
24/07/2025
🚨 New Research Alert: Resistance training in pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis of pregnancy, delivery, fetal and pelvic floor outcomes and call to action (Prevett, Gingerich, Sivak, Davenport, 2025)
💪🤰This review found some very positive affects of resistance training in pregnancy:
✅ 58% ↓ risk of gestational hypertension
✅ 38% ↓ risk of gestational diabetes
✅ 52% ↓ risk of perinatal mood disorders
✅ 33% ↓ risk of macrosomia (high birth weight)
Lifting or thinking about lifting while pregnant? Our physio’s work with you to challenge your strength in safe and effective ways during pregnancy (and beyond).