Has your gymnast been told to lose weight? Or, were you as a gymnast told to lose weight? As a gymnast advances in level and age, it is unfortunately all too common for coaches telling gymnasts to lose weight, not “get fat”, etc. This is all under the...
What do you do if your gymnast is “underweight” or has been diagnosed with an eating disorder, lost her period, or has what’s called “relative energy deficiency in sport”?Or, what if your pediatrician tells you your gymnast is not growing, and you need to start...
Eating disorders and disordered eating affects 50-65% of gymnasts, yet this is often overlooked and underplayed. Being involved in a sport that praises a prepubescent body as well as being highly attuned with their own bodies, puts gymnasts at high risk of developing...
As a former gymnast, I love gymnastics with all my heart, but I developed some really strange behaviors and habits with food + my body during the sport. It took a long time to unlearn these. Ultimately, these struggles ended my gymnastics career. Your (or your...
Does the thought of time out of the gym due to injury make your (or your gymnast’s) skin crawl? I get it, I HATED missing a single day in the gym as a gymnast, especially due to injuries. I didn’t want to lose precious time to develop skills or condition....
