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