Ep. 85 - Elinor Barker - Training Through Pregnancy As A Professional Athlete
Description
Elinor Barker is a professional road and track cyclist, multiple Olympic medalist and World and European Champion cyclist.
In this episode we discuss: women’s professional road cycling and their maternity policy, Elinor’s training through pregnancy as a professional athlete, how she competed in the Olympics and won a silver medal while pregnant with her first child, the risk vs reward of riding your bike, how hard to train while pregnant and what signs to look out for, mental and physical frustrations on pregnancy training, how her body image and perception has developed, what her road back to racing looked like after having her first child, and much more.
My Links: https://linktr.ee/emilyereilly
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elinorbarker/?hl=en
Keywords
women's cycling, pregnancy, maternity policies, training, mental health, body image, nutrition, recovery, professional athletes, motherhood, professional cyclist, womens cycling, olympic cycling
0:00 - Trailer
0:54 - Pregnant With No Maternity Contract
5:20 - Trying To Train Whilst Pregnant
08:10 - Racing Whilst Pregnant
15:12 - Training Through Trimesters
19:30 - Online Narrative About Pregnancy
24:05 - Training For Labour?
28:50 - Sleeping & Training
31:39 - Body Image As A Pro Cyclist
35:28 - Positive & Negative Comments
38:50 - Online Content Through Pregnancy
41:07 - Nutrition Whilst Pregnant
46:29 - What Motivates Elinor?
48:40 - Advice For Active Women
Overlay credits: Skoda, Elinor Barker, Uno X Team, TNT Sports, Eurosport
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