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Of over 100 quality (including some Olympians) female distance runners tested for %body fat, all (except 1) were between 7.5% and 10%. The one outsider was 7%, the leanest of all tested. For elite men, most fell between 5% and 7.5% and the leanest was 4.5%
As has been said, you definitely are not at 6.2% NOR SHOULD YOU BE. Bodyfat testing is notoriously imprecise and inaccurate.
The fact of the matter is that this is a strength to weight ratio sport, which is unfortunate for most of us because most people will get sick when they are as lean as world class athletes get. There are ways to get around it, but they are illegal in NCAA and above so I won’t even go there.
Best thing to do is keep your caloric intake the same as it is now but shift your percentage of calories so you get more earlier in the day and less later in the day. As a general rule if you are eating after the sun goes down you could probably lose weight without losing energy or health simply by eating earlier in the day.
Baby steps. Don’t go off the deep end either because the leaner you get the harder it is to get lean again in the future. We can’t fool the body for very long and it has a tough time forgetting the past.
If you want to be upset with anyone, be upset that the person who had use a bodpod didn’t tell you it’s completely illegitimate.
Be safe.
Thanks, Coach wrote:
My D1 coach is telling me to lose body fat while I train over the summer. I just got tested by the nutritionist in the bodpod and my body fat came back at 6.2%. The nutritionist said I can not lose anymore body fat and be healthy. I don't look as thin as the other women on my team, who are all super small and shredded. I am taller and more muscular. I told my coach what the nutritionist said in an email and responded by telling me that I "need to eat cleaner". I have no clue why he would say this, because he doesn't know what I eat. I don't look super thin like the other women, but I eat quality foods. I don't know how to deal with this man. I am already quite aware that I do not look like the other women, but I can not change this because my body fat is already as low as it can go. I know he is going to be upset when I come back from summer training and look the same as I did when I left.
I'd report him for that and, unless he is gone, come back to a different school in the fall.
Ask him to lead by example.
Thanks, Coach wrote:
My D1 coach is telling me to lose body fat while I train over the summer. I just got tested by the nutritionist in the bodpod and my body fat came back at 6.2%. The nutritionist said I can not lose anymore body fat and be healthy. I don't look as thin as the other women on my team, who are all super small and shredded. I am taller and more muscular. I told my coach what the nutritionist said in an email and responded by telling me that I "need to eat cleaner". I have no clue why he would say this, because he doesn't know what I eat. I don't look super thin like the other women, but I eat quality foods. I don't know how to deal with this man. I am already quite aware that I do not look like the other women, but I can not change this because my body fat is already as low as it can go. I know he is going to be upset when I come back from summer training and look the same as I did when I left.
Your coach is terrible and shouldn't have a job if he's telling healthy, fit girls they need to lose an unhealthy amount of weight going against a doctor's wishes. I recommend ignoring him or just telling him you're "eating clean" and if he continues to bring this up or press the issue, you should report him to the athletic trainers or the athletic director. Your coach is likely causing eating disorders on your team which is not something that should be part of his job.
Former DI Female wrote:
Thanks, Coach wrote:
My D1 coach is telling me to lose body fat while I train over the summer. I just got tested by the nutritionist in the bodpod and my body fat came back at 6.2%. The nutritionist said I can not lose anymore body fat and be healthy. I don't look as thin as the other women on my team, who are all super small and shredded. I am taller and more muscular. I told my coach what the nutritionist said in an email and responded by telling me that I "need to eat cleaner". I have no clue why he would say this, because he doesn't know what I eat. I don't look super thin like the other women, but I eat quality foods. I don't know how to deal with this man. I am already quite aware that I do not look like the other women, but I can not change this because my body fat is already as low as it can go. I know he is going to be upset when I come back from summer training and look the same as I did when I left.
Your coach is terrible and shouldn't have a job if he's telling healthy, fit girls they need to lose an unhealthy amount of weight going against a doctor's wishes. I recommend ignoring him or just telling him you're "eating clean" and if he continues to bring this up or press the issue, you should report him to the athletic trainers or the athletic director. Your coach is likely causing eating disorders on your team which is not something that should be part of his job.
A nutritionist using a bodpod is a far cry from a doctor’s wishes. People get so emotional about weight that it’s getting to the point you almost aren’t allowed to talk about it. Yet, it is one of the single most important factors affecting ones success as an endurance athlete.
Take a deep breath. Try to look at the situation without emotion. Is it possible that the OP is frustrated because she’s trying as hard as she can to be lean, but simply doesn’t have the knowledge to be even leaner and stay healthy? More than likely, yes. From the sounds of it her coach doesn’t know how to help her, which is frustrating to even read about as someone who formerly had an eating disorder, but at the same time it doesn’t necessarily mean the coach is wrong in stating she could be leaner.
The question is how to go about that in a way that is healthy long term.
I had a girlfriend I saw measured at 14%, her abs were straight out of a fitness magazine cover, no way is the OP accurately reporting
Thanks, Coach wrote:
My D1 coach is telling me to lose body fat while I train over the summer. I just got tested by the nutritionist in the bodpod and my body fat came back at 6.2%. The nutritionist said I can not lose anymore body fat and be healthy. I don't look as thin as the other women on my team, who are all super small and shredded. I am taller and more muscular. I told my coach what the nutritionist said in an email and responded by telling me that I "need to eat cleaner". I have no clue why he would say this, because he doesn't know what I eat. I don't look super thin like the other women, but I eat quality foods. I don't know how to deal with this man. I am already quite aware that I do not look like the other women, but I can not change this because my body fat is already as low as it can go. I know he is going to be upset when I come back from summer training and look the same as I did when I left.
UW?
The quire wrote:
From the sounds of it her coach doesn’t know how to help her, which is frustrating to even read about as someone who formerly had an eating disorder, but at the same time it doesn’t necessarily mean the coach is wrong in stating she could be leaner.
Of course the coach is wrong. He's being abusive and an idiot.
The question is how to go about that in a way that is healthy long term.
The healthiest way is to immediately get rid of the coach.
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