I am avid masters swimmer-training 10-12 hours per week total, with 4 two hour workouts in pool per week. 6,000 yds average I would say. My doc says I can swim during pregnancy-but he doesn't understand the concept of swim training vs. lap swimming. Anybody have any info? It would be greatly appreciated.
You can do almost everything you did before you got pregnant just listen to your body more. Ask your doctor about your heart rate limit. I think mine was 120-130. I modified things like no hypoxic and when we did vertical kicking I didn't lift my arms straight over my head (still had my hands out of the water, though) and near the end, I moved down a lane to go slower. If I felt my heart rate getting too high, I would stop or slow down. If I felt nauseous, I would do open turns and skipped the flip turns. I never had the issue of not being able to flip due to my size. I swam until 3 weeks before giving birth when I was told I had to go on rest time and no exercise. Good luck and enjoy.
You can do almost everything you did before you got pregnant just listen to your body more. Ask your doctor about your heart rate limit. I think mine was 120-130. I modified things like no hypoxic and when we did vertical kicking I didn't lift my arms straight over my head (still had my hands out of the water, though) and near the end, I moved down a lane to go slower. If I felt my heart rate getting too high, I would stop or slow down. If I felt nauseous, I would do open turns and skipped the flip turns. I never had the issue of not being able to flip due to my size. I swam until 3 weeks before giving birth when I was told I had to go on rest time and no exercise. Good luck and enjoy.
