- Mar 20, 2009
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Well, the BMI is not useful for strength athletes anyway. Almost any track athlete who doesn't do the endurance only events or high jump (very skinny girls there) will have a BMI considered "too high". And that's with female sprinters who usually have around 11-13% bodyfat and around 8-10% for the guys.... BMI just doesn't take into account the weight of muscles.
Personally I think having bodyfat that's preventable is not useful for a gymnast as being heavy is bad for being fast or jumping high... You have to drag this inactive mass (the body fat) along. That's just physics. If it's worth to comunicate this to young females - no, I don't think so. Developing an eating disorder happens way too often and way too fast to risk this.
Personally I think having bodyfat that's preventable is not useful for a gymnast as being heavy is bad for being fast or jumping high... You have to drag this inactive mass (the body fat) along. That's just physics. If it's worth to comunicate this to young females - no, I don't think so. Developing an eating disorder happens way too often and way too fast to risk this.