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4.0 out of 5 stars
Wish I'd had this the first time, August 10, 2009
This review is from: The 30-Minute Pregnancy Workout Book: The Complete Light Weight Program for Fitness (Paperback)
Let me start by saying that I found this week just as I entered my third trimester of my second pregnancy, so I only applied the third trimester and post-partum moves. I did, however, look over the whole book and I think I can speak for the book as a whole when I say the following:
Pros:
1. The moves are easy to do, and yet I found them to be very effective (3rd trimester is exclusively upper-body moves, and they were really just right; and I think made a huge difference when my baby was born; I'm still doing those moves, aimed esp. at helping your posture while nursing, and your upper body while carrying that baby around!).
2. The moves focus on aerobic muscle toning, which I really like (using light weight with lots of reps rather than heavier weights to build bulkier muscles).
3. The exercises are described on each page, but there is a summary of the workout routine at the beginning of each trimester section, so you can use just one page if you remember the moves, or turn the pagebetween moves to have the description in front of you. [Some books only list exercises, then you have to look each of them up in another section if you don't remember.]
Cons:
1. The pictures are a little hard to follow--it took me a few read-throughs to figure out exactly how to do the moves (a few of them are very similar). I docked a star for this reason.
2. Just one set of exercises for the trimester. I like to have a couple sets to rotate through (set #1 on Mondays and Thursdays, set #2 on Tuesdays and Fridays or something like that), though perhaps because these are more aerobic rather than muscle building it's okay to be repeating the same patterns more frequently.
Overall, it's my favorite pregnancy workout book (and I tried half a dozen between the two pregnancies). Highly recommend--have bought for a number of friends now.
dms
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4.0 out of 5 stars
okay book, November 2, 2009
This review is from: The 30-Minute Pregnancy Workout Book: The Complete Light Weight Program for Fitness (Paperback)
the book had a lot of suggestions and workouts, but i think i would have been better off going with a video
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good book., August 15, 2009
This review is from: The 30-Minute Pregnancy Workout Book: The Complete Light Weight Program for Fitness (Paperback)
I found this at the library and gave it a try. I was very active prior to being pregnant: kickboxing, grappling, stickfighting and I also lifted weight. Because a lot of the sports I did required a lot of close contact, I had to make quite a few adjustments to my workout routine. I am now in my 15th week and I also do get tired more easily.
This book is great. I only started with the second trimester routine. I love that it truly feels like a cardio workout. Photos are great although if you've never lifted weight before, it is true they might not be as clear since they only show you 2 photos (move is not broken down a lot). So far I have not been able to do the routine in 30 minutes. It takes me about 45 minutes. I think it has to do with the fact that I have not memorized the whole routine yet and so it takes me more time to look through the pages and I might be doing the moves a bit slower.
The main CON I have about the book is that I could have done without the extra advice/pages about pregnancy in general and the development of the baby. Most pregnant women read at least a dozen of books on the subject and so this one could have kept the focus on the fitness and nutrition and skipped the rest. This was the first book on the subject of fitness and pregnancy that I read so I cannot compare it to the other ones available.
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