Is cycling a particularly good form of exercise for pregnancy?
The important thing about exercising during pregnancy is not to go too hard, and not to get your heart rate higher than around 140 beats a minute, which is about 23 beats in 10 seconds. I would just take my pulse for 10 seconds to get an idea of how I was going. You get to know what your body feels like when you’re around 140. The main thing with bike riding is that you don’t want to fall off. You wouldn’t want to have a serious accident, so you don’t take risks and you ride more slowly. But other than that, it’s a reasonably comfortable form of exercise for a lot of the pregnancy. Later on you have to modify your bike to sit up straighter, so you have to have a more upright position. But I find cycling more comfortable than walking a lot of the time. It’s good that it’s cardiovascular, and you can control the pace. I’ve been swimming a bit more in the later bit of my pregnancy and I found that I have to rest to make sure my heart rate doesn’t get too high. With cycling you can slow do
