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Title: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: just_a_pilgrim on December 15, 2009, 01:52:56 PM: Whatever i thought it would be worth putting here

A Chilean Olympic weightlifter unexpectedly gave birth to a baby boy while she was training in a Brazilian gym, reports said Tuesday.

Elizabeth Poblete, 22, did not know she was pregnant, and called for a doctor when she felt unwell a week ago while hoisting weights in the at the Esporte Clube Pinheiros gym in Sao Paulo, where she lives, the news website Globo.com reported.

She then gave premature birth to the baby, who was doing well and whom she named Eric Jose after she got over her shock. Both mother and son were taken to the hospital Sao Luiz.

The baby, named Eric Jose, weighed just over a kilo at birth, and is stable but still in the hospital's intensive care unit.

The head weight trainer in the gym, Horacio Reis, said: "It was a surprise for me. A week ago I acted as a judge in a competition in Chile and this girl was competing. All went well and she won the competition.

"I could see she was a big girl, round and strong. That's all I noticed."

Doctors calculated Poblete must have been six months pregnant. The training and diet observed by female weightlifters can cause irregular menstruation.

Poblete competed for Chile in the Beijing Olympics last year. She had been seeking to beef up her body to move from the 75-kg category to 85 kg over the past few months.

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Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: dr.chimps on December 15, 2009, 02:03:53 PM: I think the important point, one the article didn't touch on directly, was that someone hit that. :o

Add: Obligatory 'epic snatch' comment
Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: JasonH on December 15, 2009, 02:05:37 PM: Quote from: dr.chimps on December 15, 2009, 02:03:53 PM
I think the important point, one the article didn't touch on directly, was that someone hit that. :o

Add: Obligatory 'epic snatch' comment

Or "clean and jerk" comment.
Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: _bruce_ on December 15, 2009, 02:28:38 PM: For a split-second I thought it happened to Dennis during a guest posing...
Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: tweeter on December 15, 2009, 04:53:40 PM: Just because you are about to go into labor, it's no excuse to miss your workout.
Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: aglifter on December 17, 2009, 01:01:33 AM: or even better, the jerk and clean

Quote from: BigJ on December 15, 2009, 02:05:37 PM
Or "clean and jerk" comment.
Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: Method101 on December 17, 2009, 03:37:47 AM: Quote from: just_a_pilgrim on December 15, 2009, 01:52:56 PM

Doctors calculated Poblete must have been six months pregnant. The training and diet observed by female weightlifters can cause irregular menstruation.
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Translation = The AS caused premature birth.
Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: Skeeter on December 17, 2009, 04:00:25 AM: Giving birth at the gym is hardcore.
I think I'm in love. ;D
Title: Re: Chilean weightlifter gives birth at the gym
Post by: powerpack on December 17, 2009, 07:04:05 AM: Quote from: Skeeter on December 17, 2009, 04:00:25 AM
Giving birth at the gym is hardcore.
I think I'm in love. ;D
;D