Dara Torres-Amazing

I can remember my high school USS team doing weigh-ins and the idea that muscle weighs more than fat had not yet sunk in as to the females. I saw coaches set some pretty unrealistic standards for many gals. The weighs-ins didn't go on at my college (except for the annual physical) , but I heard that they went on at many colleges across the country. I've heard that one prominent swim coach at a Div. I school used to make all the "fat girls" sit at one table in the lunchroom and eat salads. My college coach wasn't bad about this, though we did record our weight on our weekly logs. That may have been more about not losing too much weight. I think I know which coach Elise is talking about though I heard a few different stories about weigh-ins and coaches during college. Even my (normally nice and supportive) USS coach weighed me after a not-so-great performance at a sports festival my sophomore year of H.S. Nice message he was sending there, huh? It was hard to be a women's swimmer back then and not be more focused on being model thin as opposed to healthy. I was told, when I was a freshman in high-school and had put on a few lbs, that Sippy Woodhead used to laugh at her competitors who were "overweight". Now, that may or may not be true, but the focus then was on being thin and not on what the best competition weight for each individual should be.

I can remember my high school USS team doing weigh-ins and the idea that muscle weighs more than fat had not yet sunk in as to the females. I saw coaches set some pretty unrealistic standards for many gals. The weighs-ins didn't go on at my college (except for the annual physical) , but I heard that they went on at many colleges across the country. I've heard that one prominent swim coach at a Div. I school used to make all the "fat girls" sit at one table in the lunchroom and eat salads. My college coach wasn't bad about this, though we did record our weight on our weekly logs. That may have been more about not losing too much weight. I think I know which coach Elise is talking about though I heard a few different stories about weigh-ins and coaches during college. Even my (normally nice and supportive) USS coach weighed me after a not-so-great performance at a sports festival my sophomore year of H.S. Nice message he was sending there, huh? It was hard to be a women's swimmer back then and not be more focused on being model thin as opposed to healthy. I was told, when I was a freshman in high-school and had put on a few lbs, that Sippy Woodhead used to laugh at her competitors who were "overweight". Now, that may or may not be true, but the focus then was on being thin and not on what the best competition weight for each individual should be.