Alethea Boon Shares Her Experiences as a New Mom and Athlete

New mom and five-time CrossFit Games athlete Alethea Boon has been an elite athlete since she was 8 years old. She has represented her home nation New Zealand at three Commonwealth Games–twice as a gymnast and once as a weightlifter.
Given her athletic background, Boon assumed that she would be able to maintain her high level of fitness when she became pregnant last year. However, Boon’s pregnancy presented both physical and mental challenges that she hadn’t anticipated:
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