Between the after-school stampede upstairs and gymnastics practice going on in my belly, an afternoon nap evades me so I’m writing instead! We had an extremely relaxing weekend and after a conversation yesterday about high school swim team, I returned to the pool this morning with renewed enthusiasm. The JCC pool was bursting with pregnant women even though there wasn’t a prenatal water class happening. They were everywhere I looked… swimming in the lane next to me (in a cute speedo bikini just like mine), instructing a water aerobics class, playing with kids in the baby pool… It’s fun to see so many others staying fit and enjoying the water like myself.
I’ve decided to stick with freestyle until I speak with my midwives about baby positioning. I’ve read a few things and common sense tells me that as baby grows bigger and finds a position for birth, swimming belly down makes the most sense. Who knows if my theory is good! I wasn’t sure how my arms would feel through 1/2 mile of only freestyle but they were fine and still fresh enough to do some strength work in the warm pool.
I shared the warm pool today with a mom and almost three year old who wanted to know why my belly was so big. Then she tried to find the baby in her belly. Very cute!
the workout:
900 yd freestyle, (1-200 yd warm-up, 3-800 yd increase speed, 900 yd cool-down) RI: 15 between each 100 yds
in warm pool: dips, chaturanga push-ups, side plank w/ leg lift, bird-dog, 1 x 10 each
