Originally Posted by
TMonk
Over here, I remain confused. Like, I'm for sure low on overall training load and sleep since our child was born (both quantity and quality), but somehow I'm still hitting objectively solid power numbers on the trainer, for me at least. I think it's bc I have this bank of fitness and no fatigue. We'll see how long this lasts.
That's new dad power.
Pretty much all my friends have had fantastic results right after having a kid. (In fact, I once joked with my wife that we should have a kid just so I could get the new dad power.)