Exercise during pregnancy gives newborn brain development a head start(nouvelles.umontreal.ca)
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Exercise during pregnancy gives newborn brain development a head start
http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news/20131111-exercise-during-pregnancy-gives-newborn-brain-development-a-head-start.html
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This reminds me of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/7871698/Paula-...
Of course, Paula's pace wasn't race pace, but still... 10km in 45min. It all depends on the women's past exercising habits. You can't ask someone who rarely/never exercises to exercise when pregnant – hence 60% HR of a fit person is not the same as 60% of a non-physically active person.
Of course, Paula's pace wasn't race pace, but still... 10km in 45min. It all depends on the women's past exercising habits. You can't ask someone who rarely/never exercises to exercise when pregnant – hence 60% HR of a fit person is not the same as 60% of a non-physically active person.
I don't care how fit you are, almost no one is running a 10k in 45 minutes at 60% of max HR.
I'm sure in many cases more strenuous exercise is not detrimental, but of course the public health recommendations are going to play it safe.
I'm sure in many cases more strenuous exercise is not detrimental, but of course the public health recommendations are going to play it safe.
The best thing I've read all day. Three days ago my wife have birth to our son, 3.5 weeks early. She's blaming the fact that we were in the middle of a house move for bringing the birth on early. While she wasn't lifting heavy things, the new flat is on the second floor, with no lift, so twenty steps needed to be negotiated regularly. I can now tell her we were simply working on enhanced brain development for our son.
Does this imply that poor village women who work pregnant are producing geniuses?
Maybe but also if they are poor, any exercise/work along with possible malnourishment could just be more of an exasperation to the underlying nutritional problem.
Yep. Problem is, there are no schools around.
> Women in the exercise group had to perform at least 20 minutes of cardiovascular exercise three times per week at a moderate intensity, which should lead to at least a slight shortness of breath.
I find it fascinating that this even qualifies as exercise. An untrained person with a sedentary job will probably just have to climb a few stairs or walk quickly for a few minutes to get this intensity.
Who would have thought that healthy activities are.. healthy.
I find it fascinating that this even qualifies as exercise. An untrained person with a sedentary job will probably just have to climb a few stairs or walk quickly for a few minutes to get this intensity.
Who would have thought that healthy activities are.. healthy.
You missed the "20 minutes" part.
The article mentions a planned follow-up study of the same babies at age 1, but I can't find any published results.
I'm sure moderate exercise, non polluted oxygen and so forth are helpful at any stage. As all the things we already now (rest, exercise, healthy food, etc.). But I have trouble accepting theories which are based on things that can not be quantified. We'll have to wait 60 years to asses and I'm pretty sure the results will depend mostly on standard-well known facts like family status, family income, schools etc. than the mother doing 'exercise' when the subject was a fetus.
"Breathing during pregnancy gives newborn brain development a head start"
My wife was told not to exceed 60% of her max heart rate during exercise. A slightly brisk walk on the treadmill was enough to get her there during the latter portions if the pregnancy. anything that we non-pregnant folk might consider "real exercise" would likely be too strenuous. Now, I'm skeptical as to how accurate those recommendations are, but not enough to disobey them.