Exercising Through Your Pregnancy [Paperback]

James F. Clapp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1999

Exercising Through Your Pregnancy gives you the information you need to remain active and healthy before, during, and after your pregnancy. Based on Dr. James Clapp's extensive research, the book explains the effects of regular exercise on all phases of pregnancy. Dr. Clapp puts to rest many myths and reveals the benefits of maintaining your exercise program: limited weight gain; less physical discomfort; more energy; easier, shorter, less complicated labor; quick recovery; and many more! Dr. Clapp also gives you recommendations and guidelines for developing an exercise program that safely fulfills your needs during the different stages of your pregnancy.

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From the Publisher

James F. Clapp III, M.D. has been the world's foremost researcher in the area of exercise and pregnancy since the early 1980`s. He is currently the director of obstetrical research at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and a professor in the Department of Reproductive Biology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Prior to this, he had been a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine since 1970. He also served as the director of research from 1979 to 1987. A member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Society for Gynecological Investigation, Clapp received his MD from the University of Vermont in 1963. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

James F. Clapp III, MD, is a professor emeritus of reproductive biology at Case Western Reserve University and a research professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He lives in Byron, California.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics (Trade) (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087322941X
• ISBN-13: 978-0873229418
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,960,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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70 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a book that goes beyond walking!, December 1, 1999

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Amy Swedlo (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exercising Through Your Pregnancy (Paperback)

This book is excellent!

With my first pregnancy, I got so frustrated following the ACOG recommendations for exercise that I stopped working out. It was just too boring to go for a "brisk" walk.

This book helped me to realize that its o.k. to continue running throughout my pregnancy (which I'm still doing at 26 weeks). Dr. Clapp has references to many women who are very active throughout their pregnancies, with *postive* effects on their pregnancy: less weight gain (but still a healthy amount) and giving birth earlier but still full term (37 to 42 weeks is considered term - exercisers tend to be closer to the 37/38 week mark in his studies).

Enough motivation in this book to keep you sweating right up until the day you deliever!

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best/most detailed book on exercise in pregnancy I have read, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Exercising Through Your Pregnancy (Paperback)

I have ordered several books on exercising during pregnancy and most are a dissappointment if you are already active at all. This book explains in detail (and with scientific, medical studies) exactly what you are feeling and why. It explains what effect exercise has on your growing baby and on you,the Mother. The book also includes exercise prescriptions for different types of women, from sedentary to competitive athlete. I highly recommend this book for anyone wishing to exercise safely during pregnancy -- but particularly recommend it to those who already are exercising and need much more than the typical beginning books about walking and leg lifts.

79 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most DETAILED & ENCOURAGING book available on exercising, December 9, 2002

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Cynthia Hamilton (Derwood, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exercising Through Your Pregnancy (Paperback)

I have read a lot of books on exercising while pregnant, but most of them are kind of weak. They tell you to be very, very cautious... and they don't tell you much about how it is really affecting you and the fetus/baby.

This book is awesome and I'm a hard critic. It doesn't show you pictures of women doing all the exercises in these modified ways that you never look at again. It focuses on studies of what other women did and the outcomes (babies birth weights, preterm labor, etc). The part I liked best was that the subjects in the studies exercised fairly intensely, not just walking twice a week. It told you how, for example, 25-30 miles of running per week will benefit you and the baby DURING pregnancy.

I just loved it (and I don't know the author!).

And don't be put off by the brightly colored pregnant woman on the front that appears to be walking--this covers intense exercise.