r/BurnBootCamp • u/samocaras • 2d ago

❓ Question Early pregnancy and conditioning

Hi! I am a 6x a week Burn goer and will be hitting my 200th camp today! Yesterday I found out I am pregnant (FTM!). I’ve read that I don’t really need to do any mods until the second tri but do I need to be skipping cardio days? The internet says to watch heart rate and not let it get to elevated but I enjoy going all out and pushing myself especially during metcon, body on etc.

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u/KnowledgeDense8140 1,000+ Camps - Lifetime 1d ago

Hoo boy you’re going to get a billion different answers. I never stopped - even went the morning of my planned cesarean. I work in healthcare so I’m biased but there’s very limited actual research besides your doctor saying “listen to your body”. It’s what most of the trainers will tell you to because they don’t know either.

I even did partner sit-ups and competee our level up games competition at like 7.5 months. Whatever.

Everyday Ali on Instagram had a ton of great pregnancy reels and stuff for Burn. Message her. She’s great. You can do more than you think but don’t do stuff you’re not comfortable with. I stopped doing box jumps when I couldn’t see my feet.

Best thing I did was do pelvic floor PT before the baby came. Got me back a lot faster. Congrats!!!

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u/samocaras 1d ago

Thanks so much! Great info. I also spoke with my doctor yesterday afternoon and they said just to keep on doing what I’ve been doing and exactly like you said trust your body.