Impacts of physical exercises during the gestational period

Abstract

Physical Exercise (PE) is characterized as all organized, planned, and repetitive physical activity, whose objective is to improve the health and capacity of the human being to perform daily activities. Currently, many doctors recommend PE because it can contribute positively to pregnant women, with a small number of cases in which professionals prevent healthy pregnant women, who are already practicing, from continuing with the exercises. Many pregnant women are contraindicated to the practice when they have some associated pathology that may pose risks to pregnancy. Thus, this article aimed to describe the impacts of submaximal PE practice for women in the gestational period. A survey of articles published between the years 2003 to 2022 was carried out on the mentioned theme, punctuating the main physiological aspects altered by the inclusion of a more physically active routine during the gestational period. With this review, the benefi ts arising from controlled submaximal exercises for the gestational routine and the postpartum period with scientifi cally proven effi cacies were observed. The evidence positively corroborated the impacts of practicing physical exercise during the gestational period with the supervision of a trained professional and medical guidance.