What happens when the discipline, control, and optimization that helped you succeed as an athlete stop being useful in one of the most emotional pursuits of your life?

In this episode of The Psyche Behind the Physique, Maddy welcomes Allegra back to the podcast to talk about a completely different chapter of her life: her journey to becoming pregnant.

After a career as a professional bodybuilder and later a HYROX athlete, Allegra was no stranger to structure, discipline, and pushing harder when she wanted a result.

But fertility asked something different of her.

After undergoing fertility testing, learning that her ovarian reserve was lower than expected, having an HSG to evaluate her fallopian tubes, and preparing to begin IVF, Allegra reached a point where she finally accepted that medical support might be the p ...