Preworkout while pregnant

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Hi anyone,

I'm newly pregnant and self confessed gym addict and fitness fanatic. I've been pregnant before but I wasn't into my fitness - now I'm pregnant I don't think I can't take my normal Myprotein preworkout which I love. Is there any anyone knows I can take during pregnancy or any supplements that can give the same affect ?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

TIA.

What's in it?

Googling shows me they are full of artificial colours, sweeteners and caffeine. I wouldn't take them if I wasn't pregnant never mind if I was!

There are some worse than others. I normally use woman's vest which isn't bad compared to the more artificial ones, but they make my workout a lot more effective so 🤷🏻‍♀️ obviously if I can't find one that states it's fine for pregnancy I won't be taking it but when not pregnant I like to drink it for my general exercise performance. Each to their own though.

Nope, too much caffeine. I take pre workout and ditched it whilst pregnant and breastfeeding, it’s not good for the baby.

@IHaveAGreyLamp I thought so 😩 I wish there was a pregnancy safe one

It needs to be minus the caffeine as there are limits on that in pregnancy.

@dementedpixie I have had two previous pregnancies so I'm aware of the caffeine limits - I've already switched to decaf coffee, but didn't know if there was a preworkout that offered a lower amount.

I've put my protein as the one I normally take which isn't the one I take - that's my partners - pregnancy brain already Mine is the women's best.

Half the dosage?
Probably the whole point of the preworkout is to do with the caffeine boost

@dementedpixie right okay, thanks for your help. I've already said I won't take it if I can't find one that's suitable.

And I'm saying if you half the dosage you could still be within the caffeine limits while getting a workout boost from it.

No need to be snarky about it

Ah complete misunderstanding! I thought you were saying half the dosage would be just as bad ! Not literally just half the dosage. I didn't mean to come across as snarky. I don't know if doing half the dosage would even create a boost. I'd have to research more into it @dementedpixie

You can get pre workout without caffeine. This one is from Myprotein that you mentioned you've ordered from before. Just to add, I don't know if it's suitable for pregnancy.

Just google "pre workout no caffeine" and there are loads.

The caffeine is the most important ingredient in giving you the boost. Anything without that would really be a waste of cash and just filling your body with additives that you don’t really want whilst pregnant and especially with no/very little benefit to your workout.

Although you can continue to exercise and should do so if you can, I think you will need to change your mindset a bit to being fit and healthy but perhaps not wanting to push so hard. Ligaments start loosening and it’s easier to pull muscles so I wouldn’t be going really hard at it, especially if you’re weight training.

I'll have a look at pre workout without caffeine. Don't know why I didn't think look at that. However if they are just jam packed with rubbish I won't want to take them. I know my partner loves him my protein one, I have tried that once before i thought it was good but couldn't stand the taste hence me taking a different one.

@Rgy3250999 yes I do agree with you there, i just feel frustrated with all the lockdowns in the uk I just want to get back into my normal routine but I suppose that won't be happening for a while - I do weight train, I feel like it's all a bit of a minefield when pregnant but if an exercise is uncomfortable I won't do it, my partner is a PT so he's already warned me about ligaments etc, definitely don't want to be pulling anything !