NCAA COACH TO BE INVESTIGATED

Gogetem wrote:

While Iowa State is being dragged through the mud, it’s only fair to shed some light on what’s supposedly happening at Furman under coach Rita Gary.
Rumors suggest she’s been weighing female athletes and posting their weights on a white board in a ranking system to show who’s the “skinniest.” On top of that, she’s allegedly had athletes hold 15-pound weights for extended periods, then remarked, “Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to carry that much weight around?” Insinuating if you lost some weight it would feel nicer. She has been known to do this in the past. Wouldn’t be surprised if it kicked back up again.

User45910 wrote:

I am in total agreement that Coaches need to be sensitive to body issues with female athletes. But, they are in a difficult situation. The entire point of athletic training is to change your body so it will be better in an athletic activity. So, by definition, you never have an ideal body or you wouldn't have to train.

And, while there is certainly an ideal weight for any individual runner and you can be too thin, probably at least two-thirds of college runners, male or female, would run faster if they lost 5 or 10 pounds.

I'm not saying that is healthy for already thin people, but I'd say 90% of all the PRs set by me or my serious running friends were all set when they were at their lightest weight as an adult.

Gremlin wrote:

As a hobby jogger, I wish Rita was my coach. I have much more than 15 pounds to lose, need someone to yell at me I'm carrying meaningless weight

Gogetem wrote:

While Iowa State is being dragged through the mud, it’s only fair to shed some light on what’s supposedly happening at Furman under coach Rita Gary.
Rumors suggest she’s been weighing female athletes and posting their weights on a white board in a ranking system to show who’s the “skinniest.” On top of that, she’s allegedly had athletes hold 15-pound weights for extended periods, then remarked, “Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to carry that much weight around?” Insinuating if you lost some weight it would feel nicer. She has been known to do this in the past. Wouldn’t be surprised if it kicked back up again.