Can You Still Perform Bodybuilding During Pregnancy?
Thursday May 27, 2010
By Hugo Rivera, About.com Guide
Believe it or not, you can still perform bodybuilding during pregnancy.
Research has determined that remaining active during pregnancy offers several benefits to the mother and to the future newborn as well. The key to reaping out such benefits however is to adjust your exercise program in order to make it safe for yourself and your baby during this period and to keep in mind that the goal of exercising during this period is to maintain your present level of fitness, not to improve.
In my Benefits and Rules of Body Sculpting Training During Pregnancy you will learn how to reap the benefits of weight training exercise during pregnancy and how to do it safely.
The amount of protein that you need in order to gain muscle is a topic of hot debate amongst experts. Some experts claim that protein intake is really not a big deal for muscle gains while others claim that you need as much as 3 grams a day for each pound of body weight that you carry.
Based on research and on my own personal experience in training myself and many others, I have found that 1 gram per pound of lean body weight (fat free weight) is perfect for most of us. If you are training hard 6 days a week you can go as high as 1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight. However, any more than that is just excess calories that your body does not need.
For more information on bodybuilding nutrition and on how to design a proper bodybuilding diet, please take a look at my article on Bodybuilding Nutrition Basics.
