Happy February! We've made it through January, hooray! And we are creeping slowly towards spring and hopefully seeing some of the lockdown restrictions eased. I'm not going to lie but life is tough (to varying degrees), for all of us right now and I bet a lot of us are lacking in motivation. Speaking for myself, even as a personal trainer there are days when I just cannot be bothered to exercise. Of course I know all the benefits and I know 100% that once I finish I will f

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From the second trimester you may feel light headed, tingling in the legs or general discomfort when you lie on your back. This is due to the weight of the baby pressing on your vena cava which is the main vein that carries blood back to the heart from the lower body. If this is the case for you when you do a supine exercise like a dumbbell chest press or dumbbell chest flys you may not need to stop doing them. Try increasing the angle of the bench so it's on a slight inclin