Expecting Fitness: How to Modify and Enjoy Your Exercise Program Throughout Your Pregnancy

by Sheryl Ross and Birgitta Gallo

Book Overview

Current research has proven that it is not only safe for pregnant women to exercise, it is absolutely beneficial. Even if you are considered a high-risk pregnancy or are restricted to bed rest, you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580630642
• ISBN13: 9781580630641
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Renaissance Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Expecting Fitness

I want to compliment on this desperatly needed book. The book is excellent. It is medically accurate, motivating and on point. I couldn't put it down. - Michelle Kosik MD

Birgitta Gallo's Expecting Finess

Great book! Very informative. Although research is limited in exercise and pregnancy, the book references up to date information that is available. This will be a gift book for any of my friends that become pregnant.

Wonderful Guide and Resource

This book has exactly what I was looking for in a pregnancy related exercise guide. I am an active woman, and I had been disappointed by other books that were vague or only gave 'beginning' exercise information. I think this book is appropriate for beginners or athletes - basically for anyone who wants to remain fit during pregnancy.I appreciate the amount of detail and background information on muscles used during and after pregnancy as well as the role of hormones which helps the reader to unerstand why the exercises are important. The author seems to be operating with the latest medical advice regarding excercising in pregnancy. She also identifies the key exercises needed to assist in a smooth delivery and gives several different options for doing them (at a gym or at home and in several different positions in case your pregnancy is high risk or you are bed ridden).

An excellent guide to stay fit while pregnant

This is the best most comprehensive book on pregnancy fitness that I have found. It is very thorough and detailed. The exercise descriptions were very easy to follow and I was easily able to do these exercises during my pregnancy. As a result, I have a healthy fit baby and I feel like I am back in shape after just 6 weeks following my delivery. These exercises and all of the other helpful advice in the book enabled me to lose all except 8 pounds of the 35 pounds I gained during my pregnancy in just a few weeks. There is also an excellent section on post partum exercise. Overall, I was very pleased with this exceptional book and would highly recommend it to all expecting moms.

A Complete and Comprehensive Pregnancy Workout

This pregnancy workout book is the best I've seen so far. So many others I had looked at only addressed "normal" pregnancies. As a woman who had previously miscarried, I was concerned about my workout intensity level. This book addresses ALL pregnancies, from "normal, low-risk" to women confined to bed rest. There is a very thorough discussion of what exactly is happening to your body during pregnancy and how those hormones affect everything from your joints to your heart. Also, there are great photos to help explain the exercises. For after the baby is born, there is a post-natal excersise chapter as well.All in all, I think this book is wonderful and, for someone who thought they had read everything about pregnancy, I learned a lot!