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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1978)
Junior Patty Kearney strains to finish the final press in her daily breakdown set. A breakdown is an exercise where the lifter presses until exhaustion. Women exploring weights By STEVE JETT Of the Emerald Somewhere down the path of women’s liberation, it became necessary to intrude on one of the more traditional male topics, weight-training. Here women stepped into a conditioning process usually re served for men. Evidence can be found right at the University, where women athletes use the weight room with regularity. Women really did not gain a formal invitation to the Duck weight rooms until 1976, when the first organized weight training and conditioning program was estab lished for them. The ticket for ac cess may have been sooner had weight training been a sport not strictly for men. ‘‘There was a social stigma that did not allow women to be seen in a weightroom pumping iron. When people think of weightlifting, they think of Arnold Schwart zenegger,” explained women's athletic trainer Rick Troxel from his office in Guldager Athletic Treatment Center. Now women are welcome to use the weight room under Autzen Stadium, a conditioning area that a year ago was filled with men. “Women only gained access to the the stadium weight room on a regular basis last year,” said Troxel, “General conditioning has improved due to concentrating on increasing skills and condition ing.” “I am seeing women now take more interest in their condition ing,” said Troxel, who will also see whether women’s weight training will be a preventative to injury. “I will be watching very closely whether or not conditioning for women will result in a decrease in injuries. In the past we had to learn by trial or error. If someone was injured we would put them on a rehabilitation program.” Even though the demand for weight training for women greatly preceded the formulation of the program, Troxel insists it would have started sooner had they had the facilities. At the same time, the addition of strength specialist Mike Flynt has helped the pro gram mature. “They (women athletes) are drawing from Mike's experience,” said Troxel, who added "now I do not have to worry about sending a woman to a weight room without a specialist.” In the past, women athletes lifted mostly under the guidance of VALUABLE COUPON PAY FOR 3... GET 1 FREE Kodak Color Prints from Your Slides Now get more color prints than you pay for When you bring in your favorite color slides, order four KODAK Color Prints from any slide and you pay for three The fourth is free Offer expires October 27 1978 Cut out this coupon and see us for details EMU Main Desk VALUABLE COUPON-COT OUT J their coaches. Now they can all migrate to Flynt, who puts women’s weight training on the same level as men’s. “Women are no different than men,” explained Flynt, “Except women use lighter weights, at least some do. Some use heavier weights than men." Flynt discussed one particular weightlifting program shared by both sexes. It consists of 15 differ ent stations in the Autzen weight room, all various machine weights, from which the athletes rotate from one station to another. Patty Kearney, Oregon women’s record-holder in the javelin throw at 154-11 feet, gives the entire weight program a high grade. “I know it has improved me a lot,” explained Kearney, formerly of David Douglas High School, who works out three days a week for an hour and a half each day. But she was not always attracted to the conditioning. “In the past, I never cared for weightlifting. But now I know that I have to do it.” she said. “I used to not take it as seriously. Now it is an every other day type thing.” Warren Miller Production ENTREES SUN VALLEY. PARK CITY, CHAMONIX SUMMIT COLORADO GREECE CARIBOOS SUGARBUSH FREE STYLE SKI FLYING. ENDURO DELICIOUS COMEDY & WARREN MILLER NARRATION Warran Miller appearing in person South Eugene High School Auditorium Wednesday October 4, C.00 p.m. Admission $3.00 advanced $3.50 at door Eugene, campus bicycle laws enforced by security The city of Eugene is said to have proportionately more runners than any other city in the United States. But if you were to walk through the University at almost any given hour, you might believe the runners have been replaced with bicycles. Having this large population of bicycles on campus means there are many laws which must be observed to keep order. Without a doubt one of the most significant laws, both for the owner and the security department, pertains to the licensing or registration of all bicycles. The bicycle has to be registered either with the University or the city of Eugene. Campus Security department has the author ity to impound any bike not registered or licensed at a cost of $2 to the owner to get it back. “Having the bicycle registered downs the chances of getting it stolen,” says Campus Assistant Security Director Richard Tan ner. “It also greatly enhances the chance of getting it back if it is stolen,” he adds. Other important laws include the parking of bicycles in only permitted areas. “If there are no racks, devices or signs to desig nate an area for parking, the bicycle may be parked as long as it is in coordinance with other bicycle laws," states article 4.2 of the Bicycle Parking Information brochure. The other laws consist of: no blocking of entrances or exits, no blocking traffic, and no blocking of ramps. The University obviously realizes the necessity to lock the bicycle. Nevertheless, there are certain objects and areas in which bicycles are prohibited from being locked. Any handrail, tree, shrubbery, door, sign post, telephone pole or lamp post is off limits. The fine for all of these violations is $2 each. Other than just registering bicycles, the security department will be sending around officers to the dormitories to register items such as stereos, cameras, and other personal items as well as bicycles. This registration is not insurance, but it can be reported to the insurance company as being registered with the University. BEAT THE EXPERT FOOTBALL CONTEST This week’s Expert is Roger J. Kroen'ing, Manager of the U.S. Bank-Campus Branch. RULES OF THE GAME All you need to do is check the winners box and pick more correct winners than the expert guesser (as indi cated by the asterics)! Entry forms must be dropped off at the campus Steven J’s store by Friday prior to these games. Winners will be posted at Steven J’s and Duffy’s the following week. 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