Quote from: T_B on November 25, 2014, 09:10:35 amThose recent posts on Instagram of her looking incredibly ripped are pretty impressive. I'm reading Ste Mac's book at the mo, where he talks a lot about what it means to be a 'professional climber' of an 'athlete'. Puccio looks like an athlete.You think? I disagree. I think when you start seeing a difference in the face then you've pushed it too far (not necessarily a bad thing for your climbing performance). I'm not a woman but I can't think that sustaining that level of body fat percentage can be a good thing as one. Take a look at the photograph showing a plank, the definition around the serratus and the upper pectorals and then the photo of her doing an external rotation.That isn't some kind of sexist "what women should look like" remark either. I genuinely think it's unhealthy. Frustratingly it works so well.
Those recent posts on Instagram of her looking incredibly ripped are pretty impressive. I'm reading Ste Mac's book at the mo, where he talks a lot about what it means to be a 'professional climber' of an 'athlete'. Puccio looks like an athlete.
I thnk that whoever is coaching her, is either an incompetent, an idiot, or both. You can't undergo such massive changes in body composition without going for a rebound and without great risks for overall health. You can't mess with metabolism.
are we all still comfortable that this is what it takes to be an a-t-h-e-l-e-t-e?
Off topic, but from all this I assume she's not doing the world cup in 2015? Because clearly no one thinks she only got half as many points as Noguchi because she's only half as strong?