He is a little bit reluctant to verbalize it, but he was much more willing with Anakin than he would have been anyone else.
"A lot," he says, with a faint smile that's sad and a little grim, rather than amused. "Non-stop criticism of your body, not just for what it can do but what it looks like in spandex. Constant pressure to cut weight for a better appearance and increasing the height of jumps and number of rotations you can get. Hours in the gym and on ice. Having your body treated like a machine in general and if something breaks you tape it if you have time, don't if you don't, and either way you grit your teeth and get through it, see the physical therapist when you're done. The knowledge that the next time you fail to land a jump, that you're attempting after eating 500 calories today, spending 4 hours in the gym, and landing it on 2 sprained ankles you risk breaking your leg. And that if you really break your leg, you are out, your shot is gone."
CW: Disordered Eating/Exercise
"A lot," he says, with a faint smile that's sad and a little grim, rather than amused. "Non-stop criticism of your body, not just for what it can do but what it looks like in spandex. Constant pressure to cut weight for a better appearance and increasing the height of jumps and number of rotations you can get. Hours in the gym and on ice. Having your body treated like a machine in general and if something breaks you tape it if you have time, don't if you don't, and either way you grit your teeth and get through it, see the physical therapist when you're done. The knowledge that the next time you fail to land a jump, that you're attempting after eating 500 calories today, spending 4 hours in the gym, and landing it on 2 sprained ankles you risk breaking your leg. And that if you really break your leg, you are out, your shot is gone."