🤰🏃♀️🏋️♀️ There have been plenty of examples of elite athletes returning to competition after pregnancy in dominating fashion. CrossFit®, athletics, tennis,… you name the sport.
👀 As a father myself, it always boggled my mind to see how resilient and adaptable the female body is.
📈 In this new study, the effect of pregnancy on training volume and performance was put into numbers and the results are pretty extraordinary.
Have look at slide 2 and 3 for a more detailed look.
“In 60% of all runners who intended to return to equivalent performance levels post- pregnancy, there was no statistical decrease in performance in the 1 to-3 years post compared to pre-pregnancy, and 46% improved performances post-pregnancy."
💡 So in most of the elite runners, pregnancy did not negatively affect performance and in some of them, it gave them super powers. Simply incredible.
Full read: PMID: 35975937
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