Project Fit Pregnancy: Week 21

Exercise? What’s that? Sigh.

Okay, so last week wasn’t that bad. It did seem that I had no energy all week, though, and except for Monday, I only did the bare minimum of exercises.

The 5×5 program, aside from the 5 “real” sets, also has you do three warm-up sets at lower weights, but still weighted. So you’re essentially doing 8 sets of everything, which is quite a workout! Or it will be anyway as I work my way up to heavy weights.

With the 5×5 program, I’ve gone for. Working out 4 days per week, to three. So the breakdown is like this:

Monday:
Squat
Bench press
Bent over row
Kettlebell swings
Burpees

Wednesday:
Squat
Overhead press
Deadlift

Friday:
Squat
Bench press
Bent over row

The first three exercises of each day are the 5×5 program. As you can see, Monday was the only day I added any extras. The other days, I chose to nap instead.

It would be interesting to know how much the baby may have grown in the last week or two.

Week 21 at a Glance

Aside from feeling extremely low in energy, my Er… Belly has really seemed to pop out a lot. I went to button a skirt Sunday morning that I wore quite comfortably less than two weeks ago and couldn’t do it. Not that it should have been surprising, but there were a few days earlier in the week when I felt like my ligaments were being stretched to their max – which is hilarious since they’re nowhere near as stretched as they will be!

But anyway, I shall stop rambling now and work on getting more exercise this week. Next week, I hope to share some stretches/exercises that have been tremendously helpful in dealing with back pain.

Toodles!