3 Upper Body Exercises For Your First Trimester

Fitness & Nutrition
Written By editorsbeauty

We have teamed up with Bumps & Burpees to create a series of pre and post-natal exercise video's to help guide you through pregnancy and beyond.

In the second video of the series, Bumps & Burpees guide me through three different upper body exercises, ideal for woman in their first trimester of pregnancy.

Series 1: Frist Trimester Episode 2: Upper Body

Exercises:

*Warm up - Alternate step ups, 1 to 2 minutes.

* Upright row (with cable/resistance band)

* Press up

* Curl and press

Production by Logan Irvine-MacDougall.

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