A friend told me this and I was curious if it was true or not.
2006-07-09 19:12:58 · 6 answers · asked by Alii 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
No. gymnastics themselves are a healthy activity. *Some* young women who get into gymnastics competitively enage in unhealthy behavior like restricting their food intake to make their bodies smaller and this leads to them being unhealthy and not growing but the sport in itself isn't unhealthy, just some people's attitudes toward it.
2006-07-09 20:17:33 · answer #1 · answered by missstevi 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I took gymnastics throughout childhood and mine grew to FF. Definitely not true!
2006-07-10 02:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by Sunny Christian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dated a serious gymnast in high school. She had the biggest rack of anyone I have ever dated.
2006-07-10 02:27:13 · answer #3 · answered by tailingred01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would like to respond to the answer above me....not all gymnasts are short...im 5'9...and not all of them are young looking! someone thought i was 8 years older than i am!
and just to answer your question, its not true!
2006-07-12 03:54:19 · answer #4 · answered by laura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it's true. gymnasts put so much energy into their sport that they don't develop as much. this also explains why they're all so short and young looking.
2006-07-11 21:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by willowprincess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No no no, not true at all. Don't worry. ;)
xoxo
Princess
2006-07-10 02:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by Coraa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋