打破健身刻板印象:体型庞大的铁人三项运动员

打破健身刻板印象:体型庞大的铁人三项运动员

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.

我们有很多机会受到职业运动员的启发。但是媒体可以创造出一个运动员“应该”是什么样子的刻板印象。然而，运动员的身体、年龄、体型和体型各不相同，每个人都值得拥有与他们相似的榜样。在这个新文章中，我们将向你介绍那些生活在这些刻板印象之外的令人激动的运动员。

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."

在大学里，博比·所罗门的教练每周都会给她称重。所罗门解释说:“我的体重比身高/体重表上说的要重很多，但我一直在做体操和跳水。我喜欢这些运动，但我对自己的体型有自知之明。最终，我会用我的能力、我的知识和我活泼的个性赢得人们的喜爱。”

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·所罗门是一名高中体操运动员和跳水运动员。她在大学里继续潜水，她加入了男子团体，因为她活泼的个性，男子团体给她取了个绰号“泡泡”。大学毕业后，她在25岁时生下了女儿。全职工作，同时抚养孩子，很快就占据了她以前专注于健身的时间。

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多岁时，所罗门注意到当地一所大专学校开设了潜水课。意识到她的女儿达到了年龄要求，她给他们两个都报名了。所罗门是唯一的成年人。孩子们“非常支持”她重返体育界的目标。最终，她成为了班级的教练，并最终成为了团队的教练。当她进入40多岁时，她感到竞争的驱动力回来了，并开始在名人赛跳水。

Recovery

恢复

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之间的椎间盘突出。她花了三个月的时间才做出诊断，最后她做了一个手术，从髋关节取出骨头，插入颈部进行融合。

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.

外科医生不小心切断了她臀部的一根神经，使她痛苦不堪。她在物理治疗中增加了一名疼痛管理医生，并从北加州搬到了佛罗里达州南部，那里的天气对她的康复更有利。她喜欢用通气管游泳，因为它可以让她在不移动脖子的情况下游泳。最终，她开始短距离步行，加入了当地的基督教青年会，在她的康复过程中增加了跑步机行走和举重。

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.

离婚后，所罗门搬去和女儿住在一起，她的女儿参加了跑步和三项全能运动。2007年，在她50岁生日的第三天，她说服妈妈参加了她的第一次铁人三项比赛——一项包括游泳、自行车和跑步在内的具有挑战性的运动。

Once a Coach, Always a Coach

一次教练，终身教练

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."

她最终获得了美国铁人三项一级教练的资格，“这样我就可以帮助像我这样的人做他们想做的事。”所罗门教的主要是女性，但“我帮助许多新铁人三项运动员克服了他们的恐惧，尤其是对开阔水域的恐惧。我教过的许多人后来都参加了铁人三项的游泳比赛，他们自己也付出了努力。”