Lateral Pulldown Exercise for Pregnant Women

Video Transcript

" Hi my name is Casey Neuwirth and I have a business called Gateway Fitness. You can contact me at http://www.gateway-fitness.com. Carri’s going to help me show you how to do a lateral pull down with a resistive cord. And what you do is hold it a little wider than shoulder width apart, arms over the head, you’re going to pull those arms straight down and about a T position with your body and then right back up to the beginning position. You breathe in on the way up and out on the way down. And what this does is strengthen the back muscles which are very important when you’re pregnant because more weight gets distributed in the front part of your body with your chest and your abdomen growing. And this is a great one to do all throughout your pregnancy from first trimester all the way through third trimester. And again you can take a seat for more support for your body f you’re getting uncomfortable standing and unable to be in that neutral alignment. "