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strength training for women
By Danielle Wallace
Allow me to state the obvi
ous:A serious discrepancy
exits in the ratio of the sex
es in the weight room at the Stu
dent Recreation Center. But, let’s
get something straight. The weight
room is not reserved just for the
sweaty college guys.
Why then do so many college
women foil to incorporate resist
ance training into their workout
program? Is it the male dominated
environment in the weight room?
The lack of knowledge regarding
the benefit of strength training?
Let’s debunk some myths about
women and weight training and get
some facts straight.
MYTH: Using weights will
| make me bulky!
FACT: Strength training will
H build lean mass in lovely propor
j tion if the training routine is bal
| anced
Unless a women hits the gym
[ determined (and probably aug
| mented) to look like the cover girl
| on a body building magazine, it just
| will not happen. Most women are
| not training at levels of power
! lifters.The reason we don’t bulk out
is partly hormonal and partly be
| cause of muscle physiology. On av
erage, men produce 10 times more
testosterone than woman. And as
we know, one of testosterone’s jobs
is to stimulate skeletal muscle de
| velopment and increase muscle
size (hypertrophy). Because the av
erage man is larger and has more
lean mass than the average women,
he can generating more force in the
weight room and stimulate a
greater training effect.
MYTH: Strength training won’t
get me in as good of shapeasacar
dio workout!
FACT: Strength training, when
combined with cardio workouts,
will make you leaner, stronger and
healthier than cardio alone.
Attention ladies! Strength train
ing helps women develop stronger
bones and connective tissues. It
helps control weight by increasing
lean muscle mass, allowing you to
bum more calories even when
you are at rest. Strength
training also offers protec
tion against osteoporo
sis!
MYTH: Tile
weight room is
scary because
there are so many
guys!
FACT:
Okay, this can
be true if you
go unpre
pared and
during very
busy times.
Goto
workout in
the mornings
between 7-9,
and the
weight room is
virtually empty
Fridays and
weekends are
also a good choice
because the weight
room is open all day.
Also, wearing head
phones helps ward off
any possible interruptions
(this works)!
MYTH: No one is here to
help me learn to lift the weights
correctlv.
FACT: The Student Recreation
Center offers awesome fitness serv
ices that include inexpensive fit
ness training. Also, the Student
Recreation Center provides FREE
fitness orientations that include a
group tour of the strength training
center. For any additional informa
tion about personal training call
F.I.T Coordinator, Michael Cross at
346-1171.
MYTH: I have an injury so I
shouldn’t be lifting weights.
FACT: Some times weight bear
ing exercise is a vital part of rehabil
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! Author Danielle Wallace
i pumps what she preaches
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itation.
It’s important to consult a med
ical professional before you begin a
strength training program. The Uni
versity Health Center employs
physicians, physical therapists and
athletic trainers that specialize in
sports related conditions.You can
make an appointment for a com
plete physical at 346-2770. If you
have an injury, you will need a physi
cian referral for physical therapy.
The Health Center s Sports Medi
cine/PhysicalTherapy is located in
two sites: in the Health Center and
in the Student Recreation Center.
For more information about making
an appointment with a physical
therapist, call 3464401.
The Student Recreation Center
and the Health Center want to see
you in good mental and physical
shape! Take advantage of these great
services. And ladies, start hitting the
weights for the good stuff.
A New Men’s Center on Campus
By Annie Dochnahl
Common experience and campus data
agree. Compared to their female counter
parts, college men generally take more
health risks (think alcohol, sex, violence and sui
cide) and wait longer to seek care. For example,
here at UO, men make up about 80% of the stu
dent conduct cases but are the minority at the
Health and Counseling Centers.The Men’s Cen
ter hopes to change that.
As of last term, the University of Oregon has
launched a Men’s Center. You won’t find it in an
actual space yet, but you will find enthusiasm for
locating a home for the Center.
Why a Men’s Center?
The Men’s Center, now anASUO recognized
organization, is the outgrowth of research that
was conducted on campus three years ago by
UO faculty, staff and students. The research ex
amined what UO men considered to be their
greatest health concerns, important barriers to
addressing their health concerns and sugges
tions for how the university can assist them to
take better care of their health. The results were
published in the May 2000Journal of American
College Health and a brief summary follows.
Men’s Top Health Issues and Concerns:
• Alcohol and other drug use
• Personal fitness
• Maintaining desired weight/Nutrition (tie)
• Anger management
• Maintaining relationships (friendship and ro
mantic)
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