“…According to guidelines issued by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), healthy pregnant women should engage in moderate-intensity exercise for at least 20-30 min/day on most days (ACOG, 2015). However, past studies have shown that women seldom adhere to the ACOG guidelines and tend to decrease the frequency and intensity of exercise to significantly less than the ACOG standards during pregnancy (Campolong et al, 2017;Lee, Chiang, Hwang, Chi, & Lin, 2016;Santo, Forbes, Oken, & Belfort, 2017;Tung, Lee, Lin, & Lin, 2014). This could be due to distress symptoms that arise with physiological changes, a fear of harming the fetus and, in turn, a reduced inclination to exercise (Campolong et al, 2017;Lee et al, 2016;Santo et al, 2017).…”