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Lead Stories: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Running During Pregnancy: How Safe Is It?

Posted October 11th, 2007 at 10:36 AM by Shannon Clark

Section: Running & Training, Training Tips, Health & Fitness, Exercise

Many women, after learning they’re pregnant, worry about the weight gain that is associated with it. It is not uncommon for some women to put on twenty to thirty pounds during their pregnancy, which, as you already know, can be tough to lose down the road.

Because of this fact, some women try to keep up their workout program for as long as they can in an effort to minimize the weight gained and stay in shape. Is this really a healthy thing to do?

A study that was recently published by the British Medical Journal involved more than 92,000 women who kept up their usual workout program while pregnant. The results showed that those who were involved in more high-impact types of activities had a much higher chance of experiencing a miscarriage than those who took a more moderate approach to their exercise training.

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