New Article Regarding Pregnancy Diet

http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20081111/fatty-prenatal-diet-fatty-adult-diet

Grab your free Pregnancy Diet Plan above, prevent future issues. Keep your Baby Bump as Fit as possible.

Why Are You Doing THAT Exercise??

Have you ever looked at your fitness routine and asked yourself, why am I doing this exercise. There is one exercise that is prevalent in most pregnancy fitness routines and I hate it. It follows the fitness pregnancy guidelines so it must be safe, right. Yes it is safe, but is it relevant. The shoulder dumbbell lateral raise, this is great because all pregnant women want ripped shoulder and big delts-haahaahaa. I view this exercise as a routine filler, in actual fact due to breast enlargement causing tight pectoral muscles your shoulder rotator cuff muscles become weak and over stretched. Performing a shoulder lateral raise for your deltoid muscles will inhibit the use of your rotator cuff muscles even further. So what, what do this mean to you, well you still have nice shoulders-rotator cuff weakness can lead to neck and shoulder pain, headaches and is the beginning of shoulder dysfunction.

So if you are performing a dumbbell shoulder lateral raise during your pregnancy, please stop and substitute this with shoulder rotations.

example of wall shoulder rotation to help you keep neutral spine

New Social Network For Pregnancy/Motherhood

Please check out the new social network for pregnancy fitness and motherhood. We have some great experts on the panel such as Dr. Michael K Jones (physiotherapist ), he is the owner and instructor of the American Association of Fitness and Rehab Professionals. We also have Dr. Jen Castles as a member, accomplished naturopath. This is a great way to share thoughts, meet people and get you questions answered.

Don't Slip- LATERAL TRAINING For Pregnancy

Around your 4th month of pregnancy you could begin to lose your balance. Your pelvis is opening, you are using your gluts, lateral (outside) leg muscles in a different way and your baby bump is starting to show. Try this simple lateral exercise suitable for any stage of pregnancy. You can use any style resistance band- one with handles, a small closed loop or one like in the photo.

You want to tense your abdominals and stand tall, then take a step sideways keeping your foot pointing straight ahead. You want to feel a burn in the side of your upper thigh.