Naturally, that stage of physical and psychological stress can have an impact on a growing body, with most elite girl competitors retiring from the activity in their early twenties. But what takes place as soon as a lady gymnast hangs her leotard for good?
What occurs to the body as the years go by, as they whole puberty, perhaps endure children, and go thru menopause? Many lady gymnasts have low bone density issues. Decades of intense bodily workouts can lead to a later onset of puberty and therefore a lower level of oestrogen being launched in the body.
Also as the body adjusts from a high-intensity coaching to a more satisfied exercising routine, stress fractures can come about. The adjustment process can take a lifetime for some gymnasts. A higher chance of osteoarthritis and continual pain Gymnasts are also at a greater chance of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, says Ms Melacrinis.
And as the body ages, or undergoes further stresses — like pregnancy, for example — some can face even greater stress fractures or more extreme chronic pain. And not because I touched any of my favorite foods, like vegetable cream soup, or French fries," she jokes.
She is determined to take a stand. My mother, who is 50 years old, weighs lbs, and I weigh After finals, I'll start running or some exercise. Lately, vegetable salad is the only meal she'll have all day, and some days not even that. As for sweets, they never did much for me". Still, the extra pounds don't seem to come off. She's now almost 20 pounds heavier than in Sydney, but Maria remains optimistic. She's on a diet and exercises every day, hoping she'll somehow get through this.
After quitting gymnastics, Corina Ungureanu went through periods dedicated almost exclusively to her favorite foods. First it was chocolate, then cookies, and finally it was time for ice-cream. It was a year in which she had to come to terms with her new figure. Just like I gained it, without doing anything special. As a gymnast, I weighed lbs, now I weight , give or take. Former gymnastics great Lavinia Milosovici remembers that after quitting gymnastics she gained almost 30 lbs.
I wasn't crazy about sweets, and I ate more home cooked meals," says Milo. She says that she started losing weight after about 8 months, without any special exercise program or diets. All gymnasts gain weight after quitting. While competing, we took vitamins to compensate for lack of certain food. When we were no longer required to take pills, we had to assure our vitamin intake through our diet, just like everyone else does.
Rodica Dunca, World champion and Olympic silver medallist, says she got so hungry at a meet in Norway, she stole a case of strawberries form a garden and ate them all, leaves and mud included.
When Bela Karoly put us on the scale, all of us weighed one or two pounds more. The next way we weren't given any food," she recalls. Body composition defines the fat mass vs muscle mass vs bone. There is an essential amount of fat the body needs to function.
Even this is metric is arbitrary given the poor reliability and accuracy of most body composition testing methods. No parent or coach should weigh their gymnasts. Weight is only one data point, and parents and coaches are ill-equiped to safely and productively manage such information.
Not even a referral to a qualified registered dietitian nutritionist experienced with aesthetic sports. That is unfair. In short, yes. There is a safe, sustainable way to lose weight technically, aim for bodyfat , but this takes careful planning and vigilance.
And, this is more than likely in response to normalizing behaviors that had been keeping the body weight inflated like binging, erratic meal patterns, etc. Beware, there are VERY few adolescent gymnasts who need to lose weight. Because it is likely inappropriate to aim for weight loss while there is still growth potential; especially if they have not started menstruating. The body will fight back hard as it wants to continue growing and developing to its genetic potential.
I ruined my gymnastics career by trying to look like a gymnast whose body type was SO different from mine. Gymnastics is an aesthetic sport that has high rates of eating disorders. And, most weight loss methods will leave you with a heap of food guilt, bad body image, and an unlikely chance to sustain the weight loss. Right as their bodies started to change with puberty.
This and my own experience as a gymnast who struggled with an eating disorder has shifted the way I practice. Very much a gymnast-perfectionist, mentality that is unhelpful and often backfires. I do not practice like this anymore. Diets only work temporarily, and weight loss for the gymnast does not equal improved performance. In fact, often times the gymnast who sets out to lose 5, 10, 20 pounds ends up developing an eating disorder and quitting the sport. If an athlete comes to me after hearing they need to lose weight, it is almost always a fueling issue.
If anything, that comment will drive more disordered behaviors, over-exercising, etc. I no longer do this. There is no magic number for how much a gymnast should weigh. If a gymnast has had abnormal weight gain, more than likely this is a symptom of a distorted relationship with food. They could have been underfueled for years intentional or unintentional and their body finally got a chance to catch up. Or, there is something deeper going on binge eating disorder, etc. Fix the behaviors, and their weight will likely naturally settle to where it should be.
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