Ep. 85 - Elinor Barker - Training Through Pregnancy As A Professional Athlete

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

Find Elinor Online: 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