I'm back to work this week, after a lovely holiday break, and taking on week two of the 30 Day Pregnancy Workout from Nourish Move Love. If you're just joining the journey now, checkout my original blog post, Thirty Days to a Fit Pregnancy to get the schedule of workouts for this amazing routine or jump on board with last weeks post, Third Trimester Pregnancy Workout, highlighting the first weeks workouts. I'm still feeling very motivated, although starting off I was a bit concerned I wouldn't stick with the workouts as back to work fatigue set in. My baby isn't even born yet, and it's already amazing the difference he can make in changing your perspective on things though. I know keeping up with the workouts is one of the most important parts of starting a workout program, and the best way to keep my baby healthy and prepare for delivery. That's a lot more motivation then I had prior to pregnancy, so see how week two went as Lindsey again guides us through a pregnancy safe workout routine.
Day 8: Seven Best Strength Exercises
The Day 8 Nourish Move Love workout on YouTube is titled 30-Minute Workout: Full Body Strength Training for Women. This was another good one, not surprisingly. After your warm up, your main workout, as you could guess from the title, consists of 7 moves that help you tone all your muscles. You do each move for 45 seconds, followed by a 15 second rest. When I finished the first circuit, I thought, "what a piece of cake that was", however you then repeat that workout two more times, and let me tell you, I was feeling the burn and wishing those 15 second rests, were just a little bit longer during my third set.
Day 9: Power Yoga & Prenatal Core
The Day 9 workout consisted of two combined workouts for a total of 25 minutes. The first piece was a 15 Minute Power Yoga Workout. The workout was good, however I do have to say that this was probably my least favorite workout so far. Had I been in my first or even second trimester, I may have felt differently, however being in my third trimester, this one was a bit tough at times. There were several times my belly was just in the way, and other times I felt the need for some modifications or a little less intensity, having to pause and think and taking away from getting a good workout in. That being said, when I read the comments for this video, I was not the only one that felt that way, but Lindsey comes through again and shared a blog post on 5 Exercises to Avoid During Pregnancy (some of which are featured in the video) and modifications to do instead. I highly recommend at least skimming over this before this workout, so when those tricky moves pop up, you are prepared with your modification, and can keep that power yoga flow moving. This workout was followed by the same 10-Minute Ab Workout from Day 2.
Day 10: Barre Legs
Day 10 was a full leg day workout. This workout, 6 Glute-Toning Barre Moves, was a bit different because the video itself is only about a minute and a half and instead of guiding you through the workout, quickly models each of the 6 moves for you to complete, then lists the directions for the full workout in the comments. The directions instruct you to do each of the 6 moves for a total of 12 repetitions per exercise on your right leg, then to repeat the same thing on your left leg. This is considered two sets, then you repeat a second time. This workout is estimated to take about 20 minutes, but just getting through the first two sets took me 16 minutes, due to the fact that I had to keep rewinding the video and rewatching how to do the exercises. I am not super familiar with barre, especially these moves so it took a bit of time to remember them. I took a short water break after the first two sets, then repeated the workout and was able to get through it much quicker the second time, now that I had mastered most of the moves. I could feel the burn, so I know I got a good workout in, but overall I like doing the workouts along with Lindsey much better, then having to lead myself through them. I also know I wasn't moving quite at the pace I should have been, since I kept having to pause to rewatch the video.
Day 11: Rest or Prenatal Yoga
Day 11 gives you the option to take a rest day or do a 15 minute yoga video to recover. I loved the 10 minute recovery yoga from last week, so figured I'd try the 15 minute one for this week. The Prenatal Yoga workout video though, was another workout like yesterday, where Lindsey demonstrates the moves, but doesn't go through the full workout with you. I was a little let down, as I knew that having to do a video that style wasn't what I was looking for in a relaxing yoga video. It seems like some of the people in the comments felt the same, but Lindsey shared that when they were making this workout routine, they weren't in full production, hence why some of the videos are just demonstrations. Needless to say, I was already dressed and ready for some yoga so decided my best bet was to do the 10 Minute Active Recovery Yoga video from last week. So sorry to say I unfortunately can't rate the Prenatal Yoga, but like last week I would again highly recommend the Recovery Yoga video.
Day 12: Mommy Cardio & Arms
After 2 days of having a bit of workout disappointment, I had high hopes for Day 12, and it did not let me down. The Day 12 workout consisted of a 10 minute Mommy Cardio workout, followed by 10 minutes of arm exercises. The first piece, Mommy Cardio, was another demonstration video, however Lindsey shares that the 10 Minute Beginner Cardio Workout is almost the same, and IS a full video, so I went with this option instead and loved it. We went through 5 exercises that we repeated four times. It was perfect for pregnancy and not too hard at all. I probably could have done it a second time, but didn't want to push it with the arm workout still to come, and as previously mentioned I often struggle with those so wanted to go in feeling fresh. The arm workout, 10-Minute Toned Arms, was another good one. I just needed a set of dumb bells, and we ran through the 5 arm workouts that we repeated, dropping in reps from 12 to 10 to 8 to 6 to 4. My arms were on fire by the end, but I really enjoyed this workout and all the moves were common and easy to master.
Day 13: Cardio Barre
The last workout of the week, for Day 13 was this 30-Minute Cardio Barre Routine. It was semi similar to last weeks cardio barre, but with different exercises and ten minutes longer, so 10 minutes more exhausting. It required no weights or additional items, just your body weight, so had a nice flow from move to move. My legs were on fire after this routine, but it gave me a good low impact workout with some stretching for sure.
Day 14: Rest Day
Two weeks completed and I'm still feeling good! I am very impressed with how well my body is holding up. There were a few days where I thought I would be really sore, but to my shock was alright the next day.
I will say that overall I liked the first weeks workout routine much better than this weeks, so am excited for week 3 because it looks like a similar repeat of the same workouts.
I'll be two weeks deeper into my fitness journey, but also two weeks more pregnant, so it should be interesting to see how week three compares to week one.
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