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Originally Posted by Chrissy
To be honest, jogging is something that I am unlikely to try any time soon. It seem too risky. Just the bouncing motion makes me dizzy and I am not even pregnant.
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Hee hee, Chrissy, you're funny! Yeah jogging is not for everyone. I'm fitter than most but jogging made my morning sickness 10 times worse so I stick to swimming and hill walking. However, if you have always jogged there's no reason for you to stop when you're preggers if you still feel fine.
A great way to avoid piling on the pounds is to do intervals, (as well as lose fat post partum). Start with a 5 minute gentle warm-up then alternate between reasonably hard exercise for 1 min then a very easy pace for 1 min. Repeat for 5 intervals up to a maximum of 8 intervals. 5 mins easy cooldown.
You can apply this to lots of things from swimming, jogging, walking up the stairs and then coming down for the rest interval, walking/runing up a hill then an easy walk down, jumping jacks and marching on the spot.....use your imagination and keep it interesting!
