So, I was looking through back issues of Oxygen...

candi

candi

Cathlete
and something occured to me. They have been publishing a lot of fitness model nutritional information. From what I can see, most these girls are consuming between 1600-1700 calories a day...not the 2000-2500 some people have said it takes to gain muscle...and they are ripped.

Just an observation

:)
 
Maybe they've already built as much mass as they want, and are focusing on keeping body fat low and not losing the muscle they have?
 
I think what Kathryn said is probably true. You have to have low body fat to get that ripped look. They are probably lifing just enough to maintain muscle mass (and lifting right before competitions or photo shoots to get even more definition).
--Lois


"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning" - Mahatma Ghandi
 
is oxygen that magazine that has like 5 or 10 ads for hydroxycut in it? I thought I got it once or twice and it just seemed like a huge ad for that supplement. Huge turn off...
 
I was just wondering how their menstrual cycles have been affected by having extremely low body fat. In most cases, when you have this low a level of body fat, you stop getting your periods. Wonder what the long-term effect is??

--Lois


"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning" - Mahatma Ghandi
 
>is oxygen that magazine that has like 5 or 10 ads for
>hydroxycut in it? I thought I got it once or twice and it
>just seemed like a huge ad for that supplement. Huge turn
>off...


Yep! Although those Hydroxycut "ad-articles" are showing up in more and more magazines. What I hate is when they start out looking like an interesting article, then on page two, you see that it's all about Hydroxycut and related products.
 
carmenelectra,

I like Oxygen alot. They do have a lot of adds but no where near the adds of other fitness magazines. They also have great recipes and fitness tips on exercises and good form that I have actually utilized. I just overlook the adds.

Thanks for your input everyone. Actually, one of the girls associated with the magazine, and editor or something has been getting training and nutritional advice from one of the models...Margaret Diabolo (sp) and she has her on about 1700 calories a day. They've reported her progress in two issues so far.
 
Most Fitness model competitors have bf around 15% - not low enough to lose a period. normal bf is around 15- 25%. the bodybuilders have really low bf -round 8 - 10% - they probably lose thier periods.
 
It's not a big deal to miss a period now and again due to stress or training, but long-term effects aren't good: loss of bone minerals and risk of osteporosis. Apparently even supplementing with calcium and doing weight-bearing exercises like the fitness competitors do is not enough to offset the bone-mineral loss due to too little estrogen, which causes amenorrhea (loss of your period). There are some studies that indicate you can also risk fertility problems if you don't menstruate for a long time.

One article I read said that fitness competitors and bodybuilders can minimize their risk of amenorrhea by consulting a physician while they're training. If they keep enough fat in their diets, limit their high-intensity exercise and don't try to drop bodyfat too fast, they'll increase their chances of keeping their menstrual cycle on track.

Allison
 
Hi Candi,

I agree with you. I was re-evaluating my magazine subscriptions just the other day, and I do find that I am referring back to Oxygen articles more frequently. I also subscribe to Fitness and Shape and am finding that I don't read through them as often. I currently do not subscribe to Oxygen and think I will drop my other subscriptions and just do Oxygen. I was also subscribing to M&F Hers which they have just discontinued again! They are filling in the rest of my issues with issues of M&F (the one geared towards men). They claim that they have a new section devoted to women in that magazine. I really was not impressed.

Oxygen seems to be the only women's fitness magazine geared towards those that are interested in serious weight lifting.

Sandra S.
 
>I was just wondering how their menstrual cycles have been
>affected by having extremely low body fat. In most cases,
>when you have this low a level of body fat, you stop getting
>your periods. Wonder what the long-term effect is??
>

One long-term effect can be osteoporosis.
 
Thanks, Allison. I knew there was a relationship to too low body fat and osteoporosis but I couldn't remember why. As you explained it's the bone-mineral loss due to lower estrogen.

I know to some of the younger women on these boards, bone loss is not something that they currently worry about. As a women ages and gets into late 40's, 50's and 60's, it's a much more important health issue and something that needs to be considered.

Interestingly, on the fat percentage scale that was posted on these boards last week, as a women gets older, the ideal bodyfat percentage goes up.
 
>I know to some of the younger women on these boards, bone loss
>is not something that they currently worry about. As a women
>ages and gets into late 40's, 50's and 60's, it's a much more
>important health issue and something that needs to be
>considered.
>

But unfortunately, once you get into your 40's, 50's and 60's, it's pretty much too late to do anything about it naturally, whereas if you start being concerned about it earlier, and stockpiling some bone, it's easier to avoid osteoporosis when you're older.

Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait! ("If youth knew --had the knowledge--and if old age could --had the ability")
 
Kathryn,

Totally got your message.

I mention bone loss from time to time hoping to plant a seed with the younger Cathe crowd :)
 
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