Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
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As if the Dara thread weren't enough ... Heard some interesting gossip at an age group meet about an extremely fast 12 year old. Seems that Mom and coach are considering putting her on birth control pills to prevent the appearance of AF, so she can keep going great guns and not have any plateaus. What next?!
BCP don't stop AF, they regulate it and hormones. I wouldn't do this to a child of mine, as everyone responds differently to BCP. They would help a swimmer to know when to expect AF, which could be helpful for meet planning. Of course, being 47 and finding AF less regular than it was 10 years ago makes that look much more appealing, but I don't do well on BCP, so it's not an option for me.
--mj
This is ridiculous and makes as much sense and making a 12 year old boy wear boxing gloves to bed so he won't waste his energy, and thus save it for swimming! To me that's almost as bad as PED...don't mess with nature.
As if the Dara thread weren't enough ... Heard some interesting gossip at an age group meet about an extremely fast 12 year old. Seems that Mom and coach are considering putting her on birth control pills to prevent the appearance of AF, so she can keep going great guns and not have any plateaus. What next?!
BCP don't stop AF, they regulate it and hormones. I wouldn't do this to a child of mine, as everyone responds differently to BCP. They would help a swimmer to know when to expect AF, which could be helpful for meet planning. Of course, being 47 and finding AF less regular than it was 10 years ago makes that look much more appealing, but I don't do well on BCP, so it's not an option for me.
--mj
This is ridiculous and makes as much sense and making a 12 year old boy wear boxing gloves to bed so he won't waste his energy, and thus save it for swimming! To me that's almost as bad as PED...don't mess with nature.
