Is the pill blunting your training gains?
Chances are, if you’re on the pill, it’s to prevent pregnancy (or to help treat other conditions like PCOS), not to enhance your athletic performance. But I’m guessing you don’t want your contraception to be hindering your athletic performance either. Well, the latest study on training and oral contraceptives is part of a growing body of research showing that your OC may, in fact, be doing just that.
The study, published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research this past May found that oral contraceptive use impairs muscle gains in young women (in fact, that was the exact title of the study!).
