Key result
Multiactivity exercise programs improve strength, endurance, balance, and flexibility during pregnancy.
Why the study?
Many mothers perceive physical exercise during pregnancy as a threat to maternal and fetal health, despite evidence of benefits from structured training plans.
Does physical exercise improve physical abilities in pregnant women?
Does physical exercise improve physical abilities in pregnant women?
Physical exercise, particularly multiactivity programs, provides significant benefits to pregnant women by improving strength, cardiovascular resistance, balance, and flexibility.
Supports recommending multiactivity exercise to pregnant women; reinforces prior evidence and extends to combined training modalities.
During pregnancy, there are many mothers who think that physical exercise represents a threat to their health as well as that of their babies. In this sense, there are different studies that determine that a correct training plan provided by a health or sports professional can provide different benefits to the pregnant woman. Thus, the main objective of this bibliographic review article was to: explore the multiple advantages of physical exercise during pregnancy and provide recommendations with programs and routines that the pregnant woman can perform safely and effectively. The results showed different benefits in the mother, of which we can highlight an improvement in physical abilities: strength, cardiovascular resistance, balance and flexibility. Likewise, the program that has the best benefits for pregnant women depending on their age is that of multiactivity, where they work: aerobic exercises, strength exercises, flexibility exercises, relaxation exercises and finally aquatic exercises. Concluding that, it is necessary for health and sports professionals to provide specific, precise and practical advice on physical exercise, entailing a physical activity program according to the mother.
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Kevin Luciano Romero González (2026) studied this question. Multiactivity exercise programs including aerobic, strength, flexibility, relaxation, and aquatic exercises improve strength, endurance, balance, and flexibility during pregnancy.
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