Do parents pay any mindshare to girls over-training/playing to the point they look masculine?

[Anonymous]

What worries me more are plump girls and boys with bellies.
Lol, girls getting too muscular, we really do not have to worry about it in this country. Recent headline I saw was that 1 in 7 Americans are diabetic!

[Anonymous]

DD is very proud of her abs. I think she'd laugh at me if I told her they weren't feminine

[Anonymous]

This is a bunch of BS, OP. Shame on you. Criticizing teenage girls for not looking "feminine" enough because they have athletic bodies is despicable.

Women cannot win. WTF.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are a disgusting person OP. There is no such thing as a woman being "too muscular." Please evolve.

He didn't mention WOMEN - he said GIRLS.. They are too young and still growing. They will never be too muscular at a young age.

She* not he.

[Anonymous]

This is a troll. Stop feeding the beast.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you troubled, it's not your body.

I have girlfriends who are deeply self conscious about their masculine physical traits they developed in youth sports. And the hysteric sports training regimen is far worse now than in the 80s and 90s. These young ladies don't have a say in the matter nor can they possibly comprehend they're permanently altering their body in a masculine aesthetic for a silly sport they're not even that great at in the first place. The end game for 93% of these girls is quitting the sport by the end of high school. For another over 5% it's quitting it by the end of freshman year of college. Permanently destroying your daughter's body so mum and dad can booze at crummy hotels on weekends and brag on Facebook what a great (local) athlete their daughter is.

Do you really think the girls training enough to become so muscles that it offends your sensibilities aren’t the ones pushing it? I guess you want your kids to be pillsbury doughgirls?

LMAO. Great description. OP is a troll or lunatic.

[Anonymous]

We should all be concerned about the skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity.

There are students who have zero physical activity in their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We should all be concerned about the skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity.

There are students who have zero physical activity in their lives.

Well. . . I have a swimmer and she does have former teammates who refused to lift weights because they don't want bigger shoulders. They are limiting their own swimming careers by choice, but they aren't doing it because of what the OP thinks of their bodies. And, in case you are wondering, one of them picked her college to suit her goal of being a housewife and marrying a doctor. So . . . ok, but that's not my DD's goals in life.

[Anonymous]

This is a silly concern. I was a college swimmer with huge lats and shoulders. I stopped swimming, now run and do other fitness classes. My upper body is nothing like it was. Your body will change when you stop training.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you troubled, it's not your body.

I have girlfriends who are deeply self conscious about their masculine physical traits they developed in youth sports. And the hysteric sports training regimen is far worse now than in the 80s and 90s. These young ladies don't have a say in the matter nor can they possibly comprehend they're permanently altering their body in a masculine aesthetic for a silly sport they're not even that great at in the first place. The end game for 93% of these girls is quitting the sport by the end of high school. For another over 5% it's quitting it by the end of freshman year of college. Permanently destroying your daughter's body so mum and dad can booze at crummy hotels on weekends and brag on Facebook what a great (local) athlete their daughter is.

You are deeply troubled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you troubled, it's not your body.

I have girlfriends who are deeply self conscious about their masculine physical traits they developed in youth sports. And the hysteric sports training regimen is far worse now than in the 80s and 90s. These young ladies don't have a say in the matter nor can they possibly comprehend they're permanently altering their body in a masculine aesthetic for a silly sport they're not even that great at in the first place. The end game for 93% of these girls is quitting the sport by the end of high school. For another over 5% it's quitting it by the end of freshman year of college. Permanently destroying your daughter's body so mum and dad can booze at crummy hotels on weekends and brag on Facebook what a great (local) athlete their daughter is.

Id love to hear you provide examples of these masculine physical traits that thee women are deeply self conscious of. I have a feeling some of these women may be deeply self conscious no matter what because of posts like this and I also think many of these women would be muscular even without youth sports.

The interesting thing about this is that there are multiple studies showing that women- exception would be bodybuilders and steroid users as well as some cohorts with PCOS or hyperandrogenism and very tall women- have an upper limit capacity of about 125-130lbs of muscle. So grown woman at 170 and 25% body fat would have 127.5 muscle. 140lb woman at 25% body fat has 105lbs of muscle, 18% 115lb muscle. Many young girls wont have developed the fatty deposits of breasts and hips in comparative levels to those of adult women. So youre looking at even lower BF%.

[Anonymous]

My formerly sporty girlfriends now in their mid and late 40s have always disliked their well-pronounced calves, thighs, and shoulders and traps (I think that's the muscle, at least according to a quick google search just now). Not just from a physical standpoint but it's a challenge to find clothes that fit. The sports they played were soccer, swimming, track and field, field hockey, and crew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What worries me more are plump girls and boys with bellies.
Lol, girls getting too muscular, we really do not have to worry about it in this country. Recent headline I saw was that 1 in 7 Americans are diabetic!

What UMC high school is full of 'plump' teen girls with 'bellies'?

[Anonymous]

This is so dumb. I had HUGE shoulders and back in college due to being a gymnast. Literally 6 months after I finished college I lost 20 pounds and all of it was muscle in my arms and shoulders. The muscles only stay if you use them! Be proud!

[Anonymous]

My cousin just told me that she is not enrolling her daughters in swimming because she is concerned that their shoulders will become too broad. I burst out laughing.