Pregnancy Workout for Second Trimester- Types of Exercises to Keep you Fit

Pregnancy is a beautiful phase of a woman’s life where she goes through so many changes during this period and her life turns 360 degrees altogether. A period of pregnancy consists of 3 trimesters, during each trimester the body keeps growing where the belly is huge at the end of the third trimester. To keep the baby healthy, various exercises are recommended by the doctor for well-being of the mother and the baby. The woman has to be strong enough to go through the pain of delivering a baby and to make it happen a lot of good diet and proper exercise is needed. In this blog, we’d like to put the focus on the workout to follow during the second trimester that is week 13- 28, which will keep you and your baby fit, the second trimester is said to be the safest of all and to keep that up, one can follow the given steps:

• Walking: Walking is one excellent addition to one’s life, even if not pregnant, walking helps the body to stay active and managing various conditions like heart disease and blood pressure. During the second trimester of pregnancy, walking will lead to strengthening the upper body by the movement of hands.

• Squats: Squats help in building up the leg muscles as the bodyweight goes straight to the legs and the legs have to be strong enough to handle all the weight. It’s advised to take the help of a fitness trainer if you find yourself in a problem while doing so.

• Yoga: We are not talking about intense yoga asana here, but the gentle, a good easy yoga session will help a pregnant woman in many ways by lowering the body pains and stretching the muscles as needed. In the second trimester, one has to be more careful as to what positions she is trying, is it okay to do that, if not, the woman should avoid and just stick to breathing exercises with gentle and easy yoga asanas like:
  
  Warrior Pose II (Vribhadarsana II) – This asana is a standing exercise that strengthens the ankles and legs and also helps in improving the balance.
  
  Hero’s Pose (Vajrasana) – This pose is done to relieve tiredness in the legs during pregnancy. This asana also helps to exercise the pelvic muscles to prepare one for labor.

Over to You

Being healthy and keeping the baby healthy should be your utmost concern and to do so you can practice these exercises and freshen up the body. The second trimester is the phase in pregnancy where the belly starts to make a huge difference and these exercises might help to keep the baby safe. 

Consult a doctor before performing these exercises and perform them under the supervision of a fitness trainer.