Can Motherhood Make Us Better Athletes?

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Sep 17 2009 - 5:00am Forget Couch to 5K, maybe it should be Delivery Room to Marathon. While many postpartum mamas complain of the toll their pregnancies took on their bodies, doctors claim that the experience may make them more powerful than they were before conceiving a child. Researchers from Michigan State University and John Moores University in Liverpool have found that increases in blood volume and hormones that occur during pregnancy can improve the body's muscle strength, allowing women to excel at athletic activities.

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runningesq [+]

No kids - yet! - but I sure as heck hope so... I plan on continuing with marathons and triathlons (maybe not another Ironman, though, for a while), once I become a mommy Smiling

Thu, 09/17/2009 - 2:32pm Report Comment

plus_2_kid [+]

I hope I hope I hope

I was due this past Sat. (now 5 days "late") and can't WAIT to start exercising strenuously again.

Fri, 09/18/2009 - 3:37am Report Comment

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