How much time do you spend in the gym? Most of us will say not enough!

A new study has revealed that too much time in the gym could affect a woman’s fertility, reports safedietpills.co.uk

Scientists found that daily exercise or exercising to the point of exhaustion made fertility problems three times more likely.

Please don’t be mistaken; our experts all agree that a certain amount of exercise has obvious benefits. Too much, however, saps the body’s energy supply it requires for successful pregnancy.

The findings were published by the University of Science and Technology in Norway after a study of 3000 women. Research has previously shown that certain professional female athletes struggle to fall pregnant, but now it seems some sporty non-professionals may also suffer the same fate.

The study questioned women about the frequency, duration and intensity of their fitness regimes between 1984 and 1986. In a follow up ten years on, they were then questioned about their pregnancies.

The Lead researcher Sigridur Lara Gudmundsdottir said: “Among all these women, we found two groups who experienced an increased risk of infertility.

There were those who trained almost every day, and there were those who trained until they were completely exhausted. Those who did both had the highest risk of infertility.”

The study took other factors into consideration, such as age, weight, marital status and smoking into consideration, but regardless, those who trained hardest were still three times more like to have fertility issues than those who exercised moderately.

It appears that younger women were more venerable. In the under 30s who exercised the most, a quarter were not able to conceive during their first year of trying. This was in comparison to the national average of seven per cent.

The negative effects, however, of punishing routines did not appear permanent. “The vast majority of women in the study had children in the end,” Gudmundsdottir said.

Gudmundsdottir advised that women who want babies should still maintain their fitness - but “ease off a bit” and avoid extremes. “We believe it is likely that physical activity at a very high or very low level has a negative effect on fertility, while moderate activity is beneficial,” she said.

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