Women, Weight, Sports Performance and Body Image
Women athletes tend to be somehow more image-conscious than men. Their concerns mostly come from coaches pressure, peer pressure, athletic body stereotypes, modern society standards or just marketing, social media and advertisement. Here, I will not be the first nor the last to touch upon such a multi-angled topic and heavily discussed issue. I will talk briefly about weight and sports performance rather than weight and athletic image. These are two completely different things. If you are a female athlete and you are exercising to lose weight, this article is not for you at this point. If you are a female athlete and you are exercising for performance, hold on tight and read on. First and foremost, performance takes into account the duration/frequency/intensity of the required training for a specific event, it differentiates the body weight from the fat percentage, and it takes into account the individuality of the athlete. All these parameters are hard to put into nu...