Dr. Bret Contreras

It improves your outcomes with almost everything, you know, pregnancy delivery related.

But there's a caveat that if you don't, if you haven't lifted weights, you might not want to start lifting weights while you're pregnant.

But you can absolutely, if you've been, if you're an avid lifter and you get pregnant,

you should absolutely continue training.

First trimester, this is generalizing, but first trimester, you feel more morning sickness.

You feel icky.

It's hard to stay motivated and you feel, you get morning sickness and like, then second trimester, things return more to normal.

and you're back to yourself again.

And then third trimester is kind of day by day.

Your belly's getting in the way.

Sub days feel off, but you will find movements that work well for you.

Sumo squats tend to be well tolerated, you know, but you can even hip thrust while you're pregnant.

You just don't let the bar push into your belly.

You keep it on the upper thighs and you don't go as deep.

Do Smith machine and keep it on your upper thighs so it's not pushing against your belly and you'll do just fine.

you will be able to go to the gym.

You might be able to do leg press.

You can always stay moving and stay fit.

Maybe you do.

They just don't want saggy glutes and they want to focus more on that.