Is weightlifting and Valsalva maneuver safe during pregnancy? With Christina Prevett

🏋️‍♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-lifting-heavy-76408926 🏋️‍♀️

Christina Prevett is an orthopaedic and pelvic floor physiotherapist with PhD in exercise & aging. As a lifter, coach and mum herself she created @thebarbellmamas - an online programming for pregnant & postpartum CrossFitters, powerlifters & weightlifters. We talk about the influence of heavy weightlifting on pregnancy and postpartum outcomes for a mother and a baby. Enjoy!

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Link to the original research paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-022-05393-1

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