Bump plan or results with bump?

[EekPreggo]

I want to treat myself to a good exercise program for this pregnancy and I’m a bit stuck on which one to do.

Last pregnancy I went to the gym as normal until about 18 weeks until I started to get dirty looks for lifting while visibly pregnant 🙄 Gym was the only thing that really eased the sickness. I’m likely to show earlier this time so I wouldn’t want to give up my exercise even earlier.

Does anyone have any experience of The Bump Plan or Results with Bump? Or any other that’s good?

Thanks 😊

Just continue going to the gym and ignore the people who stare? It’s none of their business.

wear baggy t shirts / hoodies. People would be none the wiser tbh.

I’m 23 weeks and still going to the gym as normal, I love the questions! Just keep going. I plan to continue as long as I physically can.

People will look but I truly doubt they’re judging

Hey..just curious what you decided yo go with I the end and how you're finding it?

I'm looking at the same and for something I can do at home..ideally more pregnancy pilates

I’m in my first pregnancy and 35 weeks. I continued to go to the gym/functional fitness classes till last week, I’ve only stopped as I’m getting tired and to save a bit of money before the baby comes. There so much evidence around continuing the exercise your body is used to, including weights. I just slowed down cardio so I wouldn’t raise my HR and reduced weights when it felt to heavy (also avoiding anything lying flat on back)

If that’s the type of training you enjoy, 100% continue with it xxx

I'm still going to the gym at 37 weeks, feel absolutely fine. I don't lift weights though, because I didn't before.

Does your gym have any personal trainers you could talk to?

Thanks all.

I do think attitudes around pregnant women exercising have changed since I was last pregnant 5 years ago, thankfully.
I’m struggling to get to the gym for other reasons as well so trying to set something up to follow at home. Currently struggling with massive knee pain (thanks relaxin!) and usual first trimester exhaustion so not doing much anyway.

I signed up for ‘results with bump’ but I’ve cancelled already, it’s only what I could find on YouTube (which I half expected) not easy to navigate or follow and I’m not interested in the class side. So it’s really not worth £20 a month.

I asked ‘the experts’ for advice on knee friendly leg and glute exercises due to hormonal knee pain, in the hope of maintaining my glutes until I can squat again (I’m used to squatting/split squatting heavy) and they just said maybe try the same but just body weight - so not much use for either my painful knees or my glutes 😂 Definitely wouldn’t recommend it for anyone used to training, might be okay if you’re new to or getting back into fitness.

A big bugbear for me is that once you’re signed up it’s just ‘results with Lucy’ and the ‘results with bump’ is secondary so I’ve had to keep finding it all in the app. I want something more quick and efficient, I don’t want to browse for ages or use the social side.

I really wanted something with decent training and access to pregnancy specific advice that I could just follow without having to wade through tons of other stuff. That’s definitely not what this is. It might be mental laziness but I just want to open an app and crack on 😂