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Mike 03

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9. Cycling is an excellent example to raise.

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:13 PM

Nov 2019

And jockeys too. I've read horror stories about jockeys trying to make, or remain at, weight. (EDIT: not that I have much respect for horse racing as a "sport&quot

EDIT: Figure skating is another sport that's been tainted by coaching that over-emphasizes weight loss and appearance at the expense of
the athlete's performance and mental enjoyment of the sport.

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NYT: I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike [View all] Mike 03 Nov 2019 OP

Starve an athlete, and you get broken athletes. Aristus Nov 2019 #1

Thanks for mentioning ballet. That's another great example. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #7

Salazar has been banned from the sport for giving drugs to his athletes. Poiuyt Nov 2019 #2

such a disappointment.. i remember when he won boston.... pangaia Nov 2019 #16

So true crimycarny Nov 2019 #3

That's a really good way to handle this, if weight is an issue. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #8

I was in a sorority in college. xmas74 Nov 2019 #21

Glad they had a more sensible approach. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #29

BMI is garbage. a la izquierda Nov 2019 #19

BMI was supposed to be a "short cut" to body fat percentages... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #26

"Instead of becoming a symbol of girls' unlimited potential in sports" ronnie624 Nov 2019 #4

I've read about this sort of thing happening in women's cycling as well. It seems bullwinkle428 Nov 2019 #5

Cycling is an excellent example to raise. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #9

All this time I thought gymnastics was the real "girl breaker" Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #12

She should have a winner of a lawsuit? Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #6

I was thinking about this too. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #10

I despise the way women are looked down on in sports. nolabear Nov 2019 #11

Dumb question, but.. Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #13

Because Salazar's "team" was the creme de la creme obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #18

It's not a dumb question. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #25

The same coach coached Jordan Hasay and Shannon Rowbury mathematic Nov 2019 #14

He also almost destroyed Kara Goucher's career obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #20

Fair point. Female coaching has come a long ways in general but it's right to call out Mike 03 Nov 2019 #27

Don't these top athletes usually eat lots food to make up for the amount of calories they burn Sapient Donkey Nov 2019 #15

I was a king Crab fisherman in my twenties SonofDonald Nov 2019 #17

They should market that job as a fitness service. Sapient Donkey Nov 2019 #22

It's called SonofDonald Nov 2019 #28

That's how it's supposed to work but if you begin to cut calories, especially Mike 03 Nov 2019 #23

You have to wonder something: Mike 03 Nov 2019 #24