A new study researching the limits of human endurance has found that one of the hardest things the human body can handle, even including ultra marathons, is pregnancy.
, took an in-depth look at what happens to the bodies of elite athletes participating in the most challenging races in the world, including the Ironman, the Tour de France, and the 3,000-mile Race Across the U.S.A., in which competitors ran six marathons a week over 120 days. But they found that one of the very hardest things you can do is carry a baby to term over nine months.
Scientific research concludes that pregnancy outstrips any other endurance sport. ‘No shit’ declare millions of womenThe study centered on the resting metabolic rate of certain activities and found that the human body can’t endure more than 2.5 times this rate without eventually breaking down and dying. At that point, your tissue and muscle begins to break down, and your digestive system is compromised.“Pregnancy is the longest duration, highest energy expenditure thing that humans can do.
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