Pregnant influencer Yanyah Milutinovic defends high-intensity fitness routine

After receiving horrific comments to get “an abortion,” a fitness influencer and bodybuilder has clapped back at people criticising her pregnancy workout routine.

New York based fitness influencer Yanyah Milutinović has defended her high-intensity workouts which she performs while six months pregnant.

The 34-year-old, who also goes under the name ‘fit mom,’ is currently expecting her second child – a boy – with her husband and fellow trainer, Risel Martinez, 31. They also share a three-year-old daughter, Smiljana.

Milutinovic regularly posts exercise videos of her in the gym completing circuits including lunges, squats and dead lifts with dumbbells weighing 124kgs. One of her more impressive workouts show her six months pregnant, and squatting with a 111kg bar.

“Only a few days away from entering six months of pregnancy but I am still out here crushing it, owning each day as it comes and safely giving my best with what I have,” Milutinovic wrote in a post from February.

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However, recently the body builder gave her 313,000 followers a behind-the-curtains glimpse at the kind of criticisms she receives for exercising while pregnant.

“Posting a pregnancy workout video online,” she began in the caption. “Person online: You should have just done an abortion.”

“Me: Your mother should have just swallowed you. Person online: YOU ARE SO RUDE! UNFOLLOW!”

Milutinović followed this with another post extolling the benefits of exercising during pregnancy.

“In the not-so-distant past, women were urged to cut down on or even avoid exercise during pregnancy. Today, we know differently,” she wrote.

“Not only is it OK to participate in fitness activities during pregnancy, but doing so can have a positive impact on both baby and mum.”

However, she did include the caveat that “pregnancy is not a time to outdo or outperform yourself in the gym”.

Since clapping back at the criticism, her posts have garnered a largely positive reaction, with comments sharing their words of agreement and admiration for her strength and dedication.

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According to Physical Activity Australia, pregnant women should aim to meet the Australian Physical Activity Guidelines which recommend either 150 minutes of moderate intensity, 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise, or a combination of both.

In order to ensure pregnant women are training at a comfortable intensity, they also recommend that any exercise undertaken can pass the “talk test”, in which she is able to maintain a conversation while moving.

“She should reduce the exercise intensity if this is not possible,” they state.