your abs (diastasis<br \/>\nrecti) and begin to do moves such as planks for short periods of time (5-10<br \/>\nseconds). This exercise in particular will strength both your back and your<br \/>\nabs will promote a strong core for labor and delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most importantly, listening to your body is crucial. If you feel you need a nap or<br \/>\nbecome dizzy\/ lightheaded after your workout, it was probably too strenuous. A<br \/>\nmoderate prenatal work out should renew and revive energy levels and promote<br \/>\nmental health. Be well, mamas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eat healthy. Satisfy your cravings. Work out. Do not work out. Don\u2019t lift that. Are you sure you can run? Do any of these opinions sound familiar? While pregnant, the conflicting advice runs rampant. So I am here today to bust three popular fitness prenatal myths. If you weren\u2019t working out before your pregnancy, stick&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[105],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":93,"label":"exercise"}],"post_tag":[{"value":105,"label":"fitness"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/prenatal-fitness-myths-1024x406.jpg",1024,406,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Kristie Graybill","author_link":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/author\/kgraybill\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":93,"name":"exercise","slug":"exercise","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":93,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":93,"category_count":2,"category_description":"","cat_name":"exercise","category_nicename":"exercise","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":105,"name":"fitness","slug":"fitness","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":105,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenurturingrootsa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}