Not suitable to move around? 10 flywheel advantages that pregnant women must know

During pregnancy, pregnant mothers are often reluctant to engage in intense exercise because they are worried about losing the fetus. However, if exercise during pregnancy is done under the guidance of a professional coach, even if it is a flywheel exercise that pursues speed, it can benefit mother and baby and make the pregnancy and childbirth experience full of beauty.

Flywheel for pregnant women has many benefits

No matter what kind of exercise pregnant mothers continue during pregnancy, it will be significantly beneficial to the pregnancy process and the health of the mother and fetus. For pregnant women, continuous practice can bring the following benefits to pregnant mothers:

Advantage 1: Increase cardiovascular and pulmonary function

Because during the flywheel exercise, the pregnant mother can continue to maintain a state of slight breathing, the blood is transported and circulated faster in the body, thus achieving a considerable degree of exercise and strengthening for the heart and lungs.

Advantage 2: Prevent stretch marks

Stretch marks are the skin condition that many beauty-conscious mothers dislike the most. In addition to moisturizing the skin diligently, continuous flywheel exercise for pregnant women can also effectively reduce the accumulation of subcutaneous fat, effectively reducing the chance of stretch marks.

Advantage 3: Relieve back pain

As the weight on the abdomen increases with the growth of the fetus, mothers who have no exercise habits before pregnancy are prone to back pain. Flywheel exercises for pregnant women can effectively exercise the muscle endurance of the waist and back, so they are also significantly effective in reducing back pain during pregnancy.

Advantage 4: Reduce edema during pregnancy

During pregnancy, due to the slower venous blood return rate in the lower limbs of pregnant mothers, they are prone to symptoms of lower limb edema. The severity may even make pregnant mothers unable to wear their usual shoe size. Because the flywheel for pregnant women promotes blood circulation, Coach Summer has observed that if pregnant mothers have lower limb edema, as long as they finish pedaling the flywheel on the same day, the edematous lower limbs can immediately return to normal, easily relieving the edema problem of pregnant mothers.

Advantage 5／Improve gastrointestinal discomfort

Due to the influence of hormones, gastrointestinal motility is slower and pregnant mothers are prone to bloating or constipation. However, continuous exercise can improve gastrointestinal digestion problems and relieve the bloating and constipation problems that pregnant mothers often have.

Advantage 6: Reduce cramps

In addition to being related to the lack of minerals such as calcium and magnesium, the occurrence of cramps is also related to slow blood flow. Coach Summer said that in addition to increasing the intake of key nutrients in the diet, flywheel exercises for pregnant women can help promote blood circulation and reduce the symptoms of cramps during pregnancy.

Advantage 7／Helps with smooth delivery

Before performing flywheel exercise, professional coaches will usually guide pregnant women to use correct breathing methods during the exercise so that they will not feel breathless during the exercise. During the exercise, flywheel exercise will indirectly strengthen and increase the elasticity and tolerance of the pelvic floor muscles. Therefore, for mothers who continue to practice flywheel exercise during pregnancy, it will usually be easier to master how to control the pelvic floor muscles to deliver the fetus in the third stage of labor, and it will also be easier to master how to breathe correctly when exerting force, thereby completing the progress goals of the third stage of labor ahead of schedule.

Advantage 8: Fast recovery after childbirth

Continuous exercise can strengthen the body's muscle tension. Compared with pregnant mothers who have no exercise habits, mothers who have exercise habits are less likely to have loose belly or skin after giving birth, and it is relatively easier to restore their body shape after giving birth.

Advantage 9／Increase physical strength

For the mother, pregnancy and childbirth are very physically demanding, and caring for the newborn after delivery requires even more physical support. Therefore, if you maintain the habit of aerobic exercise before pregnancy or before delivery (such as flywheel exercise), you can recover your physical strength more easily after delivery, and you will be less likely to be physically unable to cope with taking care of the child in the future.

Advantage 10／Happy mood

Coach Summer observed that pregnant mothers who actively engage in exercise during pregnancy will have better spirits and sleep quality due to the improvement of discomfort, and will be more confident about the health of the mother and fetus during pregnancy. Therefore, they are more likely to be in a happy mood throughout the pregnancy, and will be more optimistic about the upcoming delivery and face it calmly.

※The original article was published in the July 2015 issue of Mom & Baby Magazine.

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