CrossFit While Pregnant | Modifying Her Tabata Workout | 9 Month Transformation
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// Megan R, an assistant CrossFit coach at Pioneer Valley CrossFit (Hadley, MA. USA), never stopped moving throughout her pregnancy before giving birth to a healthy baby boy. Through the support of her CrossFit community she worked out multiple times per week, constantly scaling the exercise movements to her body’s changing limitations. Watch Megan scale movements such as burpees, box jumps, cleans, snatches, push-ups and ring rows as her body undergoes the amazing transformation of pregnancy.
“I remember after finding out I was pregnant, I looked up ‘pregnant crossfit’ on YouTube just out of curiosity. What I watched was really intimidating and completely beyond my ability level. I immediately felt anxious about continuing to train throughout my pregnancy after seeing kipping pullups and handstand push-ups completed by very fit, very pregnant women. I imagine some women out there have had similar experiences and now having been a ‘pregnant crossfitter,’ here are my general thoughts:
“It’s true about CrossFit that every movement can be modified — even to accommodate growing bellies, loosening joints, and swollen ankles. Beyond having a structured and safe environment to move in, the community of which CrossFit provides is nurturing and encouraging. Being pregnant can be isolating. So having gym members and other moms cheer you on makes a big difference. I was lucky to have a wonderful coaching staff and good friends who supported me throughout the pregnancy.” -Megan R.
Music: “House Mix Tabata”
by Tabata Songs
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Filmed at Pioneer Valley CrossFit.
Hadley, MA
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TabataSongs creates music that matches the exact timing of the Tabata Protocol
What is Tabata? 20 Seconds of sprint/work, 10 second rest, for 4 straight minutes. Tabata music lets you focus on your workout, rather than think about having to look at your watch or a timer.
Tabata Training began in the mid 1990’s. Japanese fitness researcher Dr Izumi Tabata created a HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout, using this very method. Dr Tabata proved the tabata method to draw heavily from both the aerobic and anaerobic systems, unlike most conventional workouts, which tend heavily favor one or the other.
The Tabata Interval has gained a lot of recognition throughout the Crossfit community, running community, and health clubs across the globe, for its versatility, adaptability, and positive results.
The Tabata Interval Method has proven to maximize VO2 max, while also building endurance, burning fat, and retaining muscle. Though the Tabata was not designed as a fat loss or weight loss program, it has gained a lot of recent attention in response to tabatas ability to speed up the metabolism and burn fat.
What is Crossfit? A workout program designed by Greg Glassman, which follows daily WOD (workout of the day) posts on the company’s official site. CrossFit often uses tabata in their w.o.d.
