Comments on: Start Your Fitness Plan ~ Phase 1

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:12:09 +0000

HV, that’s a good place to start and 3 km is great. Now take it up a notch and go a little bit faster. I’m doing a post later this week on cardio. I’ll go over all the guidelines then and I specifically address walking :-) L–

By: Health Votes

Health Votes — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:41:07 +0000

I take 30+ minutes brisk walk in the evening, during the 5 to 20 minutes of the walk, the road kind of goes a bit higher/inclined… that makes the walk slightly harder and gives me a bit of a sweat. I take the garden path coming back, so it is kind of relaxing wayback. over all it is just a 3 Kms walk.

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:49:07 +0000

Hi Amanda,

The best advice is always going to be from your Obstetrician, so anything I say I would check with him/her and make sure it applies to you as an individual.

There was advice out there not to start a fitness routine while pregnant but that has been debunked recently with new research information. You certainly shouldn’t start anything high impact (why do that to yourself when there are so many other options) and the ACOG recommends not doing anything that thumps too much, like horseback riding. But a good brisk walk, elliptical workout, etc. should all be fine.

Your doctor will have specific information about working with a fairly large weight loss and getting pregnant, there could be some complications that I’m not aware of. If I remember correctly there is a higher correlation between obesity/pregnancy and gestational diabetes …

Good luck with everything that you’re doing, let me know if you have any more questions :-)

Lisa

By: Amanda Woods

Amanda Woods — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:09:07 +0000

This is great information for me and something to share with my husband we are both trying to get more fit. I am 100lbs overweight and trying to lose the weight and get pregnant at the same time is hard for me. I do not want to over do it just in case i am pregnant i would not want an aggressive fitness plan to be the cause that a pregnancy does not take since i have heard do not exercise when pregnant if it was not a regular part of your daily life prior to pregnancy. Do you think just a brisk walk and lite gardening is moderate to intense enough to show some results without any risk i am always looking for ways to make a fitness plan and pregnancy work together. Right now i am registered with http://www.fitclick.com to track my progress and calorie intake.

By: Lisa Johnson

Lisa Johnson — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:42:48 +0000

Both exercises work arms and shoulders. The pushups includes a big more engagement of the chest and back muscles. So they’d be fine to do together if you wanted to, during an upper body workout. I’d recommend doing the pushups first, until fatigue and then doing the pullups. You’ll burn out on the pullups quickly but in my opinion, pushups are a better overall upper body exercise.

Thanks for asking :-)

By: Max Letni

Max Letni — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:46:19 +0000

Hey Lisa, First, your website looks pretty neat (different from most) If i was to incorporate a fitness program or even a customized fitness plan and integrate it with pull-ups or push-ups would that mash together well? +Max Letni