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The Pregnant Athlete
How to Stay in Your Best Shape Ever -- Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Contributors
By Brandi Dion
By Steven Dion
By McIntosh Perry
By Joel Heller
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- Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD
- ebook $11.99 $15.99 CAD
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Whether you’re a professional athlete or a dedicated weekend warrior, you’re serious about your sport and your commitment to fitness. But now that you’re pregnant, you may be getting conflicting health and exercise advice from your family, friends, and doctors. With all the concerns and misinformation, it’s hard to know where to turn for accurate, supportive guidance so you can have a safe, healthy pregnancy and maintain a high level of fitness. Now, in The Pregnant Athlete, triathlete/trainer mom Brandi Dion, fitness professional Steven Dion, and OB/GYN Joel Heller have teamed up to offer:
- Practical information on how your body changes each month, and how to gauge your own limits
- Flexible workout plans for strength, cardiovascular conditioning, agility, and balance for each stage of pregnancy and the postpartum period
- Facts and tips about eating well to support pregnancy and fuel your workouts
- The truth about old wives’ tales and common pregnancy myths and misconceptions
With expert advice and medical insights from an OB/GYN, useful information for the pregnant athlete’s partner, and inspiring stories from other athletic moms-to-be, The Pregnant Athlete will help you stay happy, healthy, and in top form during your pregnancy and beyond.
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Bookviews, June 2014
Lots of good advice.”
MyBestPregnancyBooks.com, 6/14/14
If you're looking for a visual on how a pregnant woman might do a sledgehammer tire slam tabata or box jumps, this book has it This book is for the woman who takes her exercising seriously and is a part of her lifestyle.”
InfoDad.com, 6/19/14
The specificity of the recommended exercises and the reassurance that intense athletes can continue doing most of what they consider of primary importance during pregnancy will make this book attractive to its intended readers.”
San Francisco Book Review, 7/1/14
An amazing resource for any woman who wants to remain active during her pregnancy.”
FitBump360.com, 9/29/14
A refreshingly full-speed-ahead approach to staying active and fit during pregnancy.”
- On Sale
- Apr 29, 2014
- Page Count
- 272 pages
- Publisher
- Da Capo Lifelong Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780738217260
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