Another day, another female athlete needing to defend the way she looks. This time, it’s Lauren Fisher, and she’s here to teach us all a thing or two about commenting on people’s bodies.

Apparently, a follower expressed curiosity over how Fisher can train as much as she does and still not have a flat stomach. It’s fully possible they meant no harm, but it does bring awareness to the way we’re still holding people to certain aesthetic standards — even a professional athlete, who’s obviously more concerned with performance than with looks.

Well, Lauren had some feelings about this. Check out her full response below.

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How come you exercise so hard and don’t have a flat belly?! I shared my answer to this on my story but it was too important to not post about it as well. 😤 It got me a little fired up and I feel like it’s a topic that needs to be talked about more. 👊 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “I don’t have a flat belly because I believe in fueling my body for performance over restricting my calories to look a certain way. Yeah if I starved myself or cut down my fats and still trained as much as I do I might finally get that 8 pack but reality is my body type won’t. I like to eat and I know when I don’t eat enough I just don’t feel good during training. And a lot of it also comes down to genetics. So I’m sorry but I will never be one of the girls with no belly fat at all and I’m okay with it. I’m not an Instagram model, I’m an athlete and what we do is completely different here so if you don’t like the way I look you can unfollow. ☺️ Thank you!” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #GROWNSTRONG #StrongIsIn ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ PS. This is me no makeup, hair not done, just got done with training. I eat around 3000 calories a day and I feel HAPPY and HEALTHY in my body. Yeah some of my pictures on Instagram don’t look attractive or my muscles might be bulging because usually a photographer comes in the middle of my training session. I’m not posing for the camera or starving myself before so my abs will pop through. I’m trying to be the best me and if I get a cool picture in action I’m going to share it. ✌️BE REAL, BE TRUE, BE YOU. ❤️ That is all. Thank you to everyone who shared or wrote me a kind message after I posted my story. Love you all. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ XO LF

A post shared by Lauren Fisher (@laurenfisher) on Apr 20, 2019 at 12:44pm PDT

It’s not like this is the first time we’re seeing this. Alyssa Ritchey was criticized for being too muscular. Camille Leblanc-Bazinet has had to defend what she refers to as her “power pooch.” Brooke Ence has been accused of using steroids. Placing value upon women (and men!) based on their appearances continues to be an issue.

Thankfully, these athletes have no problem reminding us that it’s not about having a chiseled six-pack. It’s about what your body can do. 

Cheers!

Main image: Lauren Fisher/Instagram