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2014-11-10 11:30 AM

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Subject: Indoor racing when pregnant?
The following refers to bikes only but feel free to kick in any advice!
Have any of the women members done any indoor trainer racing (ie - computrainer or tacx) during their pregnancy?
Have any of the women members trained/exercised in their zone 3 or 4 HR or Wattage during pregnancy?
Just want to get a handle on the reality of my next 7 months!
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Em


2014-11-10 12:34 PM
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Subject: RE: Indoor racing when pregnant?
I took 3 spin classes a week while pregnant with my first kid - my HR did venture up into the higher zones occasionally (only had HR to measure).
Took a spin class the day I had this kid - guess he was sick of it and ready to come out :-). Felt a bit 'off' that day, but overall always felt better when I was able to train.

With my second, I had more issues, so had to be a little more careful, and was teaching spin at the time. Still let my HR do what it needed to do and went by how I felt. Funny thing was that I was so sick the first 5 months but the only time I wasn't nauseous was when I was training.

I cleared all this with my dr. He said that since I was already in good shape when I got pregnant, that my body was used to the intensity and just go by how I felt. Don't push it too much and take it easy when I needed to.

Big thing is to not try anything new once you get pregnant. So if you aren't used to intensity, don't go adding it now. The exercise limits/recommendations for pregnant women IMO are way too conservative, but I believe they are targeted to the average female (non athlete) that doesn't train or works out only occasionally. If you are an athlete, your body is used to the load. Always good to use RPE as a guide but if you feel good, and if your DR says it's ok, AND you don't have any issues with your pregnancy, then I think you should be fine. Plus staying in shape during your pregnancy makes it easier to return back once you have the kid (although now you have much less time :-)). It definitely helped me with both kids!

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2014-11-10 2:17 PM
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2014-11-10 7:21 PM
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Talk with your OB/GYN. The ACOG (American College of Obstetricans and Gynecologists) has specific guidelines for exercise during pregnancy.  They are very conservative.  James Clapp MD who I think is out of Case Western in Cleveland (At least he used to be at Case) has done the bulk of the work looking at exercise in pregnancy.  We probably don't have all the answers.  They recommend not letting your core temp get too high (I have forgotten the exact #) in the first trimester to avoid neural tube defects.  There have been anecdotal cases of elite marathoners running thru their pregnancies with no ill effects.  Most of the evidence supports that exercise in pregnancy is good for both mother and baby.  Why do I know this? I wrote an article on the musculoskeletal changes of pregnancy a LONG time ago for a  medical journal and because the edition had nothing on exercise in pregnancy I included information on that.  NONE of it is MY research, most of it is James Clapp.  Talk to your OB, do some research.  For women having normal healthy uncomplicated pregnancies exercise is safe and to be encouraged. 

2015-10-28 12:05 AM
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Talk with your OB/GYN. The ACOG (American College of Obstetricans and Gynecologists) has specific guidelines for exercise during pregnancy. They are very conservative. James Clapp MD who I think is out of Case Western in Cleveland (At least he used to be at Case) has done the bulk of the work looking at exercise in pregnancy. We probably don't have all the answers. They recommend not letting your core temp get too high (I have forgotten the exact #) in the first trimester to avoid neural tube defects. There have been anecdotal cases of elite marathoners running thru their pregnancies with no ill effects. Most of the evidence supports that exercise in pregnancy is good for both mother and baby. Why do I know this? I wrote an article on the musculo skeletal changes of pregnancy a LONG time ago for a medical journal and because the edition had nothing on exercise in pregnancy I included information on that. NONE of it is MY research, most of it is James Clapp. Talk to your OB, do some research. For women having normal healthy uncomplicated pregnancies exercise is safe and to be encouraged.




That's really a great. I think such organisation should always be formed for guiding the women's during their pregnancy, this not only helps in maintaining their health during their pregnancy journey also helps to be fit and fine. I think during menstruation too certain exercise routines should be conducted, which will also help the women to participate in the racing freely.

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2015-10-28 10:18 AM
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Subject: RE: Indoor racing when pregnant?
Good recommendations above.

Beyond the medical stuff-- here's my personal experience.

I'm not sure if you are pregnant yet-- I was VERY tired and not enough energy for any quality workouts in my first trimester. It was enough to just keep moving at all. I felt a lot better in the second trimester and could do things almost normally, but I never biked outside. By the third trimester my weight distribution was too awkward to run comfortably, so I stuck to a stationary gym bike for moderate workouts. At the time I didn't have a bike trainer, but I probably could have set it up to be comfortable to work out at home.


2015-10-28 10:37 AM
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I watched my wife ride a stationary bike or walk on a treadmill every single day of her pregnancies......even with full term twins.  She already had a regular program and was very fit when she got pregnant, so she just adapted her program a bit and contiued right through.  She gave birth to our twins on the same day she walked 4 miles on a treadmill.  The biggest benefit that I saw was that she was back to "fighting weight" within weeks of giving birth.

Anecdotally, she  gave birth to some REALLY healthy kids as well.  I have no idea if her excersizing had any effect on their good health....but I know that from the time their hearts got formed they were gtetting a workout for more than an hour a day.......whether they liked it or not.

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