A super fit mum who continued lifting weights throughout her pregnancy claims her hard work resulted in her baby girl being born with muscles.
Yoana Banda, from the UK, shared a video of her pregnancy gym sessions on TikTok, with the caption: “When you continue to weight lift throughout your pregnancy and your baby comes out the womb with muscle.”
The video also includes images of her newborn daughter with what looks like defined arms.
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“The first time we bathed her, I looked at my husband and I was like, “Babe, she’s got muscles. She’s got big, big muscles,’” Banda, a youth sports coach, told TODAY.
Yoana followed up the video, which has been viewed more than nine million times, with the reasons why she continued strength training during pregnancy.
Addressing concerns that lifting weight during pregnancy could cause miscarriage, Yoana, 26, followed up with another video, where she outlined evidence-based research.
“This is such a popular misconception and is not actually founded on any research or actual evidence. Latka et al (1999) actually found that those that exercised during pregnancy had a lower rate of miscarriage compared to those that were inactive.
“Doctors actually recommend AGAINST stopping all exercise during your pregnancy and suggest you continue doing whatever you were doing before pregnancy (with caution).
“In my case I was lifting before pregnancy and so continued to lift until 40 weeks! This had such a positive effect on my mental and physical health and I had an amazing pregnancy! I ended up delivering with no pain killer and had no tearing. That being said, every woman is different and alongside that every pregnancy is different so not everyone will feel 100% or have the energy to continue exercising, and that’s fine! Listen to your body.”
She also listed eight benefits of pregnancy strength training, including:
- Reduces pregnancy weight gain
- Reduces chance of gestational diabetes
- Improves mental health
- Reduces lower back pain
- Improves fetal development
- Decreases risk of premature labour
- Reduces likelihood of c-section and intervention
- Shortens duration of active labour
Yoana also revealed that her daughter, Ariah, has great neck strength and was able to hold her head up at two weeks old.
According to the experts, there is actually no link between what exercises a mum does during pregnancy and a baby’s muscle mass. It’s actually nutrition and what a mum eats that plays a role.
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