And just like that, the dreaded day has come. We’ve all heard the tales of the terrible twos, but as new moms we wonder how our precious, innocent babies could become one of them… 

Listen, I take pride in looking like I know what I’m doing when I’m at the gym. I can’t take all the credit though…

My workout routine while being pregnant isn’t as intense as when I am not preggers. I do have to really listen to my body and make sure I am helping and not hurting myself and baby. I tend to do a little cardio and then a circuit based mostly with lightweights (pregnant women are encouraged to use weights no more than 25lbs). Then I usually will go into abs (yes you can do abs while you’re pregnant) and then stretch. This gets me sweating a bit and gets my heart rate up without overdoing it. Recently, before I had known I was pregnant, I was doing hard cardio classes such as spinning and then intense circuit classes that literally give you no time to breath. I know pregnant women continue to do these types of workouts and they’re fine but for me it just wasn’t happening. Although, I will take a more resistance based cycle class once in a while.