Playing sports during pregnancy is beneficial for the body, provided you adapt your sports routine. A precept adopted by Blake Lively whose sports coach revealed the exercises targeted and banned for the actress.
Exercising during pregnancy is entirely possible, as Blake Lively proves. Pregnant with her fourth child, the actress follows the wise advice of her personal trainer to keep in shape.
Blake Lively, pregnant and athletic
Don Saladino, Blake Lively’s personal trainer, revealed to the site US Weekly the training followed by the star who, during this fourth pregnancy, wants to continue playing sports. “I know in the first quarter things change a bit, but overall she always had a good foundation.“, explains Don Saladino who modified the fitness routine of the actress 35 years old. “We try to keep exercises a little more still”, he specified. Thus, the exercises on the back, with the legs upside down and focused on the cardio as well as the jumps are banned for the one who played Serena in the series Gossip Girl.
Blake Lively, comfortable with her body
In addition to playing sports to ensure a serene childbirth, Blake Lively also prepares her body for postpartum and the possibility of a fifth pregnancy. “She’s trying to think about how she can always make it a little easier for the next delivery. How can she recover a little faster?”, explains Don Saladino. If Blake Lively works hard to preserve her shape during this pregnancy, the coach emphasizes that the American actress does not forget to listen to her body. “She really did an amazing job of saying, ‘It’s a beautiful moment in my life, I’m going to accept it. I’m not going to be too hard on myself'”said the coach who also works with Ryan Reynolds (the husband of Blake Lively), Scarlett Johansson or even Sebastian Stan.