My wife said something very similar last night.
The sacrifices these women athletes make in their quest for a gold medal are amazing on one level and on a different one it’s very sad. Why? When they finally set aside their athletic career they really won’t be done with the training to give it ups and set it aside brings a large risk of those muscles turning to flab in a short time. Once on the path they are on they need to continue for the rest of their lives.
Muscle does not turn to flab or fat...
You realize, don’t you, that there is no medical evidence for what you’re saying? There’s no biochemical pathway by which muscles turn into fat deposits.
I was an athlete when I was a young woman, and I looked like the girls in these pictures. When I stopped training the curves came back, but my muscles did not “turn to flab.” I got married. I had babies. I nursed them. Got back in shape afterward, though not like my youthful competitive tone. Like my fellow female athletes, I’m straight, feminine, and I love pretty clothes.
I don’t understand what motivates comments like this. Do you want American women to be soft, pudgy, and weak? Are we supposed to just do needlepoint and run the vacuum all day? Maybe later. But when one is young, strong, and talented, why not compete with the rest of the world?