I spent my 20's rowing - which was a very healthy sport for body image (unless you were a lightweight, which I definitely wasn't). I quickly realized that my body was there to do things WITH and not just to hang clothes ON.
Now that I am doing triathlon, I am smaller, but I could still easily race Athena.
I've qualified for Kona twice, and the girls who end up passing me are of ALL shapes and sizes - some small, some curvier.
Women store their fat subcutaneously - so it's really difficult to look at someone and properly gage how much muscle they really have underneath it all. So, that's why I think race results are a really good way to look at what's underneath it all!
If my livelihood was triathlon, it might be worthwhile for me to try to ride the line to see how much closer to 12% bodyfat I could get. I guess I am not vain enough to do such a thing for aesthetics only. Packing on lean tissue and building bone density are good things to do when you are young - since things like atrophy and osteoporosis are what make us lose life function when we are old. And, last I heard, female athlete triad wasn't such a great path to building lean tissue or bone density...
Now that I am doing triathlon, I am smaller, but I could still easily race Athena.
I've qualified for Kona twice, and the girls who end up passing me are of ALL shapes and sizes - some small, some curvier.
Women store their fat subcutaneously - so it's really difficult to look at someone and properly gage how much muscle they really have underneath it all. So, that's why I think race results are a really good way to look at what's underneath it all!
If my livelihood was triathlon, it might be worthwhile for me to try to ride the line to see how much closer to 12% bodyfat I could get. I guess I am not vain enough to do such a thing for aesthetics only. Packing on lean tissue and building bone density are good things to do when you are young - since things like atrophy and osteoporosis are what make us lose life function when we are old. And, last I heard, female athlete triad wasn't such a great path to building lean tissue or bone density...