Pregnancy, Postpartum & Exercise

Safe, Evidence-Based Movement Through the Perinatal Year — and Beyond the Myths

Pregnancy, Postpartum & Exercise is Book M4 of The Performance & Human Physiology Encyclopedia — a 93-volume, university-level library on how training and nutrition must change for a specific population. It is written for coaches and clinicians serving women, youth, older adults and clinical populations: deep enough that a professional already trained in the field keeps learning, structured clearly enough that a motivated reader can follow every step.

What you will find inside

• Pregnancy Is Not an Illness
• Physiological Adaptations of Pregnancy
• Benefits & Safety of Prenatal Exercise
• Guidelines & Contraindications
• Designing Prenatal Aerobic & Resistance Training
• The Pelvic Floor
• The Core & Diastasis Recti
• Common Concerns & Discomforts
• Nutrition in Pregnancy
• Labor, Delivery & the Fourth Trimester
• Returning to Exercise Postpartum
• Postpartum Rehabilitation
• Putting It Into Practice

How this book is written

• University level, without dilution. Exact scientific terminology, defined at first use — mechanisms, not just conclusions.
• Evidence graded, not asserted. Major claims carry a level, from A (strong) to D (expert opinion), so you always know how much weight to give them.
• Numbers, formulas, worked examples. Reference ranges, equations and solved calculations you can apply the same day.
• Myths confronted directly. Where a popular claim does not survive the evidence, the book says so — and shows why.
• Fully referenced (APA 7). References at the end of every chapter, plus a master bibliography.

13 chapters · approx. 100 pages · Book M4, Collection M — Special Populations & the Life Cycle.