10 years ago, coaches told Allie Kieffer she wasn’t thin enough to be a great runner. So she dieted, broke down, and quit. A few years ago, she restarted and didn’t obsess about weight. Now she’s a world beater. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/sunday-review/allie-kieffer-weight-marathons-body.amp.html …
Yep. They're superstitious. A model works and they get stuck. Also lack of understanding of multiple pathways. I used to play pick-up basketbal. I'm hopelessly short for that
but give me an unguarded moment and I had killer 3-pointers—my other sport, thai-boxing=strong arms!
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Anyway, whatever may work at the elite level is mostly irrelevant anyway to people who do stuff for fun, but the bad advice trickles down. Elite athletes also tend to push through injury and pain and hi, no thanks. Let people have fun without risking so much injury!
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Short term profit vs. Long term suffering. In the professional sports it is more about money than skills.
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