# Any personal trainers here? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-personal-trainers-here/707634 "2014-12-19T02:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-personal-trainers-here/707634/1 "2014-12-19T02:42:23Z")
My wife is working on certification. In a practical exam administered online, one of the questions was “how would you modify a lunge for a pregnant woman” (something like that). What would be some good answers to this? (Exam is done, this is a question after the fact…) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Cat\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Little\_Cat\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Cat_Z)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-personal-trainers-here/707634/2 "2014-12-19T03:52:01Z")
Depending on how advanced the pregnancy is it would range from no modification, in the case of someone in reasonably good shape, to taking a smaller step and possibly getting some support from the barre, or a ski pole or something, for stability. Making sure the knee stays over the foot, but you always do that. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-personal-trainers-here/707634/3 "2014-12-19T16:07:13Z")
My wife worked out her entire pregnancy and I don’t remember her needing any modifications for lunges. Maybe just less weight (we always do lunges holding dumbbells)?