It depends on the person and their body. In my case the body fat goals were also unhealthy, because I am not as genetically gifted as some of my peers towards

It depends on the person and their body. In my case the body fat goals were also unhealthy, because I am not as genetically gifted as some of my peers towards the kind of body makeup needed to compete on my team. Some people have bodies that are more ideal for running (longer legs, leaner, better baseline endurance, etc.) For everyone who isn't gifted they are going to have to work a lot harder to try and keep up, and that might involve pushing to a degree past where their body is okay maintaining, and that is _necessarily unhealthy._ That's not the sport being bad so much as the person not being an ideal competitive athlete in that sport. Sports aren't about catering to the egos of the individual competitors. People can go on Instagram for that.