How do you deal with workout shamming?

[jesrel]

My box is the home for quite a few elite and games athletes, please note, I am not one of them. I do 2 classes a week, skills programming 3 days and one day of steady state. A few months ago I added a 2-3 mile AM run on the days I do class in the evening. Recently I got scolded by one of the elite athletes, saying that I’m doing too much and that women’s body can’t do that much work unless they’re fueling properly and that I’m at risk of RED-s. My programming coach is not concerned, but this athlete is sticking to their guns. Is there any validity to their concern? But also, am I being targeted?

UPDATE: Thanks y’all. Really needed the pep talk (including the words of caution).

 

[sharzid]

@jesrel I am not defending the actions of this athlete. It is not their place to scold you. However, there is a chance that, based on THIS, it came from a place of concern.

If you were asking reddit for recovery advice three months ago, there is a chance you were talking about your lack of recovery in your gym.

Based on your post-history, you may want to trade someone focused on giving you programming for a nutrition coach.

 

[tomjono6]

@sharzid I always admire comments based on a bit of snooping.

This is a totally good natured post in case it’s lost in text.

 

[jesrel]

@sharzid Thanks. I ended up going a big nutrition overhaul which was 100% what I needed.

 

[stairesdustin86]

@jesrel Nope. The elite athlete is giving you kind advice. You should listen.

 

[logodesigner]

@jesrel What was the overhaul?

 

[jesrel]

@logodesigner More everything for a few weeks.

 

[dude99]

@jesrel If you’re training as hard as you are consistently, you’re going to need to fuel well long term and not just for a few weeks.

 

[msizi]

@dude99 Completely agree with this. You're food intake is going to directly translate to your ability to perform in the gym. And if you want to sustain higher levels of activity indefinitely, you likely will need to sustain those higher levels of food.

 

[elliot44]

@jesrel Everyone is different, but a more is more mentality is generally not a great idea. If I read correctly, you are already training six days a week. I would consider changing what you are doing on the days you train to get more bang for your buck instead of just adding volume. To go from 0 miles a week running to as many as 9 is a pretty big jump on top of what you're doing.

They are not shaming you, they see you working as hard as you can to get better and they are trying to help you from just spinning your wheels and not.making progress.

The biggest problem I have with CrossFit (really a fitness thing across the board) is people's unwillingness to take valid criticisms.

 

[jesrel]

@elliot44 That’s the irony here. I had been working slowly on building endurance for months outside of the gym. I only just started running indoors (2days a week) because of the weather. Also the mileage is 4-6 miles/week. I’m still PR’ing my lifts and getting better at skills.