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
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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.”
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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
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stolen,” he adds.
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in coordinance with other bicycle laws," states article 4.2 of the
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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.
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