Most elite runners do not lose any performance in the 1-3 years post pregnancy
- gommaar20001
- Feb 19, 2023
- 1 min read
š¤°šāāļøšļøāāļø There have been plenty of examples of elite athletes returning to competition after pregnancy in dominating fashion. CrossFitĀ®, athletics, tennis,ā¦ you name the sport.
š As a father myself, it always boggled my mind to see how resilient and adaptable the female body is.
š 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.
āIn 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."
š” 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.
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