打破健身刻板印象:體型龐大的鐵人三項運動員

打破健身刻板印象:體型龐大的鐵人三項運動員

We get plenty of chances to be inspired by professional athletes. But the media can create a stereotype of what an athlete is "supposed" to be. Yet athletes come in all bodies, ages, shapes and sizes, and everybody deserves to have role models that look like them. In this new article, we'll introduce you to inspiring athletes who live outside those stereotypes.

我們有很多機會受到職業(yè)運動員的啟發(fā)。但是媒體可以創(chuàng)造出一個運動員“應該”是什么樣子的刻板印象。然而，運動員的身體、年齡、體型和體型各不相同，每個人都值得擁有與他們相似的榜樣。在這個新文章中，我們將向你介紹那些生活在這些刻板印象之外的令人激動的運動員。

In college, Bobbie Solomon's coach would weigh her each week. Solomon explained, "My whole life I weighed a whole lot more than the height/weight charts said I should weigh, yet I was doing gymnastics and diving. I loved those sports, but I was self-conscious about how big I was. In the end, I would win people over by my abilities, my knowledge and my bubbly personality."

在大學里，博比·所羅門的教練每周都會給她稱重。所羅門解釋說:“我的體重比身高/體重表上說的要重很多，但我一直在做體操和跳水。我喜歡這些運動，但我對自己的體型有自知之明。最終，我會用我的能力、我的知識和我活潑的個性贏得人們的喜愛。”

Bobbie Solomon was a high school gymnast and springboard diver. She continued diving in college, where, she dove for the men's team who nicknamed her "Bubbles" for her bubbly personality. After college, she gave birth to her daughter at age 25. Working full time while raising a child quickly took up the time she had previously dedicated to fitness.

博比·所羅門是一名高中體操運動員和跳水運動員。她在大學里繼續(xù)潛水，她加入了男子團體，因為她活潑的個性，男子團體給她取了個綽號“泡泡”。大學畢業(yè)后，她在25歲時生下了女兒。全職工作，同時撫養(yǎng)孩子，很快就占據(jù)了她以前專注于健身的時間。

As she entered her 30s, Solomon noticed a diving class being offered at a local junior college. Realizing that her daughter met the age requirement, she enrolled them both. Solomon turned out to be the only adult. The kids were "very supportive" of her goal to re-enter the sport. She ended up helping coach the class and, eventually, the team. As she entered her 40s, she felt that competitive drive return and began diving in masters competitions.

30多歲時，所羅門注意到當?shù)匾凰髮W校開設了潛水課。意識到她的女兒達到了年齡要求，她給他們兩個都報名了。所羅門是唯一的成年人。孩子們“非常支持”她重返體育界的目標。最終，她成為了班級的教練，并最終成為了團隊的教練。當她進入40多歲時，她感到競爭的驅(qū)動力回來了，并開始在名人賽跳水。

Recovery

恢復

She suffered a freak accident on the job – herniating the disc between C5 and C6. It took three months to diagnose, and she ultimately had a surgery in which bone was taken from her hip and inserted into her neck for a fusion.

她在工作中遭到了意外——C5和C6之間的椎間盤突出。她花了三個月的時間才做出診斷，最后她做了一個手術，從髖關節(jié)取出骨頭，插入頸部進行融合。

The surgeon accidentally severed a nerve in her hip, leaving her in excruciating pain. She added a pain management doctor to her physical therapy and relocated from Northern California to Southern Florida, where the weather was better for her recovery. She took to swimming with a snorkel because it allowed her to swim without moving her neck. Eventually, she started walking short distances and joined the local YMCA, adding treadmill walking and weightlifting to her recovery.

外科醫(yī)生不小心切斷了她臀部的一根神經(jīng)，使她痛苦不堪。她在物理治療中增加了一名疼痛管理醫(yī)生，并從北加州搬到了佛羅里達州南部，那里的天氣對她的康復更有利。她喜歡用通氣管游泳，因為它可以讓她在不移動脖子的情況下游泳。最終，她開始短距離步行，加入了當?shù)氐幕浇糖嗄陼?，在她的康復過程中增加了跑步機行走和舉重。

After a divorce, Solomon moved in with her daughter, who was involved in running and triathlon. She convinced her mom to enter her first triathlon – a challenging sport which includes swimming, biking and running – three days after her 50th birthday in 2007.

離婚后，所羅門搬去和女兒住在一起，她的女兒參加了跑步和三項全能運動。2007年，在她50歲生日的第三天，她說服媽媽參加了她的第一次鐵人三項比賽——一項包括游泳、自行車和跑步在內(nèi)的具有挑戰(zhàn)性的運動。

Once a Coach, Always a Coach

一次教練，終身教練

She eventually earned her certification as a USA Triathlon Level I coach, "so that I could help people like me do what they wanted to do. Solomon's coaching focus was primarily women, but "I helped many new triathletes overcome their fears, especially of open water. Many of the people I taught have gone on to do Ironman swims and they have paid it forward themselves."

她最終獲得了美國鐵人三項一級教練的資格，“這樣我就可以幫助像我這樣的人做他們想做的事。”所羅門教的主要是女性，但“我?guī)椭S多新鐵人三項運動員克服了他們的恐懼，尤其是對開闊水域的恐懼。我教過的許多人后來都參加了鐵人三項的游泳比賽，他們自己也付出了努力。”